Havana, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said on Tuesday that Israel must end its acts of genocide in Palestinian territories.

On his X profile, the head of Cuban diplomacy noted that those who remain silent in light of the Zionist State’s massacre of the civilian population in Gaza are accomplices to those acts.

He pointed out that according to the Save the Children Foundation, some 21,000 Palestinian children are missing as a result of Israel’s aggression, which stated on October 7.

Constant bombings, detentions without charges, collapsed building, extreme violence during arrests and the discovery of mass graves are some of the factors that contribute to this tragedy, the humanitarian organization said.

In 262 days of aggression, the Israeli occupation army has murdered 37,626 people, while an undetermined number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, because rescue and civil defense teams cannot access them, the Ministry of Health reported from Gaza.

Over the last 24 hours, Israel’s forces have killed 28 civilians in that territory and have intensified their bombing campaign on several areas.

jg/mem/evm

Havana, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel today expressed his satisfaction with the release of Australian journalist Julian Assange, imprisoned for showing the world the crimes committed by the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In his profile on X, the Cuban leader wrote: #AssangeFree. The long and cruel punishment imposed on him for his denunciations of imperial crimes will remain in the memory of the people as proof of how little his jailers believe in freedom of the press.

In a similar sense, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, in a message on this social network, described Assange’s release as a victory of the truth, after years of unjust imprisonment and political persecution.

Assange was released Monday and traveled to his native Australia following an agreement with the U.S. government to plead guilty to a felony under the Espionage Act, after spending the last five years of his life in a British prison.

According to WikiLeaks, the release of its founder is the result of a global campaign that involved grassroots organizers, press freedom advocates, lawmakers, and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations.

jrr/mem/evm

Havana, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel today visited the municipality of Union de Reyes, in the southwest of the western province of Matanzas, as part of the government’s agenda for exchanges and check-ups in the territories.

According to information from Cuba Presidency in X, the Cuban leader began his visit in the neighbourhood known as Sabanilla, in the town of Juan Gualberto Gomez.

There he walked along Independencia Street and got acquainted with the transformations that include the renovation of houses, the incorporation of young people to study and work, and the attention to vulnerable families.

The local newspaper Giron reported that in his conversation with the villagers, he urged everyone to work hard together.

I know it is difficult when the situation is extremely complex, but these people have been hard-working and self-sacrificing, and what you have achieved here is an example for so many other neighbourhoods in Cuba,’ he said.

He also visited the Octavio de la Concepción y la Pedraja polyclinic, where he spoke with workers and the director of the institution, Dr. Yenia Ruiz, and was interested in the renovation of the center, which today provides services to more than 18,500 inhabitants of the territories of Bemejas, Cabezas, Puerto Rico and Plan Turquino.

This institution offers emergency consultations, as well as echocardiography, ultrasound, clinical laboratory, stomatology, rehabilitation room, optometry, among others.

Of particular importance to the centre is the X-ray service, with digital technology, which has benefited 1,262 patients to date, including 405 emergency patients.

Diaz-Canel also visited the Félix Ricardo Lopez Medina primary school and the local House of Culture, institutions that underwent structural and aesthetic improvements as part of an action plan to celebrate the 170th anniversary of Juan Gualberto Gomez’s birth, a distinguished Cuban patriot.

He assessed the use of a budget of more than two million pesos allocated to the works, which include a process of pothole patching still pending completion, the information indicated.

The president visited the region of Yumuri for the fifth time this year 2024.

Previously he visited the municipalities of Colon, Cardenas, Jovellanos and Jagüey Grande.

mh/abo/rgh/ebe