(2023-09-05). French festival includes initiative against US blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Fête de L'Humanité, a traditional political-cultural festival, will include the launch of a campaign against the United States blockade against Cuba, the Communist Party of France (PCF) announced on Monday.
(2023-09-04). Schools open in Pinar del Rio province on due time. plenglish.com Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The 596 schools located in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio opened their doors on Monday, following education workers' effort to start the new school year on due time.
(2023-09-05). Cuba participates in Hangzhou International Day as guest of honor (+Photos). plenglish.com 
Hangzhou, China, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba participated as a guest of honor at the celebration of Hangzhou International Day on Tuesday, an opportunity to strengthen cultural and economic cooperation between the two countries.
(2023-09-05). Cuba presents new vitola in Germany. plenglish.com A press release issued in this capital said that it is the new vitola or type of cigar called Cupido, from the Romeo y Julieta brand, one of the most demanded by cigar aficionados worldwide. | This novelty was unveiled by Fifth Avenue Products Trading, G.M.B.H., the exclusive distributor of Habanos, S.A. for Germany, Austria and Poland, before more than 250 participants in an exclusive event in the city of Bàºckeburg. | The Cupido cigars (55 millimeters in diameter and 148 millimeters long) will be on sale exclusively at Casas del Habano and Habanos Especialistas stores. | The official statement reiterated…
(2023-09-05). Cuban authorities salute 60th anniversary of the Revolutionary Navy. plenglish.com On the social network X, formerly Twitter, National People's Power Assembly Esteban Lazo sent congratulations to all the members of the Navy and stressed that "they have been bulwarks in the defense of the Socialist Homeland and in Fidel (Castro)'s call to be a Navy of Patria o Muerte (Homeland and Death). | Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, in turn, congratulated the Cuban sailors, whom he described as faithful defenders of sovereignty and peace. | The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, also congratulated the Revolutionary Navy and described its troops as the safeguard of Cu…
(2023-09-05). Cuban President expresses condolences to Gail Walker. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his condolences on Tuesday to US activist and executive director of the Interfaith Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), Gail Walker, over the death of his brother Richard Manson Walker.
(2023-09-04). Cuba and Dominican Republic ratify interest in expanding relations. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and the Dominican Republic ratified today their interest in continuing to expand their relations during the talks held with the foreign minister of that country, Roberto àÅlvarez, on an official visit.
(2023-09-04). Last details in Cuba for Great Open Water Challenge. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The spa city of Varadero in the Cuban province of Matanzas is finalizing details to successfully host the second edition of the Great Open Water Retto to take place on the 16th and 17th of this month.
(2023-09-05). French deputy addresses in book US war against Cuba. plenglish.com Paris, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The communist leader and French deputy André Chassaigne today considered his book "Cuba a star in the night" an opportunity to know the war that Cuba faces against the United States with the blockade as a spearhead.
(2023-09-05). Cuba's tourism school organizes international event. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is organizing for next October the VI International Convention of Tourism Studies (CietCuba 2023) that will put on the table the most relevant trends in the travel industry globally.
(2023-09-04). Cuba Steps Up Dengue Prevention and Control. telesurenglish.net A national campaign in Cuba to step up prevention and control of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, is underway across the country's 15 provinces and the Isle of Youth special municipality. | RELATED: | It comes as September is projected to be one of the rainiest months in Cuba in the context of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. | Cuban housewife Marlenis Yera, who lives in the Havana district of San…
(2023-09-05). Jetblue Suspends All Flights to Cuba. orinocotribune.com
(2023-09-05). Cuba denuncia red de tráfico de personas que opera desde Rusia. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de la isla confirma que no forma parte del conflicto bélico en Ucrania.
(2023-09-04). Jetblue Suspends All Flights To Cuba. popularresistance.org On August 31, US-based airline JetBlue announced that it has suspended all flights to Cuba, effective September 17. In 2016, when US-Cuba relations began to thaw, JetBlue flew the first direct commercial flight to Cuba from the US in 50 years. American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest, and Delta will still provide direct flights to Cuba from the US, however, United will cut its direct flights from Newark, New Jersey in October. | "Demand for travel to the island has been significantly affected by changes to the regulatory landscape and restrictions on our customers' ability to enter Cuba," stated the airline.
(2023-09-04). Brazil aims to boost trade and rebuild ties with Cuba. plenglish.com The trip will include businessmen from the air transportation, agriculture, energy and health sectors. | The journalists medias assures that the mission will take place before Lula da Silva's trip to Cuba, where he will meet with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and will participate in the meetings of the Group of 77 plus China on September 15th and 16th. | The Exame magazine stated that Brazil's ties with Cuba deteriorated under the administration of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), although they were never completely severed. It also noted that "since taking office in January, Lula…
(2023-09-04). Homage to Chile at Cuba's Casa de las Americas. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Casa de las Americas commemorates today the 50th anniversary of the military coup against the government of President Salvador Allende in Chile with cultural activities that will extend throughout the month of September.
(2023-09-04). Cuba remembers young Italian victim of terrorism. plenglish.com In his account on X, formerTwitter, he pointed out that "(Luis) Posada Carriles and other organizers of the act, lived free in the US, whose government, with cynicism and deceit, put Cuba on the list of terrorist sponsors". | On September 4, 1997, the explosion of an explosive device placed in the lobby of the Copacabana Hotel in Havana took Di Celmo's life, and other facilities such as the Triton and Chateau-Miramar hotels and La Bodeguita del Medio restaurant suffered material damage as a result of similar actions. | The young man, 32 years old, was one of the victims of the terrorist attacks promoted by Posada…
(2023-09-04). Book on popular Cuban singer to be presented. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) "Musicalísima Beatriz Márquez, un viaje de memorias", is the title of the book on the popular Cuban singer, which will be presented next Thursday at the Fayad Jamís bookstore in Havana, the cultural institution said.
