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Neither bombs nor permanent aggression will be enough to break hope

Havana marches for Palestine

By Carmen Maturell Senon, Granma

The lords of war, which is the horror of the peoples, are indifferent to children, women and men; the human being. It is strange for them to become sensitive and end it in the face of so many deaths; that is why they continue to agonize what is not theirs, what is alive.

The more than seven decades of the Palestinian people resisting the onslaught of Zionist colonialism are not enough; nor are the lives taken from more than 42,000 people since October 2023. The offensive continues, and it hurts.

That is why, aware that solidarity knows no decoys or borders, and that to fight for Palestine is also to fight for humanity, a representation of the Cuban people marched through the streets of Havana, from the Martí Forge to the Anti-imperialist Tribune.

"Our solidarity and sensitivity with just causes summon us to the most anti-imperialist of the tribunes, to repudiate the massacre being committed against the people of Palestine and which is also intensifying against Lebanon, Syria and Yemen," expressed Meyvis Estévez Echevarría, first secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists.

In view of the vile scenario experienced by the Palestinian people, she affirmed that it is not a question of figures, that they are entire families martyred, disappeared, and that every time a person from that land is murdered, the shame of the world also dies.

"This march of thousands of Cubans, and the rallies that have been held in the country during these days, honor each life taken by Israel; in addition, it reaffirms the political will and commitment of the Cuban State with peace, justice and respect for national sovereignty," highlighted Meyvis Estévez.

The march was led by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, accompanied by members of the Political Bureau, Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State, and Manuel Marrero Cruz, prime minister, as well as other leaders and representatives of political and mass organizations.

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Miguel Díaz-Canel

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De peperbus van nonkel Miele (77): volgehouden solidariteit met Cuba

Op 29 en 30 oktober 2024 werd de door Cuba voorgestelde resolutie getiteld: “De noodzaak om een einde te maken aan de economische blokkade” voor de 32e keer besproken in de Verenigde Naties (VN). Ze werd met bijna eenparigheid goedgekeurd. Dit, tijdens de gewone zitting van de Algemene Vergadering 2024 van de VN. Het Cubaanse volk lijdt al meer dan zestig jaar ontberingen door de economische…

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Russia’s Top Security Official Meetings in Havana     

On February 27, 2024, Nikolai Patrushev, Russia’s to security official, met in Havana with Cuba’s retired general Raul Castro. Other Russians in attendance were officials from Russian spy agencies like the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service in addition to officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and other government agencies.[1] Patrushev…

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel visiting the Fidel Castro statue in Moscow, Russia, 8 May 2024

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Küba'da Enerji Krizi ve Alınan Tedbirler

Küba’da Enerji Krizi ve Tedbirler Küba Savunma Bakanlığı, 18 Ekim tarihinde ana enerji santrallerinde yaşanan arızaların devam etmesi ve tropikal fırtına Oscar’ın onarım çalışmalarını olumsuz etkilemesi nedeniyle alınan önlemlerin uzatıldığını duyurdu. Açıklamada, hastaneler gibi hayati öneme sahip hizmetlerin kesintisiz olarak devam edeceği belirtilirken, okulların ve zorunlu olmayan kamu…

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Kim Jong Un sends greetings to Cuban President

H.E President Kim Jong Un with President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez- Courtesy photo Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, sent a congratulatory message to Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the…

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Putin, Diaz-Canel Unveil Fidel Castro Monument In Russia

Putin, Diaz-Canel Unveil Fidel Castro Monument In Russia

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Miguel Diaz-Canel of Cuba held talks in Moscow and unveiled a monument to Fidel Castro. Putin highlighted Moscow’s support for Cuba’s sovereignty at their meeting in the Kremlin, and Diaz-Canel pointed out that Havana condemned sanctions on Russia, Vedomosti notes. Cuba will surely support Russia on a number of issues, including sanctions, because Havana…

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Díaz-Canel comienza gira por varios países en avión de línea aérea venezolana

Díaz-Canel comienza gira por varios países en avión de línea aérea venezolana

“Díaz-Canel estará acompañado por los vice primeros ministros Ricardo Cabrisas y Alejandro Gil; el ministro de Exteriores, Bruno Rodríguez; su homólogo de Comercio Exterior, Rodrigo Malmierca” El dictador cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel, además, de seis ministros de su régimen comunista iniciaron hoy una gira internacional de marcado carácter económico y ligada a la crisis energética que sufre la isla…

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Cuban Pedro Rafael Delgado, a 56-year-old accountant, saw his life change dramatically just days after Cuba approved a set of laws by referendum in September that allow gay marriage.

