Havana, August 26 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda, reiterated this Sunday solidarity with Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro, in the face of attempts to ignore the results of the presidential elections of last July 28, in that country.
The party leader stated in his profile on the social network X, that the population of the South American nation demonstrated the validity of the lineage of (Simón) Bolívar and the strength of (Hugo) Chávez.
“With the undisputed leadership of President Nicolás Maduro, they have defended the sovereignty and peace of their country against those who are determined to attack and discredit it,” he said in his message.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela certified last Thursday the victory of President Nicolás Maduro after a formal examination of the results of the presidential elections.
This ruling confirmed that “in an unrestricted and unequivocal manner (…) the bulletins issued by the National Electoral Council are supported by the minutes of the scrutiny issued by each of the machines.”
Venezuela suffered an attempted coup d’état accompanied by a large-scale cyber attack, in the context of the elections of last July 28. (Source: Prensa Latina)
La Paz, August 27 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Solidarity Movement of Bolivia has collected a shipment for Cuba of about two tons of powdered milk and school supplies for Cuban children that arrived today at the Viru Viru international airport in Santa Cruz.
The Cuban consul general in that department, Dalay Lamar, thanked the solidarity activists and her compatriots living in this country for the effort made to complete the shipment symbolically delivered in a massive event in the José Martí square, despite the cold temperatures.
Lamar highlighted, in particular, the efforts of the Che Guevara Brigade of graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine based in Cuba to successfully carry out this action aimed at benefiting children harmed by the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against the Caribbean island.
The official expressed her gratitude to the Bolivians and Cubans who meet every Sunday in the Santa Cruz square to keep alive the spirit of solidarity and reject the policy maintained by Washington against Cuba for six decades, which she described as “inhumane and criminal.”
She also supported the demand of those present in the claim that Cuba be excluded from the unilateral list of alleged sponsors of terrorism with which the White House intends to justify its economic, commercial and financial reprisals.
In this context, the Consul General praised the beginning of the work of the Bolivian Solidarity Movement throughout the country with a view to the holding in October in Valle Grande of the Annual Meeting in support of the Cuban Revolution.
Activist Humberto Arandia confirmed the commitment of the solidarity group to persist in denouncing the hostile policy of the U.S. government towards the Cuban people. He also urged to continue the fight against the blockade by sending supplies and food.
For its part, the Association of Cubans Living in Santa Cruz “Félix Varela” called for denouncing the economic damage caused to the Cuban people by the US government’s blockade and thanked the Bolivian brothers for their solidarity actions.
Young people from the Andean Amazonian country recently incorporated into the Solidarity Movement and a representative of the women’s social organization Bartolina Sisa expressed their support for the Cuban government and people to those present.
The day was a excellent opportunity for the dozens of people gathered in the José Martí square to express their solidarity with Palestine and their condemnation of the Israeli Zionist genocide against Gaza and the Palestinian people. (Source: Prensa Latina)La Paz, August 27 (RHC)– The Solidarity Movement of Bolivia has collected a shipment for Cuba of about two tons of powdered milk and school supplies for Cuban children that arrived today at the Viru Viru international airport in Santa Cruz.
The Cuban consul general in that department, Dalay Lamar, thanked the solidarity activists and her compatriots living in this country for the effort made to complete the shipment symbolically delivered in a massive event in the José Martí square, despite the cold temperatures.
Lamar highlighted, in particular, the efforts of the Che Guevara Brigade of graduates of the Latin American School of Medicine based in Cuba to successfully carry out this action aimed at benefiting children harmed by the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against the Caribbean island.
The official expressed her gratitude to the Bolivians and Cubans who meet every Sunday in the Santa Cruz square to keep alive the spirit of solidarity and reject the policy maintained by Washington against Cuba for six decades, which she described as “inhumane and criminal.”
She also supported the demand of those present in the claim that Cuba be excluded from the unilateral list of alleged sponsors of terrorism with which the White House intends to justify its economic, commercial and financial reprisals.
In this context, the Consul General praised the beginning of the work of the Bolivian Solidarity Movement throughout the country with a view to the holding in October in Valle Grande of the Annual Meeting in support of the Cuban Revolution.
Activist Humberto Arandia confirmed the commitment of the solidarity group to persist in denouncing the hostile policy of the U.S. government towards the Cuban people. He also urged to continue the fight against the blockade by sending supplies and food.
