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Sean Penn and Andy Garcia opine about Cuba: can you imagine which one is interviewed by all major Spanish newspapers?

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Sean Penn , who promotes his film “The Gunman” (1) , assuring in an US media that the so-called “trade embargo (from US against Cuba) is a lock in practice” and qualified as an “archaic” measure. He also highlighted “the positive consequences of the Cuban Revolution , as literacy”; and considered that a hypothetical normalization of relations between the two countries not only “bring exciting changes to the Island”, but Cuba “will also enrich culturally to US”

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UNASUR Celebrates its Eighth Anniversary

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The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) begins today the celebrations to mark the eighth anniversary of this bloc, which focuses on political, social, economic and environmental integration of the region. UNASUR said that the agenda of activities will be carried out today and tomorrow at the headquarters of the bloc, located at the Half of the World, in northern Quito.

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Russian Minister Considers Coup in Ukraine a Tragedy

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Ukraine is the worst tragedy in the chain of the so-called “color revolutions,” said today Russian Defense Minister Serguei Shigu when opening the 4th International Conference on Security in Moscow.

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Cuba Preserves the Socialist Character of the Revolution

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Cuba preserves the socialist character of its Revolution 54 years after its declaration, determined now to have a prosperous and sustainable socialism. With an economic and social model being updated, Cuba carries out a process in which all society participates, and for which are implemented new forms of production and new regulations to facilitate development.

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Message from Fidel to President Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro

It was Chávez himself who came across the idea of creating that organization, for he was willing to share with his Caribbean brothers and sisters the abundant economic resources with which Nature had endowed his home country and which had ended up in the hands of powerful US companies and a handful of Venezuelan millionaires.

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Fidel informs about letters exchanged with Maradona

Fidel Castro

On January 11, Maradona spoke about the letter I had sent him and showed the document that had aroused curiosity but he didn’t mention the details.  Last week-end he again mentioned the letter in Telesur.  To set things clear, I include the full texts of my exchange with Maradona.

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ALBA Caracas Declaration: Peace Against U.S. Aggression

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The Final Declaration of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) signed in Caracas at the end of the summit held here, confirms the commitment of that group to peace in face of new United States aggressions.

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Cuba-US Meeting Held in a Professional Climate

The general director for the United States of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal.

Cuba and the United States reported today here on specific topics related to the process of reestablishment of the diplomatic relations between both country, reported today a source of the Cuban chancellery. The director of Bilateral Matters of the General Direction of the United States of the Department of Foreign Affairs he added that ‘, on having finished the meeting, which developed in a professional climate, two delegations agreed to mantain the communication in the future as part of this process ‘.

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Cuba, USA Talk on Restoring Relations

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A new meeting between delegations of Cuba and the United States is being held today in this capital, to continue discussion on issues referred to the process for the restoration of diplomatic relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed here that the delegations will be headed by Director General of the United States Department at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, and Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson.

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Letter to Barack Obama

Barack Obama

What prompts us, dear brother, to write this letter is your extremely shameful Executive Order of March 9, 2015 declaring a National Emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela.