(2022-02-22). Venezuela to Foster Natural Gas For Sustainable Development. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia affirmed that his country "was committed" to the use of natural gas as a means to achieve the objectives of sustainable development. | RELATED: | "We are sure that natural gas guarantees a cleaner transition. It also gives us confidence for the development of our peoples in the medium and short term," Plasencia said during the 6th Summit of Heads of State of th…
(2022-02-21). World Federation Of Trade Unions Supports Initiative Against Blockade. popularresistance.org Paris, France – The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) announced today its support to the media marathon called by the channel Europe for Cuba to denounce and condemn the blockade imposed by the United States on the island for more than 60 years. | The WFTU, the militant voice of more than 105 million workers worldwide, supports and participates in this initiative scheduled for April 2 and 3, said the organization's Secretariat, in a communiqué shared with Prensa Latina by the European solidarity platform activated in October 2020. | In the document, the Federation recalled its traditional rejection of the e…
(2022-02-21). Cuba's Díaz-Canel: 'We All Have a Moral Obligation to Provide Haiti Substantial and Unconditional Cooperation'. orinocotribune.com Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and President of the Republic of Cuba, during the International Conference for the Financing of the Reconstruction of the Southern Peninsula of Haiti, February 16, 2022, Year 64 of the Revolution. | (Transcript: Presidency of the Republic) | His Excellency Ariel Henry, Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti; | Her Excellency Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; distinguished guests: Once again, what brings us together here is the human drama Haiti is facing, the poorest nation in…
(2022-02-21). Un matrimonio que moldea la cerámica y la vida en El Condado. cubadebate.cu Mercedes y Michel están casados desde hace ocho años y tienen una niña que les roba buena parte de su tiempo. Ella tiene 27 años; él ya cumplió 35. Hace una década ni siquiera pensaban en matrimonio, menos en fundar la pequeña empresa que hoy sacan adelante a fuerza de empuje, estudio y consagración. Para ellos, Cerámicas El HAI es su otra creación.
(2022-02-21). Representante de Amazon amenaza a los empleados si se sindicalizan. cubadebate.cu Según un audio filtrado obtenido por Vice, una representante de Amazon supuestamente amenazó a los empleados del almacén JFK8, el más grande de la empresa en Nueva York, con que si organizaban un sindicato podrían ver sus salarios reducidos al mínimo. La grabación fue registrada durante una reunión antisindical obligatoria que tuvo lugar este miércoles.
(2022-02-21). Eco-Justice, People Power, Documentary Premiere- "We Still Here" indybay.org CubaCaribe announces a special community screening of We Still Here / Nos Tenemos, the latest documentary by award winning filmmaker by Eli Jacobs-Fatauzzi in collaboration with Defend Puerto Rico, FistUpTV and Clenched Fist Productions. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Eli and Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi along with a dynamic live music and dance performance by Aguacero.
(2022-02-21). Cuba Announces Manufacture of High-Voltage Electricity Pylons. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Cuban industrial sector disclosed the plans for manufacturing towers for high voltage power lines, a significant achievement for the Island's economic development. | RELATED: | Mecánica Fabric Aguilar Noriega company, from the Villa Clara province, alongside other factories of the Island, have programmed the production of 131 steel towers for high-voltage power transmission lines in the current year, facilitating…
(2022-02-21). Cuba Receives "Tons" of Love Despite US Campaign. telesurenglish.net The Catalan solidarity platform Defensem Cuba has collected health materials to support the island's people. The Committee of Solidarity has coordinated such efforts with Central America of Prat and the Associació Nou Barris de Barcelona in Prat de Llobregat. | RELATED: | The third shipment of the campaign "Tons of Solidarity against the blockade against Cuba" in Spain is valued at 80,000 Euros. | In the same ve…
(2022-02-21). Desalojan a un escritor cubano de un apartamento en Miami. cubadebate.cu Tres gatos, 16 libros publicados, un colchón en el piso y una computadora sin monitor podrían parecer el resumen de los 76 años de vida del escritor cubano Ismael Lorenzo, 42 de ellos en Estados Unidos.Eso es todo lo que tiene ahora Lorenzo en un pequeño cuarto de Hialeah por el que paga $1,100, después de ser desalojado de su anterior vivienda hace una semana.
(2022-02-21). The Dominican Republic To Expand Its Border Wall With Haiti. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader inaugurated the extension of a border fence with Haiti to curb irregular migration and drug and arms smuggling from that country. | RELATED: | In about nine months, the US$31 million construction work will expand by 160 kilometers a 23-kilometer fence built between 2019 and 2021 in the Elias Piña and Jimani border towns. | The new fence will be of a concrete wall at the base, over whic…
(2022-02-21). Saturday 2/26: Solidarity with Haiti March and Rally. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building, 90 7th Street, Corner of Mission and 7th Streets…
(2022-02-21). Puerto Rico: °Trabajadores, sí! °Colonizadores, no! workers.org 
Por Gabriela Malespin y Normahiram Pérez New York Boricua Resistance y Call to Action on Puerto Rico. Las organizaciones que celebraron la concentración del 18 de febrero fueron New York Boricua Resistance, Call to Action on Puerto Rico, Colectiva Solidaridad, Prolibertad y Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño. Abajo, el apelo. Manifestación por . . . |
(2022-02-21). Puerto Rico: Workers, yes! Colonizers, no! workers.org This slightly edited press release was written by Gabriela Malespin and Normahiram Pérez of New York Boricua Resistance and Call to Action on Puerto Rico. The organizations holding the Feb. 18 rally were New York Boricua Resistance, Call to Action on Puerto Rico, Colectiva Solidaridad, ProLibertad and Partido Independentista Puertorriqueña. . . . |
(2022-02-21). Leopoldo López and Guaidó Party in Crisis: 100 Party Members Quit. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, February 20, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—This Saturday, February 19, a group of approximately 100 members of the Voluntad Popular party announced their decision in a public event to abandon the political party. Voluntad Popular was funded by Venezuelan fugitive Leopoldo López, and is also the party that former deputy Juan Guaidó belonged to when he was elected for the 2016-2021 parliamentary term with only 97,000 votes. | The speaker for the event, Javier González, announced the decision alleging a lack of institutionality and internal democracy, and a deviation from party principles. Without abandon…
(2022-02-21). Argentina Pledges to Investigate Macri-Trump Venezuelan Invasion Plot. venezuelanalysis.com Argentinian military exercises suggest that former US President Donald Trump was more willing to consider a military intervention than previously believed.
(2022-02-21). Venezuela Attends 6th Summit of Gas Exporting Countries in Qatar. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, participated this Sunday, February 20, at the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Qatar, on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro. | "We are proud to be part of the 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), an event that promotes a model of peace, freedom, and development, supporting the sovereign rights of its members over their natural gas resources," stated the Venezuelan top diplomat through his Twitter account. | Estamos orgu…
(2022-02-21). Iran, Venezuela stress development of bilateral cooperation. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia in a meeting in Doha stressed the continuation of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in all fields.
(2022-02-21). US Turns On Honduran Narco-Dictator Juan Orlando Hernández. popularresistance.org The US government has turned on the right-wing former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, after it spent years supporting him. | Hernández is the latest in a series of brutal authoritarians who were key US allies until they outlived their usefulness, from Iraq's Saddam Hussein to the Dominican Republic's Rafael Trujillo to Panama's Manuel Noriega. | This February, the United States requested the extradition of Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández on charges of trafficking cocaine and guns. Local authorities arrested him on February 15. | Hernández, who is popularly known by his initials JOH, ser…