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- Cuba's Reasons
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- 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 Politics
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Unprecedented inauguration in Washington
The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States is taking place today amidst an unprecedented deployment of security forces. More than 25,000 troops are present to guarantee the public safety and order, in the wake of the assault on Congress incited by the incendiary rhetoric of Donald Trump. The exiting President is not attending the ceremony, something that has not occurred since 1869, and the number of participating guests has been significantly reduced due to the pandemic.
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Soberana 02 clinical trials expanded
Expanded phase II B clinical trials of Cuba’s anti-COVID-19 candidate vaccine Soberana 02 with volunteers between 19 and 80 years of age, began at the 19 de Abril and No.1 Polyclinics, in the Havana municipalities of Plaza de la Revolución and La Lisa, respectively. For the purpose of evaluating reactions, safety and immunogenicity of the candidate, created by the Finlay Vaccine Institute, volunteers will receive two doses of the drug, administered intramuscularly.
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Events reveal that imperialism has no shame
The announcement made by the United States government of its designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, serves as another resounding confirmation of how imperialism uses lies whenever it serves their purposes, be they political, economic, or of any other nature. The infamous decision was condemned on Twitter by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who described it as cynical and hypocritical. “The political opportunism behind this action is recognized by all who are honestly concerned about the scourge of terrorism and its victims.
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Cuba reaffirms unwavering solidarity with the Bolivarian, Chavista people
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated Cuba’s unwavering solidarity with the Bolivarian, Chavista people when he received the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, January 16, leading a government delegation on a working visit to our country. During the fraternal meeting, the two leaders emphasized the excellent state of the bilateral relations and discussed topics of interest in their respective nations, as well as the regional and international situation.
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Urban, suburban, and family agriculture: Healthy food close at hand
Responsibility and constancy have characterized 33 years of exemplary, dedicated work by the people to assure the country’s food security. Those who have participated in Cuba’s Urban, Suburban, and Family Agriculture Program understand well the importance of their efforts across the entire island. The director of the economically critical program, Dr. Elizabeth Peña Turruellas, shared with Granma the main findings gathered during the national leadership group’s 87th tour of the country’s provinces, conducted between October 13 through December 22, last year.
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Trump Administration Announces More Measures Against Cuba A Few Days Before Leaving the White House
The Administration of outgoing President Donald Trump announced on Friday sanctions against the Ministry of the Interior (Minint) of Cuba, one more of the unilateral measures recently adopted against the island. Without presenting any evidence, the pretext for this action is the alleged responsibility of the minister of that portfolio, General Lázaro Álvarez Casas, in alleged violations of human rights, a pretext that the US Government uses repeatedly to justify its actions against countries that do not they surrender to its dictates.
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Six hundred and fifty new Covid-19 cases reported in Cuba
Francisco Duran, national director of Epidemiology for the Ministry of Health of Cuba, reported 650 new cases of Covid-19 during his daily press briefing on the course of the pandemic in the country. Duran explained that 10,946 tests were processed in the 18 Molecular Biology laboratories in Cuba on Saturday. Forty-six patients are in intensive care, of them 11 in critical condition and 35 reported in serious condition. Regarding pediatric cases, four children are in serious condition but stable, and there is one infant in critical condition.
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Cuba registers first perceptible earthquake in 2021
Cuba registers first perceptible earthquake in 2021Santiago de Cuba, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s network of stations of the National Seismological Service on Saturday registered the first perceptible earthquake in 2021, with a magnitude of 3.9 and 35.5 kilometers southwest of Caimanera, province of Guantanamo. The telluric movement, located in the coordinates 19.712 of north latitude and 75.285 of west longitude, occurred at 08:19 in the evening and 24 kilometers deep, with reports of perceptibility in Santiago de Cuba city and in Niceto Perez, Caimanera and Guantanamo municipalities.
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Cuba maintains tourist activity despite Covid-19 restrictions
Cuba maintains tourist activity with strict hygiene and safety protocols, despite restrictions in the country’s territories, due to an increase in Covid-19 cases. The Cuban Ministry of Tourism released an update of the health protocol to continue operations in the country’s major destinations.
According to the measures, posted on the Ministry’s website, it is essential that international travelers produce a negative PCR test done 72 hours before arriving in Cuba.
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Cuba, Venezuela strengthen relations despite US blockade
Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez assured on Saturday that her country is strengthening friendly relations with Cuba despite the US blockade affecting both countries. ‘We are here ratifying our ties, the Cuba-Venezuela sisterhood has been stronger and unstoppable, not even destroyed by the most savage criminal blockade that humanity has ever known,’ Rodriguez told the press concerning her visit to Havana. During a working meeting with Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca.