Washington, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) While the first 30 tons of food purchased in the United States by the Let Cuba Live campaign arrived at Cuba, here the fundraising continues, surpassing today 115 thousand dollars.
“We are increasing our goal to 150 thousand dollars to send more aid to those facing blackouts, shortages and hurricane damage,” the organization The People’s Forum said on the social network X, which, together with the Hatuey Project and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, carry out this coordinated effort.
The initial purpose was to collect 100 thousand dollars for the purchase of food and electricity generators destined to Cuba in this context of energy emergency combined with the passage of a hurricane through the eastern part of the country.
According to the appeal published on the internet, “at this moment, Cuba is facing a serious moment of crisis. In the midst of a devastating power outage, a hurricane and the ongoing brutal U.S. blockade, the Cuban people face urgent, life-threatening conditions.”
The convocation recalled that natural disasters and the U.S. government’s deliberate attempt to strangle the Cuban economy and limit its ability to trade, have led to a grave situation in Cuba, which is why “we must act now.”
The organizations agreed that the Cuban people are resilient. “They have faced more than 65 years of a cruel U.S. blockade, but this moment is unique: the triple threat of blockade, hurricane and blackout makes this moment especially urgent,” they warned.
On Tuesday The People’s Forum published a letter in The New York Times demanding that U.S. President Joe Biden reverse in his last 90 days in office the brutal policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, toward Cuba.
In more than six decades, the blockade has cost Cuba more than 164 billion dollars in damages and some five billion dollars in losses in the last year alone (March 2023 to February 2024). The letter reiterated that every year the United States is left alone before the UN General Assembly while the world condemns this unilateral and hostile policy.
Regional conference for manufacturers of radiopharmaceuticals begins in Cuba
Havana, Oct 28 oct (RHC) Manufacturers of radiopharmaceuticals from twelve Latin American nations are gathering in Havana from today until November 1 to share their insights into meeting the regulatory standards for these products.
Approximately thirty specialists from the region participate in the conference on this topic, which is being organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The primary goal of this event is to showcase the efforts of pharmaceutical companies in the field of radiation to ensure compliance with health standards throughout the registration, licensing, and approval processes, among other aspects.
The event will be attended by Enrique Estrada, a technical expert from the IAEA, specializing in nuclear medicine and imaging.
According to Mayka Guerrero, head of the Specialized Center for Diagnosis and Treatment at the Center for Medical Research Surgery, this workshop will be a chance to learn about the regulatory frameworks for radiopharmaceuticals in Latin America.
Furthermore, it will facilitate the sharing of insights into the difficulties encountered by the radiopharmaceutical sector in meeting regulatory standards.
The International Atomic Energy Agency defines radiopharmaceuticals as pharmaceuticals that contain radioactive forms of chemical elements known as radioisotopes. Depending on the type of radiation emitted by these radioisotopes, they can be utilized for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in the medical field.
Their applications span from imaging a wide variety of organs, such as the brain, heart, kidneys, and bones, to treating cancer and hyperthyroidism. (Source: PL)
Washington, October 28 (RHC) — Demonstrations in New York, Los Angeles and other cities in the United States took place Sunday, with a view toward the upcoming annual vote in the UN General Assembly on a resolution calling for lifting the blockade of Cuba.
The mobilization in New York City condemned the blockade of Cuba and demanded an immediate end to this irrational policy, which the government of that nation has maintained for more than six decades.
For its part, the “Hands Off Cuba” Committee of Los Angeles held a march and rally against the U.S. blockade.
The Committee announed that there were international protests in more than 65 countries and 35 cities in the United States to demand the end of the blockade and the removal of Cuba from Washington’s list of alleged terrorist nations. “The unilateral siege of successive US governments “has exacerbated the economic situation in Cuba by denying it (among others) access to oil from other countries and spare parts to repair its electrical grid,” the Los Angeles organization’s message emphasized.
It also recalled the impact in recent days of Hurricane Oscar in eastern Cuba, which puts pressure on the limited resources of the Caribbean island.
“The criminal blockade must end. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach Cuba,” the Committee concluded.
The expressions of support precede the vote that will take place for the thirty-second time in the UN General Assembly on the Resolution Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.
The annual debate will take place on Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday, the 30th, at the United Nations in New York.
Washington, October 27 (RHC) — “Together we create” is the motto that will bring together representatives of more than 70 organizations that make up the National Network with Cuba in the United States at the annual conference that they are preparing this Saturday in the city of Detroit, Michigan.
“Join us in Detroit from November 15 to 17,” says the call published on the official page of the NNOC (acronym in English of the Network), which will take stock of the solidarity work with the island in the last year.
At the meeting, participants will also evaluate the actions against the economic, commercial and financial blockade that impacts the Cuban people and will continue to promote the paths that allow the achievement of the normalization of relations between the two countries.
