Havana, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday congratulated Mexico’s Morena party on its 10th anniversary, and expressed the will to continue to strengthen ties between political organizations.
On his X profile, the head of State highlighted Morena’s work in these 10 years, under the leadership of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and focusing on the well-being of the Mexican people.
The National Regeneration Movement (Morena) was created in 2011 as a civil association dedicated to promoting democracy and the defense of Mexico’s sovereignty.
On July 9, 2014, the political organization was registration with the National Electoral Institute as a national party.
Four years later, in 2018, Morena had its first victory in the presidency of the Republic, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The National Regeneration Movement again won the presidency this year under the leadership of the first woman elected to this position in Mexico’s history: Claudia Sheinbaum.
Morena celebrates a decade of work, consolidating itself as the leading political force in Mexico. Currently, the party holds the Presidency of the Republic and the parliamentary majority in both chambers of the Congress of the Union.
Havana, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) To date, almost 50 governments globally have rejected Cuba’s inclusion in Washington’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list, the Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) informed on Wednesday.
Statements of rejection by movements, organizations, institutions, activists, and international figures who described this designation as unjust and arbitrary, and denounced its consequences for the Cuban nation and families also added to the demand.
In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) urged the Joe Biden administration to remove Cuba from that list and take the path of mutual understanding.
The Russian State Duma (Lower House of the Federal Assembly) also rejected Washington’s provision, which limits the rights of Cubans in and outside their country, and hinders any humanitarian aid, business, investment, and trade for this nation and its citizens.
The persecution of financial transactions to and from Cuban territory and commercial relations affects all spheres of life.
Paradoxically, while the United States keeps Cuba on that list, it harbors groups that organize, finance, and carry out terrorist actions on its territory to undermine the revolutionary process.
On Monday, Cuba’s Interior Ministry (MININT) revealed details of an infiltration operation recently thwarted by specialized forces from that institution, aimed at attacking economic, social, and military targets with destabilizing purposes.
According to analysts, the US Government’s double standards in dealing with such a sensitive issue as terrorism expose the true nature of the policy with which successive US administrations have sought to overthrow the Cuban Revolution for more than six decades.
Havana, July 8 (Radio Havana Cuba) The Cuban Institute of Sports, INDER, and the South African Embassy in Cuba called today for the Mandela and Fidel Race for World Peace, to be held on July 20.
According to the digital site Jit, this event that pays tribute to the main political figures of both nations will be run in the facilities of the Ciudad Deportiva and will be a qualifier for the Marabana 2024.
The director of the National Commission of Marabana-Maracuba Races and Walks, Carlos Gattorno, told Inder’s official media that the 10-kilometer circuit will start and finish at the Ciudad Deportiva.
The organizers will award prizes to the first three places of each sex and to the winners of each association of people with disabilities.
In addition, the first 1,000 runners to cross the finish line will receive a medal, a sweater and a certificate of qualification for Marabana 2024.
This will be the last 10-kilometer qualifying race for the main long-distance event in Cuba, while for the half marathon the closing race will be the Olympic Ideal, scheduled for August 13.
Managua, Jul 9 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua’s “Love for Cuba” solidarity group rejected the terrorist plot against the Caribbean island planned in the United States in order to create unrest in the country.
The organization, which is a member of the Augusto C. Sandino Anti-imperialist Network of Solidarity with the Peoples, issued a statement in reference to the latest revelations about plans forged in Florida to perpetrate terrorist actions in Cuba.
The statement noted the arrest of Ardenys García Álvarez, 40, who illegally emigrated to the United States in 2014 and smuggled firearms and ammunition into Cuba by sea.
“The enemies of the Cuban people continue with the delirium of an alleged uprising on July 11, 2021, but they do not understand that these maneuvers were and will be defeated by the the Cuban people’s “homeland or death” decisive attitude,” the statement noted, adding that these kinds of actions are part of the imperial offensive to stop the advance of the progressive forces of the world, where the Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua axis stood up to fascist groups and supports the establishment of a new international order without Western hegemony.