For its part, the Association of Cubans Living in Santa Cruz “Félix Varela” called for denouncing the economic damage caused to the Cuban people by the US government’s blockade and thanked the Bolivian brothers for their solidarity actions.
Young people from the Andean Amazonian country recently incorporated into the Solidarity Movement and a representative of the women’s social organization Bartolina Sisa expressed their support for the Cuban government and people to those present.
The day was a excellent opportunity for the dozens of people gathered in the José Martí square to express their solidarity with Palestine and their condemnation of the Israeli Zionist genocide against Gaza and the Palestinian people. (Source: Prensa Latina)
Havana, August 27 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) has rejected in the strongest terms the accusations of alleged interference by this Caribbean nation in the local electoral campaigns of the state of Florida, in the United States.
Through a statement published on its website, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs detailed that articles in The Miami Herald newspaper and others from the McClatchy press organization, to which the newspaper belongs, began a new slanderous campaign against the island at the end of July.
The text specifies that these media hide behind supposed anonymous intelligence sources, a common practice that the journalistic organization and its editors are accustomed to when lies are the basis of the report.
“The accusation is that Cuba is making efforts to influence local electoral campaigns in the state of Florida in the United States,” the Minrex stressed.
The Foreign Ministry also deplored the fact that the U.S. government, its State Department and its intelligence agencies have not disqualified the direct reference to alleged government agencies on whose authority these slanderous articles appear to rest.
“The U.S. government cannot cite any evidence or indication, because it does not exist, that Cuba has interfered or has intended to interfere in its electoral processes, or that it is favoring any politician from the state of Florida or another state in that country,” the statement stressed.
The statement also stated that “if it were not an absolutely unfounded accusation on such a serious issue, the statement would cause astonishment, since it could be interpreted that the U.S. government has made a 180-degree turn and for the first time in more than a century considers it inappropriate to interfere in the electoral processes of other countries.”
The Ministry noted that it is not clear in any of the articles whether “the government intends to abandon a practice that is as illegitimate as it is unacceptable and which has been a part of U.S. foreign policy for so long.” (Source: PL)
Santa Clara, August 23 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The congratulatory message from Army General Raúl Castro Ruz to the members of the Federation of the central province of Villa Clara arrived on Thursday afternoon, read by Teresa Amarelle Boué, General Secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC).
During the meeting at the House of Orientation for Women and Families in the city of Santa Clara, provincial capital of Villa Clara, Nila Ojeda Sarduy and Deisy María Pozo Pérez, founders of the FMC in the territory and who have been worthy of important distinctions within the organization, were recognized.
The occasion was also a good opportunity to recognize the secretariats of the seven provinces that stood out in their emulation for the anniversary and to honor the Cubanas Project, sponsored by the female group Ensemble Vocal Musas and the Federation of Cuban Women of the province.
Teresa Amarelle Boué, General Secretary of the FMC, urged the women present to maintain the achievements of the Revolution and Socialism.
Havana, August 23 (Radio Habana Cuba) — Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, sent a message of congratulations “to all Cuban women for the heroic work they have carried out in these 64 years, for what they have done and continue to do,” the Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women reported on the social network X.
Without the need for words, women’s hands transcend falsehood and caress the truths because they speak a language only revealed to them.
The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) accompanied its mother, the Revolution, on the path, grateful for the gift of freedom and willing to expand it for the benefit of all, the only way to pay the debt for its existence.
On August 23, 1960, Cuban women united their efforts in a single organization, and elected Vilma Espín Guillois as their first and eternal leader. From that moment on, they began their battle for the essential role in a society devoted to justice.
However, conscience lags behind political will, and that gap imposed the urgent and still current task of removing centuries of machismo and other legacies of mental colonialism.
Until the fall of the Neocolonial Republic, the luckiest followed the pre-established destiny of finding a good man –for his money– and fulfilling the service of guardians of the home. In other cases, poverty and the few alternatives forced them to stain their dignity in degrading activities, including prostitution.
Against the worst of the past, the FMC bet on the future, and its representatives sought the best within themselves to give it to the call of each feat, in a country overflowing with them. Their faces were engraved in every sphere of human creation.
The greatest guarantee of continuing the struggle lies in nonconformity, and the present poses tremendous challenges to keep the shared dream safe. This organization, like every daughter of the revolutionary process, needs to connect with the deepest part of its being to mobilize the most beautiful endeavor: the aggrandizement of the Homeland.