It will be a time to support the future of the solidarity movement with Cuba, the organizer said, extending her invitation not only to the groups that make up this platform, but also to students and youth activists, workers and all friends of the Caribbean country, especially those who live in cities near Detroit.
On the opening day, they plan to open a photographic exhibition dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Latin American Information Agency Prensa Latina, a press outlet founded on June 16, 1959 by the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and the Argentine-Cuban guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara.
The exhibition 65 Years in the Service of Truth is a tour in images of the presence of this news agency, which has more than 30 offices around the world, including those in the United States and at the headquarters of the United Nations Organization in New York.
The organizers believe that it is necessary at this time to increase the number of voices and actions in solidarity with Cuba in the face of a reinforced blockade, the longest in history against any country, which constitutes a violation of the human rights of the Cuban people.
Havana, October 26 (RHC)– Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and head of Foreign Relations, stressed this Saturday that at the proposal of Cuba, Resolution 78/7 of the United Nations General Assembly will be discussed on Tuesday, October 29th and Wednesday the 30th, in New York.
On his Instagram account, the Cuban foreign minister stated that the world will once again overwhelmingly condemn the U.S. blockade against Cuba.
And precisely as part of the activities against this hostile U.S. policy, the streets of New York will host the exhibition “Cuba is Not Alone” — with 50 works by artists from more than 15 countries, Rodriguez Parrilla reported on his X account.
This is, he explained, an initiative of the Artists vs Blockade Movement whose main objective is to demand the end of the blockade against Cuba and its exclusion from the list of States sponsoring terrorism.
“On the initiative of the Artists vs Blockade Movement, the #CubaIsNotAlone exhibition will be displayed on the streets of New York, with 50 works by artists from more than 15 countries. The demand is to end the blockade against Cuba and to remove those sponsoring terrorism from the list.” [ SOURCE: ACN ]
Washington, October 27 (RHC) — Demonstrations in New York, Los Angeles and other cities in the United States will precede this Sunday an upcoming vote in the UN General Assembly on a resolution calling for lifting the blockade of Cuba.
The mobilization in New York City will begin at 1:00 p.m. local time and will call for an end to the United States’ economic and political war against Cuba, according to the rally poster, published on social media.
For its part, the “Hands Off Cuba” Committee of Los Angeles announced that it will hold a march and rally to join those called. “This weekend there will be international protests in more than 65 countries and 35 cities in the United States to demand the end of the blockade and the removal of Cuba from Washington’s list of alleged terrorist nations,” it stressed.
The unilateral siege of successive US governments “has exacerbated the economic situation in Cuba by denying it (among others) access to oil from other countries and spare parts to repair its electrical grid,” the Los Angeles organization’s message emphasized.
It also recalled the impact in recent days of Hurricane Oscar in eastern Cuba, which puts pressure on the limited resources of the largest of the Antilles.
“The criminal blockade must end. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach Cuba,” the Committee concluded.
The expressions of support will precede the vote that will take place for the thirty-second time in the UN General Assembly on the Resolution Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.
Cuba -according to authorities in Havana- suffered losses of more than five billion dollars in the period from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024.
Rome, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The National Italy-Cuba Friendship Association (Anaic) is reportedly carrying out a fund-raising campaign to help the victims of hurricane Oscar that recently hit the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo.
In a statement to Prensa Latina, Anaic president Marco Papacci said that the purpose of this initiative is also to express solidarity with the Cuban people, who have also been hit by a recent energy crisis, mainly as a result of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against that nation.
In a recent communiqué, this friendship group pointed out that the criminal US blockade, which violates human rights, “affects all sectors of Cuban society and affects the lives of the population on a daily basis,” and urged to increase actions to denounce it and demand its end.
As a result of the initiative with the theme Energy for Life, a fund-raising campaign in favor of the Cuban people, managed to collect more than 11,000 Euros in only two days.
Papacci specified that, of that total, 5,000 euros were contributed by Anaic at the central level and the remaining 6,000 came from members of that organization and from many Italians who are joining this call, while the financial contributions continue to arrive.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reported on October 22 that the death toll caused by hurricane Oscar rose to seven, while the material damage in the easternmost part of the country was high.
Whoever attempts to insinuate that this country complains and lives begging for crumbs deserves the greatest repulse. They are mocking what is an example of tenacity and eagerness for independence without precedent in the world. No country could have resisted such an siege, for 64 years, without surrendering or disappearing.