“They desperately want to tarnish 45/19 in Nicaragua (45th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution), the 71st anniversary of the attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes garrisons (in Cuba) on July 26 (1953), and delegitimize the future and overwhelming electoral victory of the Venezuelan people on July 28,” said the statement, which underscored the importance of remaining alert.
The group stated that Cuba is not alone and expressed the need to close ranks and continue the fight against the United States blockade against Cuba.
The statement also denounced Cuba’s inclusion on the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list and recalled that last May, the United States deleted Cuba from the list of countries that do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism.
“Cuba remains on the US blacklist of countries that support terrorism, which also includes Iran, North Korea and Syria, nothing has changed, let’s not be fooled (…) they are the terrorists,” the statement emphasized.
It called to unite to continue the fight for a fairer world for all peoples, and denounced Washington’s actions against other countries like Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Washington, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) German Congresswoman Sevim Dağdelen stressed here on Monday that it is a disgrace that Cuba is included on Washington’s State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.
“I am in solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban people; I think it is irresponsible, a shame that Cuba is included on that list,” the congresswoman said in an interview with Prensa Latina, a few minutes after speaking at a protest outside the White House against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Dağdelen, who is a member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) and the Foreign Affairs Committee, said, “We must unblock Cuba if we are truly in favor of human rights and the country’s development and sovereignty.”
That is why, I support Cuba’s struggle and the lifting of the blockade,” emphasized the parliamentarian, whose speeches at the “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” conference and Sunday’s protest in Lafayette Park, outside the Executive Mansion, mentioned the US naval base in the illegally occupied territory of Guantanamo, in eastern Cuba.
According to Brown University researchers, the wars of the United States and its allies have killed more than 4.5 million people over the last 20 years worldwide, the politician commented.
Attending the demonstration were representatives of a wide range of US groups and social movements and delegates to the “No to NATO, Yes to Peace” conference, which was held this weekend in advance of the military alliance’s Summit in Washington D.C. from July 9-11
The NATO Summit will bring together leaders and representatives of all 32 member States of the military alliance in the context of the 75th anniversary of its founding. \
NATO was formed by virtue of the Washington Treaty, signed on April 4, 1949.
Havana, July 8 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) here, Alejandra Trossero, considered the difficulties in mobilizing resources, today limit the scope and impact of that agency’s work in Cuba.
Unlike other countries, Cuba has a small group of donors due to the problems we know about and the sanctions imposed on it.
There are many difficulties in articulating donations and cooperation, she assured in statements to Prensa Latina.
These circumstances, she said, “put the country at a disadvantage, especially with respect to financing for development, because there are very big limitations to obtaining the specific funds it needs.”
Despite this, she is “very satisfied with Unicef’s results in the nation during 2023, “mainly because it maintains very positive working ties” with state agencies and institutions.
We did, she commented, intense work in the maternal and child area, with emphasis on “strengthening the capabilities of health professionals to care for newborns with low weight or other complications.”
We reinforced neonatology services in 19 centers, bringing necessary supplies to save lives, and at the same time we trained nearly 5 thousand professionals in that area alone, said Trossero, Unicef representative in Cuba since January 2022.
“We also bring vaccines. Cuba has great capacity to produce them, but one in particular, for children under one year old, cannot be produced. We are committed to bringing them every year,” she explained.
It is, she pointed out, the so-called triple vaccine (it can prevent measles, mumps and rubella) and last year we brought 93 thousand doses.
In 2023, as she reported, “cold chains were also strengthened to transport and protect vaccines,” in addition to “incorporating high-performance ambulances to assist pregnant women in critical condition, which will allow them to reach more than 30,000 pregnant women.” All this work, she stressed, was possible due to the coordination and joint efforts with the Pan American Health Organization and the World Food Program, among other agencies.
