Havana, July 27 (Radio Havana Cuba) — On the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is undertaking the International Hands Off Cuba Campaign.
The WFTU, which brings together 105 million members in 133 countries, has called on all affiliated organizations in the world to express their solidarity with the Cuban people, with protests in front of American embassies on all continents, against the economic, financial and commercial blockade that the U.S. government has maintained against the island for more than 60 years.
Ernesto Freyre Cabañas, regional general secretary of the WFTU, said that in these demonstrations they will also demand the removal of Cuba from the list unilaterally invented by the United States of supposed countries promoting terrorism, as well as the cessation of media propaganda against the island.
The WFTU will also pay tribute to the heroes and martyrs of July 26th and will highlight the example for the world of the Cuban Revolution.
On the occasion of the Day of National Rebellion, Pambis Kyritsis, General Secretary of the WFTU, sent a message to the Cuban people.
“We salute the heroic anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks, in Santiago de Cuba. July 26th marks the beginning of the attempt to defeat the dictatorship, which gave hope to workers around the world and demonstrated that the people can create a society free of exploitation.”
And the message concludes: “The voice of the International Class-Based Trade Union Movement is heard throughout the world demanding Hands Off Cuba, End the Blockade Now!
Hanoi, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban National People’s Power Assembly (ANPP) President Esteban Lazo reiterated, in this capital on Saturday, that the essence of the economic, financial, and commercial blockade of the United States against his country is eminently political.
If this is not understood, it is impossible to understand the cruelty of this tightened siege, Lazo, who is also a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), said during a meeting with solidarity organizations, members of the state mission, and young Cuban students.
The ANPP president recalled that as early as April 1960, a US Undersecretary of State advised then-President Dwight Eisenhower to deprive the emerging Cuban Revolution of popular support by the only feasible means: inflicting as much economic damage as possible to create hardship on the population.
The aim of the tightened US blockade, which has lasted for more than six decades, has always been to eliminate socialism in Cuba, he noted.
During the meeting, Jorge Luis Broche, member of the Secretariat of the PCC Central Committee and head of its Economic-Productive Department, told participants about aspects of the current situation in Cuba and the main challenges of the Socio-Economic Development Plan by 2030.
He pointed out that external forces are hovering over the Cuban reality, creating complex situations that curb the economy’s progress. Broche reiterated that the severe and reinforced blockade of the United States is precisely the main obstacle.
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The agency explains that the interference in the internal affairs of the South American country began “with a wide media campaign».
July 26 (teleSUR) The American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denounced this Friday that the United States (USA) and other allied nations, undertake actions and statements interfering and destabilizing, through hegemonic media and social networks, to destabilize the July 28 elections in Venezuela, building the matrix of opinion of a possible electoral fraud.
In a statement, the organization explains that the interference in the internal affairs of the South American country began “with a wide-ranging media campaign in which various personalities from the United States and allied governments called openly for voting against the current Venezuelan government”.
“In recent days, probably because they verified that the campaign described did not produce the expected results, they began to install the possibility of electoral fraud. In several press releases, the population is called to vote for the opposition and falsely claim to have evidence of the alleged alteration of the election result by the government headed by Nicolas Maduro”, The AAJ needs to be informed.
He also warned that the maneuvers are very similar to those that led to the coup against former Bolivian president Evo Morales in 2019, with the proven involvement of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Union, which left some dead, wounded and political prisoners, while depriving that country of strategic resources
La Asociación Americana de Juristas denunció acciones y declaraciones perjudiciales sobre las elecciones del 28Jul. Exhortamos a los gobiernos y sus representantes a no realizar declaraciones que alienten un cruento enfrentamiento en la sociedad venezolana, e insistimos en…
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The text reads, The American Association of Jurists denounced harmful actions and statements regarding the July 28 elections. We urge governments and their representatives not to make statements that encourage bloody confrontation in Venezuelan society, and we insist that peaceful cooperation between peoples must be resumed.
The document also states that the AAJ “has accredited international observers and escorts for the process of next July 28 in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We have verified that, as in previous elections, this is one of the most complete and secure electoral systems, administered only by the Electoral Power”.
In this regard, he indicated that in terms of technology, the Venezuelan electoral system presents 16 types of audit in different components, including its closed transmission system, The European Commission has also been working on this.
“In addition, polling stations are subject to citizen verification, with provisions such as the drawing of 30 members per table, even though they will only exercise function 3 of them, together with the witnesses designated by each political party. All of this, under meticulous regulations and regulations, with constitutional status”, he said.
The text further recalls that “the principle of non-intervention implies the right of any sovereign state to conduct its affairs without foreign interference”, while referring to documents such as the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the UN General Assembly, where they declare that states must refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.
“Historically, the weaker states clung to the principle of non-intervention as the only legal protection against the expansionist ambitions of the more powerful countries. Thus, the O.E.A.’s Charter, in Article 19, states that “No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, and for whatever reason, in the internal or external affairs of any other. The above principle excludes not only armed force, but also any other form of interference or tendency to undermine the personality of the State, political elements, The Committee also notes that the Commission has made a number of recommendations to the Council, including those relating to the economic and cultural aspects”.
The AAJ explained that in view of this, it adds to the pronouncements of intellectuals, movements and social, cultural, professional, progressive forces that repudiate the US threats of destabilization. and the allied nations.
“We urge the Governments and their representatives not to make statements that encourage a bloody confrontation in Venezuelan society, and we insist that the path of solidarity and peaceful cooperation between peoples must be taken again”, he stressed.
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Ignacio Ramonet (L) and teleSUR President Patricia Villegas (R), 2024. Photo: teleSUR
The system offers guarantees to prevent any type of manipulation of the voting machines before, during, and after the voting day.
July 23 (teleSUR) On Monday, the Spanish writer Ignacio Ramonet stated that the characteristics of the Venezuelan electoral system make it impossible to obtain fraudulent results in the presidential elections on July 28.
“The far-right defamation campaign seeks to position the narrative that the presidential elections will be easily manipulated. That is impossible due to the strong safeguards of the electoral system,” he said at “Venezuela Decides 2024,” a TV program hosted by teleSUR President Patricia Villegas.
The Spanish intellectual also reminded that the Venezuelan electoral system offers multiple guarantees to prevent any type of manipulation of the voting machines before, during, and after the voting day.
“The far-right continues to argue that the system is susceptible to being manipulated by the authorities. This theory, however, does not hold,” Ramonet said, recalling that the electronic system is subject to several audits to which representatives of the opposition parties and international observers have access.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | President Nicolas Maduro continues his campaign through the Venezuela Nuestra command in Petare, Miranda State. He denounced the extreme right-wing plans to fill the country with violence and stressed that no one will sabotage the presidential elections. pic.twitter.com/Q6ydeuHHwG
“The Venezuelan electoral system was designed so that it is not vulnerable and does not allow for cheating. It cannot be breached in any way,” Ramonet said, adding that the authorities ultimately guarantee the impartiality of the electoral process.
In an attempt to preemptively delegitimize what will happen on July 28, the far-right opposition is publishing supposed opinion polls with the intention of presenting their candidate as the winner. This early move will allow conservatives to “cry fraud” if their politicians do not win the presidential elections.
“Therefore, it must be repeated that neither the Venezuelan government nor the electoral authorities can cheat because the system is strongly safeguarded,” Ramonet reiterated, reminding that Venezuela is a place where democracy is guaranteed thanks to citizen participation.
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raúl Castro, and President Miguel Díaz-Canel are chairing the main event on the July 26, National Rebelliousness Day, in this central province.
At the Major General Serafín Sánchez Valdivia Revolution Square, 5,000 people from Sancti Spiritus, on behalf of all Cubans, celebrate the 71st anniversary of the attacks on the the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes garrisons.
Salvador Valdés Mesa, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and vice president, who was in charge of the keynote speech, highlighted the consequences of the intensified economic, commercial and financial blockade by the United States Government against Cuba.
He praised the economic and social results of the people of Sancti Spiritus, and said that “like all of our people, they have known how to live up, once again, to the height of their glorious history, which treasures an admirable legacy of tradition of struggle from the colonial period to the present.”
The Cuban vice president noted that “Sancti Spíritus has a prominent place in the war of liberation and in the delivery of its children to the Homeland and the construction of the new society, anticipated by Fidel in the Moncada program.”
Deivy Pérez, member of the PCC Central Committee and first secretary in the province, praised the people’s efforts and pointed out that Sancti Spíritus is a land of mambises who will follow the March, as Serafín, mortally wounded, stated.
“Today we come here to evoke the bravery of our ancestors and reaffirm in the present the commitment to the principles that have guided our heroes and martyrs, like those brave young people who took history by storm,” she said.
She evoked the three valuable sons of this land who participated in the deed on July 26, 1953, when Reemberto Abad Alemán lost his life, while Antonio Darío López and Ricardo Santana survived the action.
The main event on the Moncada anniversary was attended by Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés, among other leaders of the State and the Government.
Also present are a delegation from Vietnam, and members of the José Martí European Brigade of Volunteer Work and Solidarity with Cuba, and the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade, from Puerto Rico, as well as the Venceremos Brigade, from the United States.
There is also a delegation of Cuban-Americans from the José Martí Cultural Society, an Afro-American group of solidarity with Cuba, and foreign students who recently graduated from the University of Medical Sciences in Sancti Spíritus.
This is the third time that the main event for the Moncada anniversary is commemorated in Sancti Spíritus, the homeland of Major General Serafín Sánchez Valdivia, hero of all three independence wars and a personal friend of José Martí.
The bond between Cuba and Mexico exceeds 120 years of uninterrupted relationship
July 3 (Granma) The excellent relations between Cuba and Mexico were ratified this Wednesday in a meeting between the president-elect of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the member of the Political Bureau and foreign minister of the island, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who is in the capital of the sister country, as part of the delegation present at the III Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies.
Rodríguez Parrilla conveyed the congratulations of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the affection of the people of Cuba, as reported on the X network.
“In a fraternal atmosphere we talked about the many and intimate ties between our countries,” he wrote, and Sheinbaum, who will be the first female president in 200 years in her country, responded in the same way, gratefully.
The Minister also held a meeting with his Mexican counterpart Alicia Bárcena, as part of a meeting in which they reviewed the bilateral agenda and current regional and international issues.
The relationship between Cuba and Mexico spans more than 120 years of uninterrupted relations, dating back even before the formation of the Republic, and currently extends to sectors such as trade, investment, tourism, energy, fishing, air transport, customs, mining, education and health, which characterizes one of Cuba’s strongest relations in the area. (International Editorial)
Fui recibido por la Presidenta electa de #México@Claudiashein, a quien transmití felicitaciones del Presidente @DiazCanelB y el afecto del pueblo de #Cuba. En un ambiente fraterno conversamos sobre los múltiples y entrañables vínculos entre nuestros países.
Dra. Claudia Sheinbaum@Claudiashein
Me dio mucho gusto platicar con Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba.
President Maduro along the People of Yarucuy, July 24, 2024 Photo: @PresidencialVen
The president stressed that the political, social, electoral, cultural and spiritual power of Venezuela is the Bolivarian and Chavista people.
July 24 (teleSUR) From the town of San Felipe, in the state of Yaracuy and in the presence of a concentration of Venezuelans, the president, Nicolás Maduro, proposed this Wednesday the expansion and strengthening of the humanist and socialist model of the Venezuelan government.
The Plan of the Fatherland contemplates the transformations that the nation needs in the future and has the support of the deep people, of 240,000 streets of the country, where the teams of the heads and street bosses are located», said the president.
It also guaranteed support to more than 80,000 communities with their members, spokesmen and spokeswomen of the councils and popular circuits of the deep people.
Maduro said that the people have power in the territory guaranteed, mobilized, empowered and organized.
“I have built with the Peace Quadrants a much safer Venezuela than we had in the past, and we are going to build a powerful and safe Venezuela. We have the union of civic, military and police power”, Maduro stressed.
The president stressed that the political, social, electoral, cultural and spiritual power of Venezuela is the Bolivarian and Chavista people.
He also predicted that the victory of Sunday will amaze the world. “It will be the most beautiful electoral victory, the biggest in the electoral history of Venezuela,” he said, while calling it a resounding and irreversible victory.
«Nobody is going to steal the right to peace, tranquility and future of the people”, Maduro said.
The president also praised the state of Yaracuy, because in thirty electoral processes it has been a state where Chavismo has been victorious.
The Venezuelan people will triumph with which they will win peace, the homeland, the workers. “I am simply Nicolás Maduro Moros, a man of the people. From the people I come and to the people I owe my life!” , he stressed and called on all the people to exercise their right to vote in the name of peace.
“We are more mobilized than ever (…) I can assure a great victory,” he shared with the people of San Felipe, during their closing campaign in Yaracuy.
The candidate of the Great Patriotic Pole, Nicolás Maduro Moros, to give continuity to his campaign actions reached the state of Portuguesa, in the town of Guanare, where he presented to the people his plan of transformation for re-election.
The president made available to the people of Portuguesa the Plan of the Seven Transformations (7T) that covers seven points lined up in: Modernize the Economy, Full Independence, Peace, Security and Territorial, Social, Political, Ecological and Geopolitical Integrity.
He then questioned whether other candidates had a plan to carry out after the election, thus demonstrating their readiness for the presidency.
From his plan, he noted that more than two million people gave their views in the preparation of this document. “We think it in good Venezuelan and good Spanish, we do not write it in English or in secret,” he said.
On the other hand, he recalled that the electoral victory 20 years ago against fascism was the basis for the creation of the missions and for the formation of a country that began to live its best times The Commission has already taken a number of initiatives in this field.
“With the decisive, irreversible victory of next Sunday we will open the gates to peace, stability, tranquility and economic progress,” said the president.
“With the victory of your vote and that of the whole people we will open the doors (this time) for 50 years,” he added.
Admitting that he is the president of the people, Maduro told the inhabitants of Guanare that you can’t expect anything from the fascists, but that all “the good things of (Venezuela)” must be expected from the people.
Following this line, he added that “Venezuela is prepared for a new stage”, recalling that this region has been the protagonist of victories.
Damascus, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) Syrians and Cubans recalled in this capital the 71st anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (1952-1958), stressing its historical, patriotic and revolutionary meanings.
Those present at the commemoration of this date ratified the spirit of solidarity, struggle, sovereignty, and mutual support that unites Syria and the Caribbean nation.
The Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the diplomatic mission here, Luis Javier Cabañas, said that this event represented a decisive milestone in the long battle of the Cuban people for their full liberation.
We remember with pride this epic of our history led by young revolutionaries: Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, and Abel Santamaría, who threw themselves into combat, with the ideals of freedom of José Martí, and gave their lives to give Cuba all the freedom and social justice, the diplomat said.
He denounced that the U.S. government persists in its campaigns of discredit, lies, and distortions, and the incitement to disorder and chaos, to justify an armed intervention and defeat the Revolution.