These days, a fallacious analogy of the U.S. blockade against Cuba is circulating in social networks which, as in other “theses” of the same kind, seeks to blame the victim for not being sufficiently willing, as well as to silence any possible condemnation of that monstrosity that does so much harm to the Cuban people. With such an artifice, the blockade is compared to the limitations of a disabled person. It is claimed that this person has only two alternatives. One: to spend his life blaming the physical problem and survive with crumbs; two: to get used to his limitations and fight in such a way that one day he may even become a Paralympic champion. Actually, the background of such an analogy is not new. For some time now, some economists, especially those who analyze the Cuban economy from media designed for hostile propaganda against our country, have wanted to present the blockade as a sort of static variable that does not generate new scenarios or change qualitatively in response to the dynamics of the system. This is not only false, but also treacherous. If we were to establish an analogy, it would not be that of a person suffering from a disability, but that of a healthy and willing athlete who, in the middle of his career, is constantly being tripped and pushed. Whoever attempts to insinuate that this country complains and lives begging for crumbs deserves the greatest repulse. They are mocking what is an example of tenacity and eagerness for independence without precedent in the world. No country could have resisted such an siege, for 64 years, without surrendering or disappearing. The blockade is not something abstract, but a system of dynamic variables that not only acts in the punctual; it also acts on future decisions. In the face of any alternative to avoid suffocation, a new variable will always emerge to try to seal the vent. More than a mistake, it would be foolish not to take this into account in plans, analyses and economic decisions. You can have a product of the highest quality and demand, but blocking it will always jeopardize financing, supply chains, and limit its market reach and price. If the word “disability” is going to be mentioned together with the word “blockade”, a minimum of decency would advise that, in the first place, the damage that this monstrosity does to many Cubans who are disabled should be denounced. Cuba is denied the acquisition of wheelchairs, equipment for the Braille system, prostheses of different types, among other humanitarian items. It is almost impossible to have access to different equipment created for deaf people, such as cochlear implants, baby alarms, alarm clocks and wristwatches, or luminous bells, since the most affordable ones have in their composition more than 10% of material coming from the northern country. Does our country really justify the blockade in its eagerness to do the impossible to make life easier for this extremely vulnerable sector, especially children? Who will dare to say so? We are accustomed to the cynicism of those who have designed a system that for more than 60 years has not only sought to starve us into submission but, as part of the strategy of generating disenchantment, has killed thousands of Cubans, including many children, with invasions, sabotage or the introduction of infectious diseases, among other terrorist practices. They are the same ones who only three years ago did the impossible to delay the Soberana vaccine or denied medical oxygen to the patients of covid-19, at the most critical moment of the pandemic, and now they exert pressure on shipping companies and banks so that we do not receive indispensable products. So, those who parrot their speeches, whether they do it out of ignorance, naivety, propensity to banal thinking or a sort of Stockholm syndrome, should understand that, perhaps without intending to, they are placing themselves at the same despicable level.
Havana, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The call for an end to the US blockade against Cuba resounds in several countries globally on Friday, in which people reaffirm their solidarity with the island nation in the face of the complex crisis it is undergoing.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different political parties signed a letter of solidarity with Cuba in the last few days following the recent energy crisis and the damage of hurricane Oscar in the country’s eastern region.
The MEPs demanded the immediate lifting of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States and acknowledged the enormous efforts made by the Cuban people to resist the consequences of the siege.
They underscored in the letter that the US blockade is “an act of political aggression and a clear violation of international law” which was seriously hindering the Caribbean country’s development.
The Communist Party of Finland also called for an end to the unilateral US measures and urged the international community to take action to put pressure on Washington to end its punishment against Cuba.
“The challenges Cuba is facing, such as the collapse of the national power grid, and shortages of food, medicine, and fuel are the result of the unjust trade blockade maintained by the United States,” the political organization expressed in a statement.
Mexico City, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s ambassador here, Marcos Rodriguez, today thanked the solidarity of the Richmeat company which, in conjunction with the Mexican Embassy in Havana, will donate food to the province of Guantánamo.
“We appreciate the solidarity the Mexican company Richmeat has shown, which, together with @EmbaMexCuba, is making a donation that will help the Guantanamo people who were hit by hurricane Oscar.
It is a worthy example of the deep relationship between our countries’, the diplomat pointed out in the social network X.
Richmeat’s note states that the humanitarian aid consists of 100 tons of seasoned mixed picadillo, equivalent to 250,000 units, which will allow the preparation of 750,000 portions of food made for the population.
The donation will be delivered tomorrow to the fridges of the Ministry of Domestic Trade in the eastern province of Guantanamo so that the corresponding authorities can deliver them to the victims.
It is worth mentioning that this donation is in addition to the humanitarian aid that the Mexican government has offered to Cuba’, he said.
Tropical Storm Oscar, which crossed the eastern part of the country as a category 1 hurricane, left a toll of seven dead and considerable material damage, in particular agriculture, power grid, roads and bridges.
The storm also caused significant rainfall in the eastern and central provinces for several days.
