2022-02-09: News Headlines

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2022-02-09). Cuba alcanza el tercer lugar del mundo en vacunación anti-Covid-19. telesurtv.net Cuba apostó por la producción de vacunas nacionales, las cuales alcanzan un elevado por ciento de efectividad.

Staff (2022-02-09). øOfensiva o "contraofensiva" de Estados Unidos contra Cuba? cubadebate.cu Sería útil detenerse en una pequeña pregunta al valorar los hechos recientes: øes una ofensiva contra nuestro país, o una "contraofensiva"? Y muchos lectores dirán, °qué más da, hace el mismo daño! Esa aseveración también es atinada, pero desde el punto político tendría cierta utilidad analizar cuál de los dos conceptos caracteriza mejor lo sucedido, porque la respuesta puede tener implicaciones futuras.

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-02-09). Trinidad & Tobago Coast Guard Kills Venezuelan Child, Maduro Gov't Demands Answers. venezuelanalysis.com Caracas rejected the fatal shooting against a boat with Venezuelan migrants, urging Trinidadian authorities to open a probe.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-09). President Maduro Condemns Indolence of Some Officials Toward Workers. orinocotribune.com With a tenacious call to end the indolence of some state institutions and private entities, President Nicolás Maduro asked for the support of Venezuela's working class through the functions carried out by the Productive Councils of Workers (CPT). | The statements were issued this Monday, February 7, during a meeting with workers of state-owned PDVSA subsidiary Pequiven. At the same time, President Maduro noted that Venezuela currently has sufficient funds to finance small and medium industries, including through the bank's credit portfolio. | "The assets are there, what is not there is a connection with the grass…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-09). Yemen war: Turkey joins NATO ally France in shoring up UAE military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Daily SabahFebruary 8, 2022 Turkey, UAE discuss improving defense, military cooperation Also see: French military provides United Arab Emirates assistance for genocidal war in Yemen Officials from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday discussed the prospects of developing their bilateral defense and military cooperation. The UAE's minister of state for defense …

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-08). Anticomunismo prolonga bloqueo de EE.UU. a Cuba. peoplesworld.org Cuba's answer to 60 years of the U.S. economic blockade | > >

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-08). Battle of ideas: Anti-communism prolongs already long U.S. blockade of Cuba. peoplesworld.org Remarkably, the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba is 60 years old. It began with President John F. Kennedy's executive order signed on Feb. 3, 1962, that broadened existing restrictions on U.S.-Cuba trade. When the blockade reached its 35-year milestone, it was already "the longest embargo in modern history," according to one observer. Equally remarkable is …

Mike Walter (2022-02-08). The Heat: Cuba under U.S. embargo for 60 years. america.cgtn.com Cubans have been living under a U.S. economic embargo for 60 years. It was imposed in February 1962 and there is no indication that it will be lifted anytime soon. The blockade has been denounced by Cubans who say it has severely hurt the island …

Staff (2022-02-08). Valora Díaz-Canel necesidad de revitalizar programas sociales impulsados por Fidel (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En consonancia con una labor humanista que entraña continuidad, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución y encabezada por el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, una reunión que versó sobre los programas sociales que el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz impulsara con particular empeño a inicios del siglo XXI.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-08). Hemispheric gangsterism: The US embargo against Cuba turns 60. greenleft.org.au It all seems very outdated, but when it comes to Cuba, Binoy Kampmark argues United States President Joe Biden is keen to ensure that old, and lingering mistakes, retain their flavour…

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-08). Venezuela's Minister of Interior Rates Operation Guaicaipuro 2 as Success. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, Venezuelan Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos qualified operation Guaicaipuro 2, carried out in Las Tejerías, as a success. The operation effectively dismantled the criminal organization it set out to confront, and made the region a safer place. | During an interview on Estado Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), "We were able to dismantle a danger…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Venezuela Asks Trinidad & Tobago to Clarify Migrant Child Death. telesurenglish.net President Nicolas Maduro's administration rejected the incident in which a Venezuelan baby died while traveling on a boat that was intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard on the night of February 5. | RELATED: | "The Venezuelan government extends its most sincere condolences to the infant's relatives and urges the Trinidad & Tobago authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation to clarify the fact…

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2022-02-08: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-08). Valora Díaz-Canel necesidad de revitalizar programas sociales impulsados por Fidel (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En consonancia con una labor humanista que entraña continuidad, tuvo lugar en la tarde de este lunes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución y encabezada por el Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista y Presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, una reunión que versó sobre los programas sociales que el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz impulsara con particular empeño a inicios del siglo XXI.

Mike Walter (2022-02-08). The Heat: Cuba under U.S. embargo for 60 years. america.cgtn.com Cubans have been living under a U.S. economic embargo for 60 years. It was imposed in February 1962 and there is no indication that it will be lifted anytime soon. The blockade has been denounced by Cubans who say it has severely hurt the island …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-08). Hemispheric gangsterism: The US embargo against Cuba turns 60. greenleft.org.au It all seems very outdated, but when it comes to Cuba, Binoy Kampmark argues United States President Joe Biden is keen to ensure that old, and lingering, mistakes retain their flavour.

