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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

USA-Cuba. Photo: Ramon Espinosa/ AP

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.

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To my comrades of the University Students Federation

Fidel Castro

I do not trust the US policy, nor have I ever exchanged a single word with them, something that in no way means a rejection to a peaceful settlement of conflicts or war dangers. Defending peace is a duty of all. Any peaceful and negotiated solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not involve force or the use of force, should be addressed according to international standards and principles.

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Rioters or Peaceful Demonstrators?

Riots And Looting Continues Across London

In western media, it is widely assumed that the Government in Venezuela is indeed violating human rights, and that the “oppressed majority” has just spilled out in the streets to demand freedom and regime change. This is not only fair, it is a sort of ‘Venezuelan Spring’. Nothing is further from the truth. The narrative in western media is a fantasy.

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The Urgency of Venezuela

Tom Hayden

The peace and justice movement in the US, along with congressional allies, have a potentially important role in pressuring Obama, and Secretaries Kerry and Hegel, to rein in the agents of America’s dirty wars. A congressional coalition led by the Miami Cuba Lobby is already agitating for Maduro’s demise. Where are the congressional progressives?

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Yellow Ribbons Worldwide for Cuban Five

Cinta amarilla

Washington, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The International Committee for the Release of the Five Cuban Antiterrorist Fighters convicted in the United States, called today friends and solidarity groups to multiply yellow ribbons, a symbol of hope for the return of these men to their homeland.During the actions to be carried out from September 5 to October 6, especially those on September 12, the day marking the 15th anniversary of the detention of the Cuban Five.

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Brazil Waits for Washington’s Reasonable Response on Espionage

Espionaje

Brasilia, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Brazil is waiting for a reasonable response from the United States on the espionage carried out by U.S. intelligence agencies on government advisors and President Dilma Rousseff, an official source said on Wednesday. Brazilian Minister of Communications Paulo Bernardo noted that so far, all justifications on this regrettable episode presented by the United States “turned out to be false”.

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Obama Increases Lead in Popular Votes

Obama

Washington, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) President Barack Obama increased today to 59.7 million the popular votes in his favor, expanding the lead over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the November 6 elections. That figure also indicates that Obama won in 26 of the 50 states of the Union, and accumulates 303 electoral votes with 97 percent of counted ballots, according to preliminary data provided by CNN.

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Putin, Obama Still at Odds over Syria

Vladimir-Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin showed in a telephone conversation that he still has disagreements with his US counterpart Barack Obama over the situation in Syria, said presidential assistant Yuri Ushakov today. During the conversation, which lasted nearly 50 minutes, the two heads of State managed to reach a better understanding of one another’s stance in relation to the Syrian crisis, but they still remain at odds about the practical ways to reach a solution, said Ushakov.