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Series
- Cuba's Reasons
- Cuban Five
- El Paso Diary
The El Paso Diary is written by José Pertierra--an attorney who represents the government of Venezuela in its request for the extradition of Luis Posada Carriles. Pertierra´s journals describe the testimony, evidence, legal skirmishes, quirks and follies of this very historic trial that features for the first time the close collaboration of the United States government with Cuban authorities to prosecute an ex CIA agent who is one of the masterminds of the fifty-year old dirty war against Cuba.
Authors
- Bernie Dwyer
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
- Deisy Francis Mexidor
- Fidel Castro Ruz
- José Pertierra
- Raúl Castro Ruz
- Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
- Amy Goodman
- Arleen Rodríguez Derivet
- Frei Betto
- Hugo Chávez Frías
- Josh R. Nelson
- Juan Gelman
- Luis Rumbaut
- Michael Moore
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Noam Chomsky
- Reinaldo Taladrid Herrero
- Richard Gott
- Tom Hayden
Articles of News
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Colombia Approves Draft Bill for Possible Peace Talks
Bogota, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The House of Representatives of Colombia approved a draft bill to establish a legal peace framework in the country for a possible negotiation with armed groups on the margin of the law. The draft bill was ratified by 126 votes in favor and four against. It should be now debated in the Senate of the Republic.
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Spain Calls for End of US Embargo against Cuba
Spain considers it “necessary to end the trade, economic and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States” since it “violates the basic rules of international trade,” the Spanish government said in response to a question posed in Parliament.
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Karzai Approves Third Phase Security Transition in Afghanistan
Kabul, May 14 (Prensa Latina) The Afghan President Hamid Karzai approved the plan for the third phase of security transition at the hands of the local forces.In a statement made public this weekend, the president arguedthat the strong International Security Assistance will transfer full responsibility in the provincial capitals of Parwan, Kapisa and Uruzgan now in charged to protect the 75 percent of the population of the country.
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Cuban FM Attends NAM Ministerial Meeting in Egypt
Cairo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla is heading the Cuban delegation to the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau, which opened in Sharm El-Sheikh on Wednesday.Rodriguez arrived on early Wednesday in the Egyptian coastal resort near the Red Sea, where the Cuban delegation that negotiated for two days the documents to be discussed on Wednesday and Thursday by the foreign ministers from over 100 countries was expecting him.
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Belarusians Express Solidarity with Cuba
Minsk, May 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba got expressions of solidarity as a special guest of the prize award ceremony of the “Zolote Piro” National Journalism Contest, organized by the Union of Journalists of this country (BUJ).BUJ President Anatoly Lemeshenok said that lies, manipulation and distortion, as well intellectual mercenarism of the media that attack Cuba and Belarus.
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World Demands Release of Cuban Five
Ciego de Avila, Cuba, May 8 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Kenia Serrano, stated in this city that the world movement for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons since 1998 have been stregthened.During a meeting in Ciego de Avila with Cuban and foreign students, and civil society organizations.
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Syrians Get Ready to Elect New Parliament
Damascus, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Syrians are ready to elect a new Parliament, as part of the reforms introduced by the government of President Bashar al-Assad to achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis in the country. Nearly 15 million Syrians will cast their votes on Monday morning to choose the new lawmakers and, according to the deputy interior minister, General Hassan Jalali, everything is ready to meet the needs of the process.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Center Celebrates 25 years Dedicated to Humanist Efforts
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center (CMLK) in Havana celebrated its 25th anniversary, April 25, and was acknowledged in a letter from Esteban Lazo Hernández, Vice President of the Council of State and a member of the Party’s Political Bureau.
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Letter for May Day from Antonio Guerrero
Dear Friends: A couple of days ago a person who is known here came and brought me anarticle published in a newspaper of his town that talked about Cuba and specifically about the explorations by petroleum platforms on the coast of our island.
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Cuba, Mexico Wind up Inter-Parliamentary Meeting
Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) After two days of exchanges about bilateral issues, Cuba and Mexico concluded the 13th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, whose results will be included in a final declaration.The meeting began on Thursday with the participation of delegations from the People’s Power National Assembly (Cuban Parliament) and the Mexican Senate.