(2023-09-04). Cuban president welcomes start of the school year. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed the start of the 2023-2024 school year, the first to take place during 46 weeks, after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
(2023-09-04). The Biden Administration Cuts and Runs From Haiti. scheerpost.com 
(2023-09-04). Haití rinde tributo a cientos de víctimas de violencia criminal. telesurtv.net El homenaje rindió tributo a las víctimas de las masacres de Carrefour-Feuilles Rosemberg, Tabarre y Martissant y la de Canaan.
(2023-09-04). Haiti Pays Tribute to Hundreds of Victims of Criminal Violence. telesurenglish.net "It was an act of bravery because these people stood up to the gangs that terrorized them. To all those who were killed, we tell them to go in peace, but that the battle continues, because we are determined to confront (Haitian Prime Minister) Ariel Henry and his bloodthirsty men," Célestin declared. | The event occurred last August 26 when the faithful of the Piscine de Bethesda evangelical church decided to forcibly evict the Canaan gang from their stronghold…
(2023-09-05). Gobierno colombiano y ELN acuerdan creación de zonas humanitarias. telesurtv.net El principal negociador del ELN, Pablo Beltrán, refirió que "el cese al fuego ha estado bajo fuego".
(2023-09-05). Presidente venezolano ratifica apoyo a diálogos de paz en Colombia. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano calificó esta jornada como "bastante provechosa" para el proceso por la paz de Colombia.
(2023-09-04). "Venezuela stands for peace in Colombia," FM says. plenglish.com At the closure of the fourth cycle of peace talks between Petro's government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), Yvan Gil cited Maduro, "peace in Colombia is urgent, unpostponable and necessary. | Gil noted the Venezuelan government, as guarantor, is fully committed and determined to support as requested by Colombia and its political forces for full peace project, encouraged by President Petro, which includes a clamor of the Colombian people. | "We ¥re pleased to have hosted the fourth cycle of peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the ELN in Caracas. | On Monday, both sides announced th…
(2023-09-05). Venezuela: Tijeras, Telas agujas e hilos, "Manos a la obra" telesurtv.net Esta es la primera "Comuna Cultural el Gran Sucre" que resalta el patrimonio cultural…
(2023-09-04). Gobierno colombiano y ELN acuerdan creación de zonas humanitarias. telesurtv.net El principal negociador del ELN, Pablo Beltrán, refirió que "el cese al fuego ha estado bajo fuego".
(2023-09-05). Venezuelan soldiers expel 10,000 illegal miners from Amazonia. plenglish.com Caracas, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) of Venezuela expelled from the Amazon since July some 10,200 illegal miners engaged in various criminal activities, a high-ranking official published on X.
(2023-09-04). Venezuela Congratulates Colombia-ELN Peace Dialogue Cycle. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro congratulated the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for holding the fourth cycle of peace talks, which concluded in Caracas with the approval of various agreements, including increasing the humanitarian actions in the areas most affected by the conflict. | RELATED: | Through a statement, the Venezuelan government praised the participation of s…
(2023-09-04). Colombian Government and ELN Finish 4th Cycle of Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the delegations of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will culminate their fourth cycle of peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela. | RELATED: | On August 14, the parties began talks to address the bilateral ceasefire in force until February 2024 and to implement humanitarian relief measures for rural communities. | The ELN delegation was "committed to translating what was agreed…
(2023-09-05). Fourth Round of Colombia Government-ELN Peace Negotiations Ends in Caracas. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, during the closing of the fourth round of peace talks between the government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN), stated that Venezuela has been committed to the Colombian peace process as a guarantor, as requested by Colombia and its political forces, in this and other initiatives in a sincere, objective, and committed manner, in order to achieve the total peace project. | "On behalf of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, the national government as [international] guarantor is committed and determined to reaf…
(2023-09-05). Vicepresidenta ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez llega a China. telesurtv.net Como parte de esta visita oficial, se espera que la vicepresidenta ejecutiva sostenga varias reuniones con diferentes representantes del Gobierno chino.
(2023-09-04). Venezuela to hold National Congress on Climate Crisis. plenglish.com The Minister for Ecosocialism, Josué Lorca, invited researchers from the Ecological Community, Popular Power, Communal Councils and Social Movements to participate in the meeting, whose sessions will alternate between this capital and the states of Mérida and Falcón, Venezolana de Televisión reported. | The authority called on all Venezuelans to join the purpose of the event to "build strategies for the preservation of Mother Earth", as a continuity to the agreements of the previous Congress on the subject in May 2022. | The first National Congress on Climate Crisis assumed strategies to stop such process and tr…
(2023-09-04). Colombian Government and ELN conclude fourth cycle of peace talks. plenglish.com Bogota, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) are ending this Monday in Venezuela, the fourth cycle of peace talks to find a negotiated solution to the internal conflict.
(2023-09-05). ECLAC to launch Economic Study for Latin America and the Caribbean. plenglish.com Santiago, Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the 2023 Economic Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, which takes stock of the global and regional situation.
(2023-09-05). Colocan 11 provincias dominicanas en alerta por lluvias. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que dos provincias están en alerta amarilla: Distrito Nacional y Santo Domingo.
(2023-09-04). Dominican Medical College confirms national strike this week. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) confirmed today the national strike called for Wednesday and Thursday of this week and indicated that only emergency cases in public and private hospitals will be treated on those days.
(2023-09-04). Reportan alza de casos de dengue en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net En la semana epidemiológica (SE) 32 se notificaron 573 casos probables de dengue. El 39 por ciento (221 de la totalidad) se encuentra distribuidos en la provincia de Santo Domingo.