At this point I will avoid mentioning their names to avoid the risk of unforgivable omissions, but also because two words are enough to invoke them all: Cuban woman. (Source: Granma)
Mexico City, Aug 21 (Radio Habana Cuba) – Cuban Minister of Public Health, José Angel Portal Miranda, called for regional cooperation to overcome the complex and diverse challenges in the health and pharmaceutical fields.
Speaking at the IX Pan-American Conference for the Harmonization of Pharmaceutical Regulation (PARF), the Cuban minister stressed that cooperation is precisely what has been promoted in the 25 years since the creation of this network, which is committed to the mission of guaranteeing access to effective, safe and quality pharmaceutical products.
Minister Portal Miranda explained that what has been experienced in recent years has demonstrated that humanity needs more than ever resilient and robust health systems that ensure everyone’s right to health and the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
Referring to the Cuban health system, he recalled that Public Health is a right of all people, and it is the responsibility of the State to guarantee access, free and quality care, protection and recovery services.
Its bases are born in the community and are supported by deep concepts of solidarity and universal coverage, he stressed, highlighting other pillars such as the health management put into practice, supported by the access to innovative medicines, the result of the development of the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry.
BioCubaFarma is responsible for the production of 62 percent of the medicines used in the national basic health care system, he said.
This is proof of the development achieved by Cuban science in more than six decades, which has also allowed our industry’s laboratories to produce leading products such as Jusvinza, an immunomodulator peptide; HEBERPROT-P, for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, which prevents more than 78 percent of amputations.
Also, CIMAVAX-EGF, a therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, and NIMOTUZUMAB, used in the treatment of head and neck tumors. nine of the 16 vaccines included in the National Immunization Program are produced in Cuba and protect against 13 diseases.
Several countries in our region, including Mexico, can attest to the effectiveness of many of these products once applied to their populations. In addition, the Cuban vaccine against pneumococcus, which has proven to be safe and effective, was recently approved.
The minister considered it important to recall that in this scenario, during the fight against the pandemic caused by Covid-19, Cuba developed five vaccine candidates, three of them certified as vaccines. This achievement made possible the launching of an unprecedented vaccination campaign, from which more than 98 percent of the vaccinable Cuban population over two years of age was immunized.
He stressed that it continues to be a challenge for his country to maintain the results and indicators achieved in the field of health.
In addition to the devastating consequences brought about by Covid-19, in Cuba we also have to face the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States government for more than 60 years, to which was added the arbitrary inclusion of our nation in the spurious and unilateral list of alleged State sponsors of terrorism.
These are facts that add multiple tensions to the functioning of the Health System and not only put obstacles to the services we provide to our people, but also to the development of the Cuban biopharmaceutical industry.
But in the face of external constraints, we have learned that the most secure resources we can have are those we can produce ourselves,” he said.
Havana, 22 August (Radio Habana Cuba) – Mexican senators and deputies on Wednesday asked their government to reiterate to the United States the demand for the removal of Cuba from the unilateral list of state sponsors of terrorism drawn up by Washington.
The legislators signed a declaration presented by the president of the Senate and the board of the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Union, Ana Lilia Rivera.
The document denounces the background of this unjust decision, its harmful consequences for Cuba and that it constitutes a violation of the fundamental principles of international law.
They recalled that the Government of Mexico has categorically condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington on the largest island of the Antilles for more than six decades, as well as the decision to apply Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.
They emphasized that the inclusion in the list of state sponsors of terrorism has had incalculable negative consequences for the economic development of the Cuban people.
They emphasized that this measure is contrary to the fundamental principles of international law, including the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of States, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and the legal equality of States”.
The congressmen’s action was in response to an agreement approved by the Cuba-Mexico Parliamentary Friendship Group, which met in Mexico City last August 10. (Source: Prensa Latina)
Havana, August 23 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) ratified their militant solidarity with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and President Nicolás Maduro Moros, democratically elected at the polls on July 28, 2024.
In a statement made public in Havana, the largest mass organization on the island highlights that the people defied the roadblocks, the riots, the economic sabotage and the international antennas, defeated with their votes the strategy of Imperialism and the oblivion and a position that has not hesitated to unleash the most brutal expressions of cruelty. The cynicism of all those who try to blame the government and the defenders of the people for the crimes committed is offensive.
The CDRs also denounce in their statement the launching of a well-coordinated international operation directed from Washington, with the support of the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, aimed at silencing the voice of the Venezuelan people, ignoring their will and imposing their surrender through attacks and economic sanctions.
