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The United States “is ruining” economies in the world, accuses Petro

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The United States “is ruining” economies around the world, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday, given the strong devaluation of the local currency against the dollar as a consequence, according to the president, of Washington’s economic policy. Petro, the first left-wing president of Colombia, predicted a global crisis due to the “stagnation” of activity and what he called the “gas war” in Europe, after the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla: “The world would be better without the blockade against Cuba”

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Transcript of the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in the presentation to the national and foreign press, of the update of the national report by virtue of resolution 75/289 of the General Assembly of the Nations Nations, entitled “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” (Period August 2021- February 2022)

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Scandal: The excessive fees paid by the Secret Service to stay in Trump hotels

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According to bills seen by the Committee, federal employees paid up to five times the budgeted rate for one night’s stay. There are more and more documents that show how the Trump Organization benefited greatly from the presidency of Donald Trump during the tycoon’s four years in power. One of the benefits came through hosting hundreds of federal officials in the president’s properties, sometimes with “exorbitant” charges.

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Anti-corruption and food-energy security lead the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party

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The fight against corruption and the guarantee of food and energy security are points of the highest priority for the Communist Party (PCCh) of this Asian nation, confirmed representatives of various departments of the aforementioned political organization whose XX National Congress began to meet in plenary from this October 16. Curbing corruption and bureaucracy has been at the center of the CCP’s attention, protecting it from misconduct and interference by powerful forces of power, said Xiao Pei, deputy head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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Nancy Pelosi claimed to want to “break Trump’s face” during the assault on the Capitol

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“I hope he comes. I want to kick his ass for trespassing on Capitol Hill. I want to break his face, and then go to jail happy.” This was expressed by the president of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, on January 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol. The person Pelosi was referring to was Donald Trump. The congresswoman launched those words when an aide informed her that the Secret Service – the police force that protects the US president – had refused to allow Trump to go to Capitol Hill to support his supporters, who were in full coup attempt.

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Cuba welcomes the development of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China

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The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, alluded today to the celebration of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China and conveyed the best wishes for success during the conclave. From his official profile on Twitter, the president assured that the results of that meeting, considered a key event in facing current challenges and designing strategic plans for the next five years in the Asian nation, “will be a new encouragement for progressive forces worldwide.”

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US blockade causes millionaire losses to Cuban agriculture

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The value of the damage caused to Cuban agriculture by the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States government on Cuba, only in the period from August 2021 to February of the current year, amounts to 270,852,548 dollars, they reported this Friday in Havana directors of the Ministry of Agriculture. At a press conference, Orlando Díaz Rodríguez, director of International Affairs of the Minag, explained that this figure summarizes the income lost from exports of goods and services.

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Cuba welcomes the reinstatement of the talks table between the Government of Colombia and the ELN

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The Government of Colombia lifted the arrest warrants and suspended the notifications of international cooperation requests and Interpol alerts of the members of the peace delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN), as well as annulled the extradition requests made to Cuba of members of said delegation who remained in our country. Faced with this

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President of Colombia reiterates that it is unfair to include Cuba in the list of State sponsors of terrorism

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The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reiterated this Monday, at a press conference with the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, that the inclusion of Cuba in the United States list of countries that sponsor terrorism is unfair. “Personally, in this meeting that just took place, I said that what had happened with Cuba is an injustice,” Petro said in the meeting with the head of US diplomacy, who is visiting Colombia.

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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.