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Díaz-Canel exchanges with local authorities and workers on a visit to the pine town of Cocodrilo

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The first secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, visits the coastal town of Cocodrilo, in the south of the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, on Monday morning. On Twitter, the president reported that “Today we will be on the Isle of Youth, another of the territories affected by #HurricaneIan. The recovery there is progressing rapidly. Much of its electrical service and communications are restored. We have to work hard to rebuild the houses.”

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Religious and activists from 23 nations ask to remove Cuba from the list of State sponsors of terrorism

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About 300 faith-based organizations, churches, believers and activists from 23 nations signed a petition asking US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Among the signatories of the petition are the Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Japanese nun Filo Hirota, members of the World Council of Churches, the Communion of Reformed Churches of Cuba, and Chris Ferguson, reverend of the Reformed University and pastor of the United Church of Canada.

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Cuba thanks Mexico for sending material for the recovery of the electrical system in the West

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Cuban authorities thanked Mexico on Monday for sending 113 tons of resources for the recovery of the electrical system in western Cuba. The Minister of Energy and Mines, Liván Arronte Cruz, during the reception at the José Martí International Airport for the last of the 16 flights, with around 13 tons of post-type insulators, recognized the presence of 17 technicians and specialists in generation in Cuba and the strength of bilateral relations.

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Pinar del Río: Six hours that changed everything

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We didn’t want to write. We were not there when Ian attacked the province of Pinar del Río with winds of more than 200 kilometers per hour; that land that saw us born and from which we can never let go. We didn’t want to write but it is a journalistic duty to tell stories and bring a pinch of hope to the last person. Last Wednesday, from car to car, from stretch to stretch, we traveled about a hundred and fifty kilometers and reached Pinar del Río. Destruction, pain in people’s faces, fallen trees, houses without roofs, others on the ground.

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Two Venezuelan ships with humanitarian aid set sail for Cuba

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Two Venezuelan ships, the Carmita and Karola Sky motorboats, set sail this Sunday from the port of La Guaira with the first shipments of humanitarian aid from that nation to support the recovery in Cuba after the passage of Hurricane Ian. The two ships transport 400,000 food modules, fifty electrical transformers, conducting cables, and more than 22,000 square meters of zinc sheets.The captain of the Carmita, Jorge Coello Valladares, told Granma that the trip to Cuba will last six and a half days.

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Before the virtual Cuba, the real Cuba: Declaration of the House of the Americas

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In recent days we have received many messages from friends of the House and of the Cuban Revolution who, faced with the persistent and gloomy news that proliferate in the media and networks, ask with concern what is happening in our country. Are “the people” and “the government” really facing each other? Is Cuba a “failed state” incapable of solving a crisis? The same state that they call “failed” bravely called, just a week ago, for a referendum on the very advanced Family Code.

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They publish in The New York Times a call to President Biden: “Let Cuba rebuild itself”

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Concerned leaders and activists in the United States have issued an urgent call in the Sunday edition of the New York Times, demanding that Biden temporarily lift sanctions and allow Cuba to purchase urgently needed supplies for reconstruction after Hurricane Ian. Biden needs to act right now to help the Cuban people. Hurricane Ian caused great devastation. The power grid was damaged and the electrical system collapsed. More than 50,000 homes have been completely destroyed or severely damaged.

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All airports in the country continue to operate, reports ECASA

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0-08-aeropuerto-internacional-jose-marti-5-768x431The Cuban Airport and Airport Services Company (ECASA) reports that all the country’s airports continue to operate and continue in the recovery phase after Hurricane Ian passed through the national territory. This morning there was an impact on the technological systems that support the passenger check-in service, causing delays in the process by having to use alternative manual methods.

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Army Corps General Ramón Espinosa Martín checks recovery actions in Vueltabajo

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With the presence of Army Corps General Ramón Espinosa Martín, at the head of the recovery actions in the Pinar del Río province, the member of the secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Félix Duarte, and Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca , the Provincial Defense Council met this Saturday, led by its president Yamilé Ramos Cordero. According to a report by Tele Pinar, the meeting reviewed the main actions carried out in Vueltabajo to recover —in the shortest time possible— the damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

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Activistas y organizaciones en EEUU piden a Washington levantar el bloqueo para recuperación de Cuba tras Ian

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Activistas y organizaciones en Estados Unidos hicieron hoy un llamado al presidente Joe Biden para levantar temporalmente el bloqueo impuesto a Cuba y permitir la recuperación de la isla tras el paso del huracán Ian. Desde su cuenta oficial en Twitter, el movimiento Foro de los Pueblos informó sobre el comunicado urgente en la edición de este domingo del diario The New York Times para el cese de las medidas coercitivas de Washington y posibilitar la compra de suministros necesarios para la reconstrucción del país.