San Salvador, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Salvadorans today expressed their solidarity with Cuba and their rejection of the United States’ ongoing aggression against the island.

Members of social organizations and residents demonstrated this Sunday during the “World Marathon of Love for Cuba” in key areas of the historic center of this capital, while chanting slogans in support of the Cuban people’s struggle against U.S. actions.

We welcome the global marathon that will take place this Sunday in all cardinal points to remove the island from the list of states that promote terrorism and to stop all coercive measures against the Cuban people, said Raúl Martínez, of the solidarity movement.

Cuba is not alone and here in El Salvador we are supporting the world marathon for the love of Cuba, said Claudio San Marco, of the Salvadoran Solidarity Movement with the Caribbean nation.

During the activity, a statement was read on behalf of all participating groups, which expressed their rejection of the policies of the current Donald Trump administration.

“We condemn the genocidal blockade, a real measure that directly suffocates the Cuban people, inside and outside Cuba, affecting all areas of the island’s society. We also repudiate the defamatory campaigns that seek to diminish the value of this flagrant measure and reaffirm the worldwide call to stop it,” the text stated.

He stressed the message that the Caribbean country implements in its foreign policy in a transparent and open manner regarding humanitarian assistance in all fields of technological, technical and scientific cooperation, but never promotes actions contrary to the Charter of the United Nations. He denounced the policies implemented by the current US Secretary of State, Marcos Rubio, against Cuban medical cooperation, which assists third countries and harms not only the humanitarian health system of the largest of the Antilles, but also the countries that receive its aid.

We denounce the cruelty of actions such as the National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 (NSPM-5), a measure that seeks to further harm Cuban trade and tourism businesses, as well as the blockade and obstruction of flights between Cuba and the United States, the document said.

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Havana, Mar 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero today called on tourism workers to deploy innovative initiatives to improve the sector and generate more income, ACN reported.

In a conversation with representatives of that group, the head of government explained the current context that the Caribbean island is experiencing, described by its authorities as one of creative resistance in a war economy imposed by successive United States administrations.

The member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party and Secretary General of the Cuban Workers’ Union, Ulises Guilarte, and the head of the branch, Juan Carlos García, accompanied the prime minister, the Cuban News Agency (ACN) reported.

On the eve of the celebration of Tourism Workers’ Day on March 4 in this Caribbean nation, the minister urged those attending the meeting to share experiences and contribute ideas that strengthen the so-called “locomotive of the Cuban economy.”

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Mexico City, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Officials from the Cuban Embassy in Mexico gave lectures at the University of Guanajuato on medical cooperation and the economic blockade imposed by the United States, it was announced here today.

A note from the diplomatic headquarters states that counselor José Ángel Maury and second secretary Luis López highlighted to academics and students the damage caused by this blockade, which was described as genocidal, and the intensification of its measures by recent administrations in the northern country.

They also discussed the implications of Cuba’s inclusion “in the spurious list of state sponsors of terrorism and the immense solidarity that our people have in continuing to confront the attacks.”

The diplomats expressed their gratitude for the deep interest shown and the efforts of university students and teachers from this institution to learn about the Cuban reality, the options for achieving economic development and the incorporation into the BRICS bloc (led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).

The text also refers to the work of Cuban health personnel in 24 states of Mexico.

Likewise, the support of federal deputy Magda Rosales, student groups from the higher education center and members of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba in León, state of Guanajuato, was highlighted to further strengthen relations between the two countries.

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Feb 27 (Belly of the Beast) While Trump and Rubio make peace with Russia, they have kept a hardline position against Cuba. Just days after his appointment as secretary of state, Rubio announced that the Trump administration was “restoring a tough U.S.-Cuba policy.”

Meanwhile, Rubio’s right-hand man, Mauricio Claver-Carone, told Politico that regime change in Cuba is “imminent” and that the U.S. can be “very creative” in bringing it about.

Check out our latest video in which Cubans in Cuba explain how Rubio, who has never stepped foot on the island and whose parents left years before the Cuban revolution, is “screwing over his own people.”