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ALBA Caracas Declaration: Peace Against U.S. Aggression

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The Final Declaration of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) signed in Caracas at the end of the summit held here, confirms the commitment of that group to peace in face of new United States aggressions.

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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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Press Release Issued by the Cuban Delegation to the Round of Talks on the Resumption of Diplomatic Relations with the US

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Besides, both delegations worked through the details about the visits and bilateral technical meetings to take place in the next few weeks on issues such as trafficking in persons, civil aviation, telecommunications, human rights, marine protected areas, prevention of migration fraud and changes in the regulations modifying the implementation of the blockade.

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Dr. Agustín Lage: The match Cuba-USA faces a Second Game Now

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In decades of confrontation between both countries there has always been proximity between the North American scientific community and the Cuban scientists. That has always been present. Of course, tinged or limited by the blockade and the hostility of the North American politics toward Cuba. In this very Center, for 20 years now, we summon every two years an international scientific event of Cancer Immunotherapy.

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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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Special appearance by Raul on the United States

Raúl Castro

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the State Council and Council of Ministers will address the Cuban people and the international public opinion this Wednesday 17 at noon to make an important announcement regarding relations with the United States. At 12:00 noon, the Cuban television and radio shall broadcast the address by the President, which will be broadcast by Cubavisión Internacional, Radio Habana Cuba and digital media sites in the Island.

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The Innocence of Gerardo

Gerardo Hernández

The meeting in London of the Commission of Inquiry on the case of the Cuban Five examined in depth the specific situation of Gerardo Hernández Nordelo and the infamous charge (Count 3 “conspiracy to commit murder”) lodged only against him. It forms the basis of his sentence, in which he must die two times in prison. He is falsely accused of having participated in the shoot-down of the two planes of the terrorist group that calls itself “Brothers to the Rescue.”

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The American Hole lives and… DO NOT GRANT THEM YOUR SILENCE

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This is the first time that Cubans on the Island can see the Special Holding Unit Prison Quarters of the United States (SHU), to go into it and if they prefer, to experience the conditions of a maximum security prison in solitary confinement, if only for five minutes. The installation reproduces a part of this type of US prison where “The Five” were prisoners having suffered a trial in Miami.