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Congresswoman Barbara Lee calls for a more humane US policy towards Cuba
Washington, Aug 27th (Prensa Latina) Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee described the US blockade against Cuba as obsolete and harmful and said she will work to achieve a more intelligent and humane policy towards the Caribbean country. A member of the House of Representatives for California since 1998, Lee recalled that she has deployed her efforts Continue reading
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FM Tangara says assassination will not deter Palestinian cause
By Omar Bah The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has said Israel’s assassination of Hamas political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, will not deter the fight for the Palestinian cause. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is currently chaired by Gambian President Adama Barrow. Dr Mamadou Tangara was speaking at the foreign ministers Continue reading
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Cuba condemns attack on Trump and reiterates rejection of all forms of terrorism
Havana. – (Prensa Latina) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, condemned on Saturday the attack perpetrated against former US President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, and ratified the historic position of condemnation of the Caribbean island towards all forms of terrorism. In a message posted on the social network The arms business and the escalation of Continue reading
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Cuba calls for peace in the Middle East.Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cuba warns of the dangers posed by the impunity with which Israel, with the complicity and support of the United States government, has acted against countries in the Middle East. The illegal attack on the consulate of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus, in flagrant violation of international law and the 1961 Vienna Convention, Continue reading
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How ‘democratic’ U.S. callously disregards humanitarian values
The U.S. has been holding high the banner of “openness,” “freedom” and “equality.” But in reality, these universal values have been the first to be sacrificed by American elites for self-interests. Internationally, the “democratic” U.S. has shown its unrivalled bullying skills in interactions with countries it deems as rivals. Over the past few years, the Continue reading
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Gambia demands immediate end to Israel’s illegal occupation
The Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and must be brought to an end immediately. Delivering an advisory opinion at the ICJ in The Hague on Wednesday on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel Continue reading
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European platform calls for a meeting against the blockade of Cuba in Bilbao, Spain
Paris, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) The Europa por Cuba channel confirmed the holding in January, in Bilbao of its second international meeting of solidarity with the island and condemnation of the US blockade, a forum that will define new actions against that policy. In dialogue with Prensa Latina, the coordinators of the platform, José Antonio Continue reading
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Tribunal against the Blockade of Cuba in Brussels
By Ana Hurtado Today and tomorrow, an international tribunal is being held in the Belgian capital to denounce the damages suffered by the Cuban people as a result of the U.S. blockade that the island has been experiencing for more than six decades. This tribunal was convened last July 18 at the parallel summit of Continue reading
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Court at the headquarters of the European Union ruled that the blockade of Cuba violates International Law
Brussels, Nov 19 (Agencies) An international court, which debated at this headquarters of the European Union on the US blockade of Cuba, ruled on Friday that this policy violates International Law and universal norms for peaceful coexistence. He stressed that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington violates the UN Charter, which enshrines Continue reading
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Sociopaths In Suits
The usual gallery of strutting presidents and prime ministers has yet again closed fraternal ranks to approve and applaud mass killing, this time in the apocalyptic remains of Gaza. Andrew Mitrovica For all their genteel embroidery and grand honorifics, the mundane men who lead Western “democracies” in Washington, DC, London, Paris, Berlin, Ottawa and Canberra, and Continue reading
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VOTING TODAY AT THE UN ON THE CUBAN RESOLUTION
The General Assembly of the United Nations considers, for the thirty-first time, the draft resolution entitled “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” Continue reading
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Will more BRICs save the world or more global power struggle?
The Atom Bomb ended World War II with the surrender of Japan’s imperial army in 1945. Germany and Japan the main protagonists against the Allied powers of UK, USA, France and USSR switched over soon after the war to the ‘western democratic model’ with pacifist constitutions. In the famous Churchillian phrase the ‘Iron Curtain’ bifurcated Continue reading
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Summit in Cuba of the G77 and China: for a better world it is possible!
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) On September 15 and 16, Cuba will host a new Summit of the Group of Countries of the G77+China, which will have as its central theme “Current development challenges: Role of Science, Technology and Innovation, and whose objective It will be to draw up strategies to make our world better, Continue reading
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The Brics, with the capacity to change the world
Johannesburg, South Africa, (Agencies) In 25 pages, the countries of the Brics group addressed practically all the claims of the nations of the global South, in particular with a call to promote inclusive multilateralism. Meeting in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24, the five members of that group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Continue reading
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Why are so many countries lining up to join BRICS?
By Dou Hongyu Ahead of the BRICS 2023 summit in August, more than 20 countries applied to join the bloc which is now formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and over 20 others reportedly expressed their willingness to be part of it. BRICS expansion is no longer a matter of “if,” but Continue reading
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People’s Summit 2023 in Brussels, a space for struggle and dreams
By Waldo Mendiluza, special envoy Brussels, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Social movements and progressive political forces from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean will lead today the installation of the Brussels-2023 People’s Summit, a space to outline the construction of a more just world. The two-day forum based at the Free University of Brussels is Continue reading
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Pope Francis affirms that Cuba is a symbol
Rome, Jul 12 (Agencies) «Cuba is a symbol, Cuba has a great history,» Pope Francis told the media. The Supreme Pontiff added that “I love the Cuban people very much. I had good human relations with Cuban people and also, I confess, I have a human relationship with Raúl Castro”. Francisco pointed out that «I Continue reading
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The stalled process of UN Security Council reform (Gambian newspaper The Point)
Article By: BABOUCARR-BLAISE I. JAGNE, RETIRED INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANT The much-trumpeted reform of the UN Security Council believed to have heralded a new era in the history of the U.N. seems to be fading away rapidly each day. There is no gainsaying that the UN Security Council as it is composed presently at the level of Continue reading
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Cuba and China present the first patent for a joint vaccine against coronavirus strains
Havana (Agencies) Cuba and China presented to the National Intellectual Property Office of the Asian country the first patent for the Pan-Corona vaccine that is expected to be effective against different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. According to information from the president of the BioCubaFarma group, Eduardo Martínez, said step is the result of bilateral Continue reading
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MEP calls for unity of action against blockade against Cuba in international media marathon
Paris, Apr 4 (Agencies) Spanish MEP Manu Pineda called this Sunday for global solidarity against the blockade that the United States imposes on Cuba, and urged to carry it out from unity, above particular visions and political colors. We have to forget when we talk about solidarity with the island of the acronyms or logos Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 