On Wednesday morning they defeated Hong Kong twice, with scores of 12-3 and 10-0 (knockout).

They also had no mercy in the two games against the locals. That night they were awarded the first super knockout of the championship (21-0) and, later, the second knockout of the date (10-0).

The Cuba team produced 53 runs on Wednesday (the third of the championship) and only received three.

The most outstanding were Orlando Amador, Briandy Molina and Roivelis Núñez, who reached base 56 of the 68 times they batted, for an OBP (on-base percentage) of 823.

The team manager, Pablo Terry, commented: “The team has gone from less to more. On this same day we started cold against Hong Kong and then all the technical-tactical instructions were followed to the letter. We try to make at least five runs in the first two innings to rotate the players with the substitutes and that they all arrive well in the decisive games”.

Briandy Molina, one of the best players in the tournament, referred to the objective of the Cuba team: “It cannot be other than to win the crown to dedicate it and share it with the teammates who could not be here due to health problems. Before the game we promised Coach Terry that we would give Mexico a super knockout and we did. We had very good preparation in Cuba and the results are already coming out in the competition”.

With the four victories on the third day, Cuba secured its place in the super round. They are followed by Japan (3-1), and Mexico and Lithuania, with 2-2. The bottom of group A are South Africa (1-3) and Hong Kong (0-4).

Group B is led by Venezuela with 4-0, followed by Taiwan (3-1), France and Tunisia (2-2), Kenya (1-3) and South Korea (0-4).

Cuba’s last match in the qualifying phase was this Thursday, at 12:30 p.m. (our country time) against Japan.

(With information from JIT)

“I deeply regret the death of Doña María Salud Ramírez Caballero, Mama Coco, a tireless woman and example of life, who was an inspiration for this beloved character who went around the world,” reported Roberto Monroy, Secretary of Tourism of Michoacán (west ), the state of origin.

According to local media, Doña María had turned 109 last September and died in her hometown of Santa Fe de la Laguna, near the touristic Patzcuaro Lake, famous for its colorful celebration of the traditional Day of the Dead.

After the success of the film, which portrays this deep-rooted Mexican holiday, the old woman had become a kind of celebrity, with tourists visiting her to take photos with her due to her remarkable resemblance to her animated character, highlighted media Mexicans.

Coco tells the story of a boy who embarks on a fantastic journey to the world of the dead to learn the history of her ancestors, in particular her great-great-grandfather, Mama Coco’s father. “The greatest thanks to the people of Mexico. Coco would not exist without her culture and her infinitely beautiful traditions,” Lee Unkrich, the film’s director, said when he received the Oscar in March 2018.

(Taken from The World)

Brigadier General Luis Antonio Pantoja, military and air attaché of the Mexican embassy in Havana, wished the country a speedy recovery and pointed out that after estimating the devastating consequences of Ian, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador decided to send aid.

He said that several institutions have established an air bridge for the arrival of resources to the affected areas.

“This great nation has experienced in this type of adversity, the contingency will be a battle that they will resolve satisfactorily,” he said.

Likewise, I have recognized the will of the Cuban people, their effort and dedication in such complex moments.

Pantoja referred to the flights of four planes of the Mexican Air Force, uninterruptedly for four hours. In addition, he provides other itineraries with trained personnel.

The military and air attache of the Mexican embassy in Havana said that “for those of us who wear the military uniform there are missions that give us special satisfaction, today I feel grateful to be part of this history, written jointly between our countries, with a bridge of brotherhood and solidarity, built in a solid and constant way”.

For his part, the Mexican ambassador to the island, Miguel Díaz Reynoso, asserted that the arrival of this plane, with a load of pole-type insulators, ends a first stage of aid.

He declared that the last days showed cooperation, solidarity, friendship and hope. He also announced the upcoming arrival of Mexican doctors to study specialties in Cuba.

(With information from Prensa Latina)

The ambassador of the Aztec nation on the island, Miguel Díaz Reynoso, and local authorities, received the solidarity charge that will contribute to the recovery in the western region.

Recently, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced the sending of aid in the face of the effects caused by Ian and recognized that this determines the continuity of the exchange between the two countries, constantly in recent years.

During his morning conference at the National Palace, the president conveyed “a hug to all the Cubans on the island and I hope they come out well because the hurricane hit them and affected their electrical power system, I’m sure they will come out ahead.”

This new contribution ratifies the policy of support for Cuba maintained by López Obrador, who also supplied medicines and food in 2021 during the covid-19 pandemic and assisted with the Armed Forces and technicians from Petróleos Mexicanos in controlling the fire in Matanzas.

For its part, Cuba agreed with the Ministry of Health the arrival of around 500 doctors, in order to make up for the shortage of specialists and provided nine million doses of its Abdala vaccine, intended for children, and its Sovereign formula is in approval process.

According to official data, the greatest damage reported in the western towns affected by Ian is in homes, electricity networks and agriculture.

(With information from Prensa Latina)

The movement was recorded at 01:16 a.m. 84 kilometers from Coalcomán, where just last Monday, September 19, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 was recorded, causing landslides mainly in Michoacán and Colima.

According to the first reports, one of the most affected towns was Uruapan, where the facilities of a BBVA branch in the center of that town in the Purépecha region of Michoacán were seriously damaged.

Civil Protection of Michoacán activated its surveillance and attention protocol this morning in the 113 municipalities of Michoacán, in which the telluric movement was felt.

Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla called on the inhabitants of the entity to remain calm and reported that his administration is already in communication with the municipalities of Coalcomán and Coahuayana, to deal with possible damage.

Soldiers from the Mexican Army and agents from the Civil Guard (State Police) joined the inspection tours.

Initially, the National Seismological had said that the magnitude had been 6.5, a figure that was later adjusted.

In a first report, at 2 in the morning, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pointed out that the earthquake with an intensity of 6.9 was felt in Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero and Mexico City, where, until now, no reported damage, and “we will continue to monitor” the information that is collected.

“The earthquake again at around 1:20 in the morning, an aftershock reported to us at 6.5, Claudia’s information has already come out, that there is no damage in the city,” said the head of the federal Executive while receiving a call from the Chief of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, who informed him that the magnitude of the tremor was adjusted to 6.9.

Minutes later, President López Obrador reported on his social networks that he contacted the Secretary of National Defense, General Luis Cresencio Sandoval, who reported no damage.

A few minutes later, López Obrador uploaded a new video, in which he updated his report.

Meanwhile, the Head of Government indicated on her social networks that the earthquake was noticeable in the country’s capital, the emergency protocols were activated and, unfortunately, two people died.

The Secretary of Citizen Security of Mexico City, Omar García Harfuch, informed Sheinbaum that “the condors that fly over the City have no record of damage in the City, so far.”

The Head of Government added that failures in the electricity service were reported and that the Federal Electricity Commission was working on its review.

Except for these failures in the electric power service, the mayor’s offices did not report damages.

The mayor of Iztapalapa, Clara Brugada, reported that after the first reviews of hospital infrastructure, public transport services, elevated Metro and Trolleybus, as well as hydraulic infrastructure, they were not affected.

“We have reports of several neighborhoods without electricity, pending the prompt restoration of service by the Federal Electricity Commission,” she said.

The mayor of Coyoacán, Giovani Gutiérrez, also reported that there were no damages in the demarcation, “only some failures in the electricity supply.”

Margarita Saldaña, from Azcapotzalco, indicated that after the earthquake the security protocols were activated and the civil protection area of ​​the mayor’s office remains alert to attend to the reports that are generated.

She indicated that the City Hall’s C4 Control, Command, Communications and Computing Center “does not report any damage at the moment.”

The mayor of Tlalpan, Alfa González, indicated that after the activation of the protocols at the moment, everything is perceived without serious effects”, while the head of Tláhuac, Berenice Hernández, reported that she toured the mayor’s office and no news was reported. Except for some neighborhoods without electricity service and like the mayor of Xochimilco, José Carlos Acosta, he asked citizens to report failures in the seismic warning system to Locatel, at 56581111, with the ID of the post and its location with street and neighborhood.

The National Coordination of Civil Protection indicated that in Michoacán, Colima, Morelos and Jalisco it was perceived with strong intensity, while in Mexico City it was moderate to strong.

Until 2:00 a.m. this Thursday, 1,229 aftershocks of the 7.7 earthquake that occurred in Michoacán last Monday have been registered, the largest of magnitude 6.9, reported the SSN.

Two deaths were reported in Mexico City
With information from the Ministry of Citizen Security, it was reported that two people lost their lives.

The first event occurred in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, a 57-year-old woman who was evacuating the building located on García Diego street in the Doctores neighborhood. The woman left after the sound of the seismic alert, when she went down the stairs she slipped, fell, hit her head and died as a result of the blow.

Meanwhile, a second report was in the streets of the Education neighborhood in the Coyoacán mayor’s office, a 66-year-old man dies after a heart attack.

After the earthquake, the helicopters of the Cóndores group carried out a tour over the city and so far have not reported serious incidents, likewise members of the Ministry of Citizen Security were deployed to support the citizens and review buildings for the evaluation of possible damages.

During the telluric movement, nervous crises were reported in the citizens who evacuated the buildings due to the fear caused by the earthquake, however, the activities are reactivated normally in the country’s capital.

(With information from La Jornada)

Julian-AssangeAndrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, said the day before that Julian Assange, creator of WikiLeaks, is “a Quixote of freedom of expression and does not deserve to be in jail.”

In his morning press conference yesterday at the National Palace, the president made the comment when referring to the lies and misrepresentations in the opposing press and social networks about his government and civil society.

He asked young people to investigate why they have Assange in prison, who does not deserve to be in jail and, on the contrary, should become a cause celebre for all the world’s journalists and the media.

He explained that the powerful have him behind bars because he revealed scandals that reveal the operation of the bad policy of the United States and other countries such as Mexico, where he denounced officials of the National Electoral Institute (INE) in the 2012 elections when Felipe Calderón stole the presidency from him.

Assange revealed the documents and evidence from the US embassy talking about those elections, the fraud perpetrated between former president Vicente Fox (2006-2012), and how INE officials visited the US embassy before the elections to inform them how they were going manage the election results.

It is because of facts like these and many more revealed by WikiLeaks that Assange is a victim of repression and not of the fabricated crimes for which he is accused. He made revelations and denunciations in favor of freedom of information and expression, and what he did is something sobering.

Based on this reasoning, the president made a very severe judgment of the number of autonomous entities in numerous public sectors to protect and cover corruption by duplicating those organizations that replicate those constituted by the secretariats of State, with the objective that They will act as covers for the corrupt.

They created a swarm of autonomous entities for that purpose, they bureaucratized everything to hinder investigations and facilitate crime and structurally they even went above the Legislative Power and took refuge in an autonomy to be untouchable.

He gave as an example the Institute that has to do with the defense of taxpayers, full of irregularities, but in his four years of government he has not been able to remove its director due to the swarm of regulations, rules and allegedly legal laws that protect him. It was created to benefit private taxpayers and avoid tax obligations, he charged.

(With information from Prensa Latina)

The governor of Colima, Indira Vizcaíno, reported that a woman died after the wall of a Coppel store in Manzanillo fell on her.

In that port, the roof of a gym on the top floor of the Punto Bahía shopping center collapsed and caused the death of a woman, whose body was rescued after several hours of work with the support of a canine pair.

In Tecomán, a gas tank exploded and injured a woman and two children aged 11 years and 5 months, who were treated at a clinic in Villa de Álvarez.

Landslides on highways
The movement, with its epicenter in Coalcomán, Michoacán, caused landslides on the Colima-Manzanillo highway, at the height of the La Salada area, municipality of Ixtlahuacán, as well as on the Villa de Álvarez-Minatitlán and Comala-La Becerrera highways, which were partially blocked.

In the city of Colima, the authorities reported damage to 11 hospitals and clinics, the state government headquarters, the C5i building, the Minor Basilica Cathedral, and the Sendera and Zentralia shopping malls.

In Villa de Álvarez, the town hall building was damaged, as was the People’s Theater in the Fairgrounds.

Dozens of hospitals affected
In Michoacán, 20 hospitals and health centers, homes, roads and highways were affected in the municipalities of Coalcomán, Aquila and Coahuayana, reported the Civil Protection coordinator, Jorge Romero.

There was structural damage to medical units in Pátzcuaro, Zacapu, Apatzingán, Aguililla, and Coahuayana, as well as to hospitals in Uruapan, Zacapu, Apatzingán, Puruándiro, Cherán, Maruata, Ciudad Hidalgo, Sahuayo, Maravatío, Coalcomán, and Coahuayana.

At the head of Coalcomán, the temple of Santo Santiago Apóstol cracked and there were landslides in walls and ceilings; Dozens of homes in the center and the Colegio de Bachilleres were damaged. In Pátzcuaro, the walls of the municipal palace, the Basilica of Our Lady of Health and the offices of the health jurisdiction were cracked. In La Huacana, the parish of Nuestra Señora del Rosario had landslides on the walls.

On the Pátzcuaro-Lázaro Cárdenas highway, a huge rock fell from a hill and partially blocked the asphalt layer.

The Ministry of Education ordered the suspension of classes in Coalcomán, Aquila, Chinicuila, Arteaga, Aguililla and Apatzingán, while the buildings are evaluated.

Damage to temples and houses
Two temples in Guadalajara suffered the fall of masonry. There was damage to schools in that city and to university centers in Tlajomulco and Puerto Vallarta. The hardest-hit municipalities were Tolimán and Zapotitlán de Vadillo, with damage to homes and schools. In Ciudad Guzmán some walls fell.

