2023-11-16: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). US Blows Off the Whole World to Punish Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernandez When oppressed people get organized, the US gets angry. It's been punishing the people of Cuba since 1962. On November 2, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for a resolution calling on the US to lift the trade embargo against Cuba that President John Kennedy imposed in 1962. The US…

José A. Amesty R. (2023-11-15). Examen periódico universal a Cuba. globalizacion.ca El Examen Periodico Universal EPU, cuyas siglas en ingles son UPR, es un mecanismo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos CDH de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas ONU, acordando que cada estado Miembro (los 193 Estados) de las Naciones Unidas,…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-16). Province of Cuba prepared for tourist boom season. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) With more than 23 thousand rooms and 61 hotels in operation, the Cuban province of Matanzas is prepared for the tourist boom season, which began last Wednesday and will last until next April.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-16). Court on the blockade of Cuba to sit in the European Parliament. plenglish.com Brussels, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The headquarters of the European Parliament will host an international court to judge the US blockade against Cuba, its consequences and its extraterritorial nature.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-16). Expert in International Law speaks about ending the blockade on Cuba. plenglish.com Brussels, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) International Law expert Norman Paech considered that the United States must end its blockade against Cuba and return to respect the basic norms of conduct of the countries in their reciprocal relations.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-15). Cuban General Prosecutor concludes visit to Russia. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) A delegation headed by Cuba's general attorney , Yamila Peña, ended a successful visit to Russia, the ambassador of the Caribbean nation, Julio Garmendía, told Prensa Latina.


Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-15). US returns 60 irregular migrants to Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. Coast Guard (SGC) returned to Cuba 60 irregular migrants who had left the country illegally by sea, the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) informed.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-16). Havana celebrates its 504th anniversary. plenglish.com The Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH) organized the traditional ceremony at El Templete, the foundation site of the former village of San Cristóbal de La Habana (Havana). | This Thursday, El Templete garden will open to the public from 19: 00 hours, local time. At that site, Havana residents, Cubans, and foreign visitors walk three times around the trunk of the Ceiba tree, asking for good luck. | The traditional ceremony could not be held on Wednesday evening because the weather conditions did not allow it. | According to historical accounts, the founding mass was celebrated on November 16, 151…

Pacifica's CRD (2023-11-15). Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco; Panama on Fire; US Blockade Strangling Cuba…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-11-15). Cuba condemns at UNESCO impact of US blockade on communications. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday strongly condemned at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference the major limitations faced by its communications system and Internet access as a result of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for over 60 years.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-11-15). Cuba y EE.UU. analizan cumplimiento de acuerdos sobre migración. telesurtv.net El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores señaló que Cuba "instó a cumplir los acuerdos migratorios bilaterales en su integralidad y no selectivamente".

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2023-11-15). 'Economic asphyxiation': U.S. restricts food supplies in bid to strangle Cuban revolution. peoplesworld.org The civilian victims of U.S. war-making in Gaza—the U.S. government supplies the big weapons—are on full display right now, broadcast on television screens and Twitter feeds around the world. There's another group on the receiving end of U.S. imperialism whose plight is not being publicized very much at the moment, though, and that's the resistance …




teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-11-16). Parlamento de Kenia aprueba su despliegue militar en Haití. telesurtv.net El ministro de Interior de Kenia, Kithure Kindiki, afirmó que se debe recibir antes el equivalente de 230 millones de dólares que estima que costará.

teleSUR, rzr, MS (2023-11-16). Líder criminal haitiano entre los más buscados del FBI. telesurtv.net El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos se sumó a los anuncios y afirmó estar dispuesto a pagar hasta 2 millones de dólares por información.

teleSUR, SH, MS (2023-11-16). Evacuan un hospital en Haití por violencia de pandillas. telesurtv.net El director del hospital Fontaine señaló que cerca de 70 adultos y al menos 40 menores de edad fueron evacuados por la policía.

Roselena Ramirez (2023-11-15). The Wayuu People's Struggle for Clean Drinking Water in the Guajira Peninsula. america.cgtn.com The Guajira peninsula, facing the Caribbean Sea, is shared by Colombia and Venezuela. It is also home to the Way indigenous people, who are the largest indigenous group in both countries. The Wayuu face numerous challenges, but one of their main struggles is the lack of access to clean drinking water. In this report, Toby Muse tells the story of the Wayuu and their difficulties.