I want to highlight the support for the nutrition of pregnant women and newborns. We promote breastfeeding as the best food and, with the Government, we work to ensure dietary diversity for the mother and thus guarantee good nutrition for the child, he highlighted.
Obviously, he declared, we want to do much more, because we know the difficult situation in the country…, and the truth is, sometimes we feel a little frustration for not being able to, although we do everything within our power.
“One of the biggest concerns is the lack of pediatric medications. It is a priority to obtain financing to be able to bring them. I know the reality of the country and that is a strong personal commitment, not only from Unicef,” he stated.
Havana, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today received the credentials of three new ambassadors who will represent their respective countries in Cuba.
Accompanied by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the head of State welcomed the diplomats at the Palace of the Revolution, the Presidency of the Republic reported on X.
As part of the event, the ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sherif Reda Ahmed Shehata; of the Republic of India, Thongkhomang Armstrong Changsan; and of the People’s Republic of China, Hua Xin, presented their credentials.
The president expressed his gratitude for the historic support to Cuba by these nations, which he described as sisters.
Díaz-Canel affirmed that the ambassadors will be able to count on all the help of the Government and the Foreign Ministry to carry out their work.
Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan ambassador to Cuba, Orlando Maneiro, highlighted here today the liberating feeling and spirit of the Venezuelan people, on the occasion of the 213th anniversary of the independence of this South American nation.
While laying a wreath at the Simon Bolivar Monument located on Presidents’ Avenue in this capital, the diplomat stressed that it is a day of glory, when Venezuelans also celebrate the creation of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.
The commemoration was also attended by ambassadors and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Cuba, as well as the Foreign Affairs Ministry and political and mass organizations of the Caribbean nation.
As part of the actions to commemorate the anniversary, a wreath was also laid in Havana’s José Martí Central Park and a political-cultural event was planned.
Cuba and Venezuela maintain solid political, economic and cultural relations, in addition to coinciding in governmental positions and practices on important issues of bilateral, regional and global interest.
The Venezuelan government and people celebrate their National Day today, on the occasion of the signing, on July 5, 1811, of the act of independence from the former Spanish colony.
With the declaration of independence, a new state and nation with a republican form of government was also formed.
Havana, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) Forces of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) dismantled a terrorist plan against Cuba, organized and financed from the United States, that institution informed through a note published in the Granma newspaper.
The text details that as a result of the investigation carried out by the specialized bodies of the MININT, the citizen Ardenys García Álvarez was arrested. He illegally penetrated and entered Cuba with firearms and ammunition by sea, as well as other implicated persons residing in the national territory.
García Álvarez had immigrated to that northern country, illegally, in 2014.
According to the MININt’s note, the action was part of a new recruitment plan to carry out violent actions. The ministry recalled that in December 2023 the Cuban government published in the Official Gazette of the Republic the list of persons and entities who sponsor terrorism against Cuba.
Two days later, preliminary information was released on the neutralization of a new recruitment plan to carry out violent actions in our country, which was intended to be carried out by a Cuban citizen living in the United States, the text pointed out.
The Ministry of the Interior prevented the realization of the plans designed, directed, and financed, once again, by the United States. This has generated an investigative process focused on the facts and the persons involved.
This Monday, July 8, at the end of the Cuban Television National News Broadcast, a special program will be offered with the evidence that proves the terrorist plans and actions, as well as those principally involved.
Minsk, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, Alvaro López Miera, met with the Minister of Defense of Belarus, Victor Jrenin, in Minsk, where they agreed to strengthen military cooperation, the BelTA news agency reported.
The ministers noted the importance of continuing the practical vector of interaction to strengthen cooperation in the military field, according to a statement released on Friday.
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus pointed out that López and Jrenin also summarized the provisional results of the joint work of the defense organizations in the first half of the year.
The Cuban minister arrived in Minsk on Monday to participate in the celebrations on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from German fascism.