In Tepic, Nayarit, the highest part (spire) of the north tower of the cathedral fractured and pieces of stone material, quarry and cement fell into the street.

In Huixquilucan, state of Mexico, two girders of the vehicular bridge that connects the Bosque Real residential complex with Magnocentro avenue, in Interlomas, were separated from the structure, reported the mayor, Romina Contreras, who ordered the preventive closure of the road, to waiting for official rulings.

(With information from La Jornada)

Exclamations of “Cuba yes, Yankees no!” and “Down with the blockade!” welcomed Diaz-Canel, upon his arrival to the National Palace, shortly after noon, following his reception at Benito Juárez International Airport by Maximiliano Reyes Zúñiga, undersecretary of state for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, constitutional President of the United Mexican States, accompanied his Cuban counterpart to the Patio of Honor for a brief formal welcome ceremony, where the notes of the national anthems of the two nations rang through the majestic building, adorned for the occasion with the flags of both Cuba and Mexico.

Subsequently, the two leaders moved to the Presidential Office and held a private meeting, with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Cuba’s ambassador in Mexico, Pedro Núñez Mosquera, also participating. On the Mexican side, Foreign Secretary Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón and Maximiliano Reyes Zúñiga attended, as well.

During the afternoon, an extended meeting was held between the two heads of state, with the respective official committees also present. According to a tweet by Cuba’s Foreign Minister, reaffirmed in the cordial discussion was “the will to continue developing political-diplomatic dialogue and expanding economic-commercial, investment, and cooperation relations.”

The Cuban delegation participating in this momentous visit included Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla; the ministers of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, and Energy and Mines, Raúl García Barreiro; Eugenio Martínez Enríquez and Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, general directors for Latin America and the Caribbean, and of Consular and Cuban Resident Abroad Affairs, respectively; as well as the Cuban ambassador in Mexico, Pedro Núñez Mosquera.

Undersecretary Reyes described President Díaz-Canel’s visit to Mexico as one of “emblematic relevance; very important because it is another example of the appreciation, of the affection, of the historical brotherhood shared by the Mexican people and government with Cuba.” This was the first official visit to Mexico by a head of state since Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumed the Presidency in December of 2018.

Within a complex regional context, in which the two countries defend common positions on international issues, “for us Cuba has always been an emblem of the struggle for freedom, of the struggle against imperialist interests in the region,” emphasized Reyes in statements to the Cuban press.

Given the current “interventionist temptations,” as in the 1980s, Mexico today bases its foreign policy on the principles of non-intervention, self-determination, development cooperation and, above all, dialogue as the only way to resolve conflict. Thus our brotherhood and the synergy that exists between our countries’ positions are today more valid than ever,” he said.

Much remains to be done in terms of governmental cooperation. Faced with such a challenge, Reyes commented, “There is much to move forward,” and, without mentioning specific sectors, highlighted the goal of continuing to promote programs underway in the areas of ​​higher education, health, and hospital care.

He described the historical relationship that distinguishes the two nations as “extremely close,” one of “great affection, a relationship we want to produce concrete and tangible results for the benefit of our peoples.”

Given the question as to whether Diaz-Canel’s visit, as the first by a head of state since López Obrador’s election, was intentional or simply coincidental, his response left no room for doubt, “It is absolutely intentional.”

Prior to this exchange, President López Obrador had stated in his usual morning conference with the national and international media accredited in the country, “This is an important visit, because we can say that the Cuban people and the Mexican people are sister peoples.”

This was a visit that clearly reflects the intention shared by the two governments to promote “development cooperation.”

CUBA-MEXICO RELATIONS

- Mexico is a dear country for Cuba, with which we share a history and tradition of friendship.

- Cuba’s battles have been closely linked to the struggles and history of Mexico.

Our national hero, José Martí lived in Mexico, where he enriched his revolutionary and Latin Americanist vision.

- There is significant cultural exchange in numerous artistic expressions such as cinema, literature, theater, painting, and music.

- On May 20, the 117 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations between the two countries were celebrated.

- Cubans will never forget the support received from Mexico in the region, as the only country that did not break relations and rejected attempts to isolate us by the U.S. government, during the Revolution’s early years.

- The historic victory of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador represents an opportunity to continue developing our amicable, historical, cultural ties, and, at the same time, expand the bilateral relationship.

- Last April, the seventh meeting of Cuba and Mexico’s Permanent Mechanism of Information and Political Consultations was successfully conducted, allowing for further deepening of diplomatic relations, and the expansion of economic-commercial ties and cooperation.