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-16). ExxonMobil Extracting Oil from Disputed Venezuelan Waters (+Statement). orinocotribune.com US transnational oil corporation ExxonMobil began extracting oil in Payara, an oil field located in waters that have yet to be delimited between Venezuela and Guyana. Payara is the third-largest producing oil field in Guyana, with a maximum capacity that amounts to approximately 620,000 barrels per day. | For this activity, Exxon is using Singapore-made Prosperity FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) unit. During the first half of next year, Payara will be producing approximately 220 barrels of oil per day. | To date, about 30 world-class oil fields, containing some 11 billion barrels of oil, have be…

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-16). Venezuela's VP Rodríguez at The Hague: Guyana has Shown its True Colors as an Aggressor State. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez stated this Wednesday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, that Guyana has become an aggressor state that de facto occupies a territory that does not belong to it. | Rodríguez issued her statement during the public hearing before the ICJ in which Venezuela presented its arguments to defend the holding of the consultative referendum throughout Venezuela regarding the Essequibo territory dispute. | In her speech, the vice president confirmed that the government of Mohamed Irfaan Ali in Guyana has become an aggressor state. At the same t…




Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-11-16). Russian and Venezuelan foreign ministers criticize policy in Gaza. plenglish.com Moscow, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, and Venezuela, Yván Gil, on Thursday criticized the extermination policy that Israel is enforcing against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Staff (2023-11-16). Venezuela and Paraguay Resume Diplomatic and Consular Relations (+Petropar). orinocotribune.com The foreign minister for Venezuela, Yván Gil, has reported that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, have made an agreement on resuming diplomatic and consular relations between both nations. | The announcement was made this Wednesday, November 15, through a statement published via Gil's social media reporting that Venezuela and Paraguay, following talks between the nations' presidents, are resuming ties and will proceed to share the accreditations of their respective ambassadors in the coming days. | The Venezuelan statement notes "both parties have committed…

Staff (2023-11-16). Venezuela Repatriates 180 Migrants From Iceland (+Vuelta a la Patria). orinocotribune.com A total of 180 Venezuelans will return to their home country on a direct flight from the remote country of Iceland, on the edge of the Arctic Circle. | This is a group of people who have taken advantage of a voluntary return initiative, choosing to abandon their attempt to migrate to the Nordic country. The flight leaves Iceland as the country expects a large volcanic eruption to follow thousands of earthquakes that have occurred in the last few days. The authorities have declared a state of emergency and evacuated the populations in the southeast of the island, where the lives of thousands of people are consider…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-11-16). Venezuela rechaza inicio por Guyana de operación petrolera en mar por delimitar. telesurtv.net Georgetown iniciará producción de petróleo en el yacimiento Payara, situada en área marítima pendiente de delimitar. Venezuela lo considera un nuevo acto de provocación.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-11-16). Venezuela pide a CIJ rechazar medidas provisionales que solicitó Guyana. telesurtv.net Considera que intento de Guyana por usar a la CIJ para impedir su referendo consultivo del 3D es un acto de injerencia y viola el derecho internacional.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-11-16). Venezuela defiende ante la CIJ referendo sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net La vicemandataria Ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez aseguró que el referendo consultivo sobre el Esequibo es un ejercicio de soberanía nacional.




teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-11-16). Canciller venezolano destaca impulso de cooperación con Rusia. telesurtv.net "Las relaciones entre la Federación Rusa y Venezuela en estos momentos están atravesando su mejor época", afirmó Gil.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-11-16). Venezuela y Paraguay restablecen relaciones diplomáticas y consulares. telesurtv.net El anuncio se produce luego de conversaciones sostenidas entre el presidente venezolano y su homólogo paraguayo.

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Russia and Venezuela Cooperate to Strengthen Their Resilience. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said that cooperation between Russia and Venezuela should serve to strengthen the resilience of both countries' national economies amid Western sanctions. | RELATED: | "We have a common opinion that our bilateral cooperation should contribute to increasing the stability of our national economies, against the backdrop of the massive sanctions campaign unleash…

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Venezuelan FM Condemns Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil rejected the genocide that the Israeli forces are perpetrating in Gaza and demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. | RELATED: | "Venezuela has a firm stance condemning the genocide carried out by the government of the State of Israel," Gil said during a press conference carried out in Moscow with the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. | Gil stresse…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-15). Venezuela considered illegal Guyana's announcement on the sea. plenglish.com Caracas, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela considered Guyana's announcement of the start of oil production by the Floating Platform for Production, Storage and Offloading, FPSO Prosperity, in the Payara oil field as contrary to International Public Law.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-15). Venezuela recalled the 35th anniversary of Palestinian Independence. plenglish.com Caracas, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today remembered the 35th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Palestine, which occurred, he said, being a victim of genocide.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-11-16). Canciller venezolano destaca impulso de cooperación con Rusia. telesurtv.net "Las relaciones entre la Federación Rusa y Venezuela en estos momentos están atravesando su mejor época", afirmó Gil.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-11-16). Venezuela y Paraguay restablecen relaciones diplomáticas y consulares. telesurtv.net El anuncio se produce luego de conversaciones sostenidas entre el presidente venezolano y su homólogo paraguayo.

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Russia and Venezuela Cooperate to Strengthen Their Resilience. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov said that cooperation between Russia and Venezuela should serve to strengthen the resilience of both countries' national economies amid Western sanctions. | RELATED: | "We have a common opinion that our bilateral cooperation should contribute to increasing the stability of our national economies, against the backdrop of the massive sanctions campaign unleash…

teleSUR (2023-11-16). Venezuelan FM Condemns Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil rejected the genocide that the Israeli forces are perpetrating in Gaza and demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. | RELATED: | "Venezuela has a firm stance condemning the genocide carried out by the government of the State of Israel," Gil said during a press conference carried out in Moscow with the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. | Gil stresse…

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-15). Venezuela considered illegal Guyana's announcement on the sea. plenglish.com Caracas, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela considered Guyana's announcement of the start of oil production by the Floating Platform for Production, Storage and Offloading, FPSO Prosperity, in the Payara oil field as contrary to International Public Law.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-15). Venezuela recalled the 35th anniversary of Palestinian Independence. plenglish.com Caracas, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today remembered the 35th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of Palestine, which occurred, he said, being a victim of genocide.

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-15). Venezuela at the International Court of Justice to Defeat Guyana's Judicial Colonialism. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced that Venezuela arrived at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defeat Guyana's claim over Essequibo, which she referred to as an act of "judicial colonialism." At a press conference from The Hague this Tuesday, November 14, Rodríguez described Guyana's attempt to cancel Venezuela's consultative referendum on Essequibo as an "atrocity." | "We have come to defeat Guyana's claim of judicial colonialism by instrumentalizing this Court to stop the unstoppable: that on December 3, Venezuelans vote in our consultative referendum," said Delcy Rodríguez. | She not…

Ana Perdigón (2023-11-15). Venezuela Recovers Right to Vote at UNESCO. orinocotribune.com Venezuela recovered its right to vote in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This was reported by the country's ambassador to the organization, Rodulfo Pérez. He highlighted that Venezuela's first vote was in defense of Palestine and in condemnation of the Israeli entity's aggression against the defenseless civilian population of Palestine. | "Justice for Palestine, cessation of aggression! 96 votes in favor, 8 votes against, 33 abstentions," wrote the Venezuelan diplomat on social media this Monday, November 13. | In January 2022, Venezuela lost its right to vote in the…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-11-15). Venezuela expone ante la CIJ argumentos para defender referendo sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net La vicemandataria Rodríguez aseguró que el referendo consultivo sobre el Esequibo es un ejercicio de soberanía nacional.

teleSUR (2023-11-15). Venezuela Defends Referendum on Essequibo at ICJ Hearing. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, appeared at a hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to present her country's arguments in defense of holding a referendum on the Essequibo. | RELATED: | In her speech, she asserted that nothing will prevent Venezuela from carrying out the referendum on the Essequibo, as she emphasized it is an exercise of national sovereignty…

teleSUR (2023-11-15). Venezuela Rejects Guyanese Oil Projects in Disputed Sea Area. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Venezuela rejected the announcement by the Guyanese government chaired by Irfaan Ali regarding the start of oil activities in a maritime area of Essequibo, a territory whose delimitation is still pending. | RELATED: | "Venezuela expresses its categorical rejection of the announcement by the Government of Guyana, regarding the start of oil production by the Floating Platform for Production, Storage and Offloadin…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-11-15). Antigua and Barbuda seeks closer ties with Saudi Arabia. plenglish.com Saint Johns, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, plans to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in areas such as education and health, according to the official's statements reproduced today by a local media.

teleSUR (2023-11-15). Antigua and Barbuda to Seek Closer Ties with Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda said he will seek to establish collaboration with Saudi Arabia in a number of areas, including the development of public health infrastructure, the improvement of public health delivery systems, and the enhancement of basic education and technical and vocational training. | Prime Minister Gaston Browne looks forward to a productive and fruitful meeting as he leads a delegation from Antigua and Barbuda at the First Riyadh Summit. Nov. 15, 2023.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-11-16). Ecuador and the Dominican Republic will negotiate a trade agreement. plenglish.com Quito, Nov 16 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador and the Dominican Republic signed a memorandum of understanding to begin negotiations to achieve a bilateral trade agreement, government sources from the Andean nation reported today.

teleSUR (2023-11-15). Jamaican Schools under Investigation over Bomb Threats. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Education Minister Fayval Williams said that a total of 74 schools in Jamaica's seven regions have received bomb threats since last Thursday. | RELATED: | "All of our schools contacted the police upon receiving the email. They put their security protocols in place and evacuated students and staff to a safe location," the official stated. | However, he said that all the threats turned out to be hoaxes. | According to off…

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