The CDRs conclude: “The more than 8 million members of the CDR are with you. You are not alone. The Chavista Revolution will continue. Cuba and its people are at your side.”
We reaffirm the commitment assumed in our statement to support the defense of Venezuela and the dignified, courageous and constructive position of President Nicolas Maduro.
The CDRs, founded in 1960 by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, will celebrate their 64th anniversary next September.
Judge Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez Rodríguez, head of the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ (center), ratified the jurisdiction of the Electoral Chamber to initiate a judicial process of verification and investigation to assess the results of the electoral process.
Caracas, August 22 (Radio Habana Cuba) — The Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela issued a ruling in Caracas on Thursday on the investigation carried out regarding the contentious appeal filed by President Nicolás Maduro, regarding the presidential elections of July 28th.
Magistrate Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez Rodríguez read the ruling. She was accompanied by magistrates Fanny Márquez and Inocencio Figueroa, members of the Electoral Chamber. Based on the results obtained in the expert appraisal, she assured that the results bulletins of the National Electoral Council (CNE) are consistent with the reports of the electoral machines.
Based on the in-depth investigation carried out, the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared the dispute admissible and validated the results of the presidential election offered by the CNE.
She pointed out that there was an exhaustive and in-depth appraisal of the physical/digital materials on the elections, carried out in accordance with the highest national and international standards: “Based on the process, the CNE bulletins are supported by the minutes of scrutiny by the voting machines deployed in the process. The machines coincide with the totalization centers,” said the magistrate.
Magistrate Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez ratified the competence of the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ to initiate a judicial investigation process, appraise the results of the electoral process and resolve the dispute. She asserted that the courts of justice constitute instances to decide in the States of Law.
She pointed out that the competition is based on local legislation and legislation compared to other regional and global experiences (among which she cited the Mexican court).
Magistrate Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez highlighted the attendance of the CNE when it was summoned, except for one rector who did not do so. She recalled that of the 38 political parties that participated in the presidential elections, all attended the appearances before the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ and 33 submitted electoral material.
She specified that nine of the ten candidates summoned also attended. She added that the former candidate Edmundo González did not attend and was declared in contempt for not adhering to the constitutional order. She emphasized that representatives of the political parties that supported the former candidate of the Democratic Unitarian Platform (PUD) did not submit electoral material. During the hearing they reported that they did not have minutes and did not safeguard anything.
The magistrate confirmed that an attempted coup d’état accompanied by a large-scale cyber attack took place in the country.
Magistrate Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez urged the CNE to publish the results in the Electoral Gazette, according to article 155 of the Organic Law of Electoral Processes. “The CNE will order the publication of the results in the GE within 30 days following the announcement,” he said.
She said that she urgently sends a copy of the sentence to the Attorney General of the Republic to determine responsibilities for alleged crimes of impersonation of functions, computer crimes, criminal association and incitement to cause disorders, among others.
Magistrate Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez thanked the collaboration of the international observers and experts who were involved in the expertise of the presidential election. And she highlighted the support shown by the observers and their high technical level.
Havana, Aug. 20 (Radio Habana Cuba) The Iberostar Grand Packard in Havana and the Mystique Trinidad La Popa by Royalton in Trinidad were ranked today as the fifth and 19th best hotels in the world, respectively.
The Best Hotels in the World (2024) award, based on surveys conducted by the travel website Tripadvisor, placed these hotels in its preferred list of the 25 best establishments (previously, Cuban resorts have been awarded in several surveys of this type, along with beaches and other tourist products).
The Travelers’ Choice Awards Best of the Best Titie celebrate the highest level of excellence in travel.
They are awarded to those that receive a high volume of excellent reviews and opinions from the Tripadvisor community over a 12-month period (out of its eight million listings, when less than one percent reach this milestone).
The first of the Cuban winners is the Iberostar Grand Packard, a luxury and sustainable hotel located in the heart of Havana. It appears in the panorama of the capital of the island, very close to the bar-restaurant Floridita, famous for the latent presence of the American writer Ernest Hemingway, La Bodeguita del Medio and other emblematic places of Cuban tourism.
As part of the Spanish hotel company’s urban hotel offer, the Iberostar Grand Packard stands out because it belongs to the Grand category, the most luxurious of the company’s offerings.
Located in the central Paseo del Prado, in the heart of Havana, its model of responsible tourism focuses on people and the oceans, thanks to the Wave of Change movement launched in 2017 with three lines of action: circular economy, promotion of responsible fish consumption and care for coastal health. (Source: Latin Press)