- The holding of the XXIV National Solidarity Meeting with Cuba, last March, reflected the unconditional relationship of friendship and solidarity between the two peoples.

- Cuba and Mexico have a strengthened legal framework that will allow increasing exchanges in sectors of mutual interest such as health, education, sports, tourism, culture, and biotechnology.

- Bilateral interactions this year, including visits to Mexico by Cuban ministers of Foreign Affairs, Health, and Tourism, plus the rector of the University of Havana, and those made to our country by Mexico’s Secretary of Health and the president of the nation’s sports commission, have opened up new opportunities for dialogue and cooperation for the benefit of our peoples.

- Cuba is willing to contribute modestly in areas of common interest and benefit, and to the development and renewal of Mexico promoted by the government of President López Obrador.

- Conditions are in place to further strengthen economic-commercial relations.

Mexico is Cuba’s second most important trading partner in the region, and the fifth internationally.

- The important presence of Mexican enterprises in Cuba’s development programs is significant.

(Sources: Cubaminrex and Granma)

Lopez Obrador highlighted the historical ties with the people and government of Cuba, part of Mexican foreign policy based on good relations with all the peoples of the world.

“We are going to endorse that commitment and that foreign policy condition of respect for the Cuban people, their independence, their right to self-determination, which has been characteristic of our foreign policy and is contemplated in our Constitution,” he emphasized.

The head of State explained that he will discuss with his Cuban counterpart a general program to be developed in the short or medium term, including cooperation in health, education and sports.

Lopez Obrador announced he will receive Miguel Diaz-Canel in the Courtyard of Honor of the National Palace.

This is the first state visit to Mexico by Diaz-Canel since he attended the inauguration of President Lopez Obrador, in December 2018.

(Prensa Latina)

The Mexico that López Obrador is to inherit is a country where violence, impunity, poverty, strained diplomatic relations, a weak economy, and cases of corruption have generated a crisis of unprecedented dimensions.

To offer just a few examples, from December 2012 to May 2018, 119,393 intentional homicides were recorded in Mexico, and there are currently 37,435 persons registered as disappeared.

According to a report by the National Human Rights Commission, from 2012 to 2017, 25 recommendations were issued relating to serious human rights violations. The killings of journalists reached a record figure with 44 cases documented under the current government, and a total of 117 recorded since 2000.

This is the scenario that the next government of the Republic will face, in addition to the consequences of the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the virtual bankruptcy of the Mexican state-owned petroleum company, PEMEX, and a human rights crisis that transcends borders.

The measures presented last Wednesday by the President-elect represent some of the legislative priorities of his government, and an attempt to address many of these problems.

Among other areas, included is a reform to end public officials’ – including the president – exemption from prosecution and other privileges, and an announced law to allow recall referendums to revoke their mandates.

López Obrador explained that the reform to end privileges and immunity means that the President can be tried for electoral crimes and corruption, for which he is also requesting increased sentences, as well as for the theft of fuel.

The leader of the MORENA Party stated that he will undertake changes that will make it possible to streamline the public administration structure, as part of an announced austerity plan that also includes reducing the salaries of high-ranking officials and eliminating pensions for former presidents.

“Everything to do with the republican austerity plan and fighting corruption will have priority from the first day of the new Congress,” López Obrador added.

He also reiterated that he will seek to revoke or modify the educational reform undertaken by the current government, and establish the right to free public education at all levels of schooling.

“The consultation mechanism will be established by law for the revocation of mandates and will remove obstacles in all citizen referendum procedures, that must be binding in nature, with the purpose of enforcing participatory democracy,” he noted.

López Obrador secured a landslide victory with electoral pledges relating to the elimination of the profound corruption that plagues the country, which has also been hit by increased violence and weak economic growth.

This will be a huge challenge and not only for him, but also for his cabinet, which he has already begun to shape with the inclusion of different political and economic figures, who should, in his own words, work together on a common project that raises Mexico beyond what it is today.

MEASURES PROPOSED BY LÓPEZ OBRADOR

- Regulatory law on maximum wages
- Creation of the Secretariat for Public Security
- Abolition of impunity and privileges
- New serious offences: corruption, fuel theft and electoral fraud
- Budget and Income Law
- Transfer the General Staff to the Secretariat of National Defense
- Revoke decrees on water privatization
- Revoke educational reform laws
- Incorporate the right to higher education into Article 3 of the Constitution
- Revocation of Mandate
- Remove obstacles to Referendum
- Reforms on increasing the minimum wage at the border
- Adjust the administration to an austerity plan, without layoffs of lower level workers

(Granma)