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-08). Inflation in Venezuela Continues to Cool Down (+Tax on Transactions in US Dollars). orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 7, 2022 ( The graphic below, prepared by Orinoco Tribune's editorial team, demonstrates how the inflation rate has behaved in Venezuela since 2020, based on official figures repo…

teleSUR (2022-02-08). Venezuela Asks Trinidad & Tobago to Clarify Migrant Child Death. telesurenglish.net President Nicolas Maduro's administration rejected the incident in which a Venezuelan baby died while traveling on a boat that was intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard on the night of February 5. | RELATED: | "The Venezuelan government extends its most sincere condolences to the infant's relatives and urges the Trinidad & Tobago authorities to carry out an exhaustive investigation to clarify the fact…

Devin Cole (2022-02-07). Camilo Cienfuegos: Celebrating the young revolutionary. workers.org Feb. 6, 2022, marked the 90th birthday of Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos. One of the youngest of the leaders of the Revolution, Cienfuegos was first known to the people of Cuba through his fierce guerilla warfare, becoming a leading commander in Fidel Castro's forces. Following the Revolution Cienfuegos became a . . . |

Editor (2022-02-07). The Code of families, a document built among all Cubans. mronline.org This week, Cuba began a historic process as Cubans started to going to more than 78,000 meeting points to discuss the new draft of the Family Code, a broad, complex, but very important process for Cuban families.

Staff (2022-02-07). Actriz estadounidense Susan Sarandon aboga por el fin del bloqueo de EEUU contra Cuba. cubadebate.cu La actriz Susan Sarandon se unió al reclamo por el fin del bloqueo de Washington contra Cuba y señaló las potencialidades de la isla en la producción de vacunas antiCovid-19. Diferentes órganos de prensa se hicieron eco de un reciente tuit publicado por la artista, en el que se lee que llegó el momento de levantar ese cerco y dejar que el país caribeño respire.

teleSUR, ajb, JGN, SH (2022-02-07). øPor qué Estados Unidos impuso en 1962 el bloqueo a Cuba?>. telesurtv.net A más 60 años de su implementación, el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero de EE.UU. contra Cuba constituye el mayor obstáculo al desarrollo de la nación.

Lawrence Wittner (2022-02-07). What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the Ukraine Crisis. warisacrime.org Commentators on the current Ukraine crisis have sometimes compared it to the Cuban missile crisis. This is a good comparison‚Äïand not only because they both involve a dangerous U.S.-Russian confrontation capable of leading to a nuclear war. During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today's Eastern Europe, although the …

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Haitian Senate Called for The Resignation of PM Ariel Henry. telesurenglish.net The term the Haitian Senate gave to Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign expires on February 7, the day when the administration of the late President Jovenel Moise should have ended. | RELATED: | Alluding to what the 1987 Constitution states, Senate President Joseph Lambert demanded the resignation of the Interim authority through a letter made public on Friday. | The Senate "indisputably and uncontestedly recognizes the e…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2022-02-07). Two Venezuelan Officers Sentenced to 30-years Over In-Custody Death. venezuelanalysis.com Attorney General Tarek William Saab said that the conviction and sentencing demonstrated Venezuela's commitment to human rights.

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-07). Venezuelans commemorate 30th anniversary of 1992 civic-military rebellion. peoplesdispatch.org The civic-military rebellion led by Commander Hugo Chávez against the government of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, despite its failure, marked the end of neoliberalism and the beginning of a new era of profound socio-political changes in the country…

Staff (2022-02-07). Diosdado Cabello to British Diplomat Having Fun in Venezuela: 'Return the Gold you have Stolen'. orinocotribune.com The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, responded to the UK's Deputy Head of Mission to Caracas, Duncan Hill, asking him to return the gold that his country has stolen from Venezuela. Cabello made the statement in response to a tweet that Hill had posted on his Twitter account, in which he is seen enjoying the Naiguatá Peak near Caracas after enjoying a day of hiking. | "Return the gold you have stolen," wrote Cabello. "Venceremos!" | Devuelvan El Oro que se robaron. Nosotros Venceremos!! — Diosda…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Argentine President Fernandez to Visit Barbados. telesurenglish.net Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez will arrive in Barbados on Monday afternoon after an international tour that previously included official visits to Russia and China. | RELATED: | During his meeting with Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Tuesday, he is expected to discuss issues related to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), climate change, gender equality, and bilateral cooperation. | During the meeting, Fernand…

teleSUR (2022-02-07). UN Announces Strategy Against Drugs and Crime for Latin America. telesurenglish.net The UNODC representative also announced that the organization's regional headquarters would be in Colombia, from where it will supervise and coordinate operations against drug trafficking and crimes in this country, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay. | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime is presenting the new Strategic Vision for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022-2025.

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