For more than a decade, Delgado, who works at a Communist Party office, lived as "friends" with his 62-year-old partner, Adolfo Lopez. He lacked basic rights and felt shunned even by his own family because of his sexual preference. "Being gay was the embarrassment of the family and I always lived with that," he told Reuters. Cuba's family code, a set of measures and regulations that establishes the rights of all Cubans, regardless of sexual orientation, to marry and adopt children, changed everything, Delgado says.

But activists and experts consulted by Reuters say the sweeping, government-led campaign to promote the law did more to moderate entrenched homophobia and machismo than the fine print of the code itself - which governs the totality of family relations and not just issues related to sexual orientation.

"There is no doubt that it represents a change...not just legislative, but also in mindset," said Adiel Gonzalez, a 32-year-old activist and professor.

"Some say that (change) is solely due to the code, but that is false," said Gonzalez, adding that changes in attitude existed before, but the discussion around the law helped people to accept other sexual orientations.[!]

For months ahead of the referendum, the government flooded Cuba's TV, radio and newspapers, which it controls, to promote the law. The government also put up billboards on national roadways and held parades, while Communist Party leaders, including President Miguel Diaz-Canel, repeatedly touted the measure.

That one-sided media push did not sit well with everyone. Cuba's Catholic Church, in a missive just before the referendum, said the state's overwhelming support and control of the media had stifled voices of opposition.

The government said at least half [!] of the island's 11 million residents participated in town-hall style meetings prior to the vote aimed at discussing and refining the measure.

Cuba registered 75 same-sex marriages in October, according to state newspaper Trabajadores. That is more than 2% of the total 3,300 marriages reported for the month, the data shows.[...]

However, same-sex households in the United States account for 1.5% of homes occupied by couples of any sex, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. [...]

Cuban transgender medical student Ariana Mederos, of Matanzas, recalls two years earlier explaining to her university rector that "he" was now a "she."

At the time, she was unprotected by the recently approved Family Code.

"I cried. I thought I was going to give up my career," she told Reuters, recalling the day. "But just as I thought it was over, he told me, 'We are going to support you throughout your transition and you will have all our support, including that of your professors.'"

Mederos says she too believes attitudes shifted in Cuba with the discussion ahead of the referendum.

"Cuba is changing and I am proof of that," she says. "I've seen positive changes but there is still much to fight for."

14 Nov 22

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Cuba: Fighting for Palestine is fighting for humanity

President Díaz-Canel leads march in solidarity with Palestine

By Carmen Maturell Senon, Granma

"They ripped away my right to live in my country. Today we are all Gaza; hatred does not stop, hatred kills you," expressed a young Palestinian who is studying in Havana, determined to build a future different from the desolation generated in his own land by the Israeli genocide.

Those who share that fate, despite the uncertainty, the uprooting from their native environment and the loss of relatives, showed firmness in the island's capital to send a message of resistance in a solidarity march of Cubans with the Arab nation.

Sensitivity to those who suffer a war for excessive ambitions, beyond any circumstantial vicissitude, was enough to mobilize thousands of people from both countries. Human nature should aim at kindness, declared Hiram La O Hernandez, of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) at the Technological University of Havana.

As silence implies complicity, and this rebellious alligator always raised his voice in the face of injustice, everyone amplified with their attitude the words of the first secretary of the UJC National Committee, Meyvis Estévez Echavarría: "May the Palestinian flag be raised high, firm and energetic, in the arms of Cuban children and adolescents!"

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Brazil to Send Business Leaders to Cuba in Push to Rebuild Ties

A delegation of at least 30 Brazilian business leaders will travel to Havana on Monday in search of opportunities to boost trade with Cuba, the latest step in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to repair relations between the two nations.

The four-day mission will take place ahead of Lula’s own trip to the Caribbean island, where he will meet with Cuba leader Miguel Diaz-Canel and take part in the Group of 77 meetings, a United Nations economic summit of developing countries.

Brazil’s ties with Cuba deteriorated under right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro, although they were never fully severed. Since taking office in January, Lula has sought to rebuild relations with both Havana and Venezuela, and met with Diaz-Canel on the sidelines of a global finance summit in Paris earlier this year.

That has created an opening for industry leaders eager to bolster trade relationships, according to Jorge Viana, the head of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, or Apex, which is leading the trip.

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De peperbus van nonkel Miele (53): Guatemala kiest linkse president

In Zuid- en Centraal-Amerika houdt het niet op. Rechtse, door Washington gesteunde regeringen en presidenten worden in verkiezingen verdreven. Vandaag is Guatemala, in het stilaan indrukwekkend rijtje, aan de beurt. Vandaag zijn er kansen na de verkiezingen van 20 augustus met de overwinning van de linkse presidentskandidaat Bernardo Arévalo de Léon (Official potrait of César Bernardo Arévalo De…

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At U.N., Cuban President Says Nothing About Russia and Ukraine While Condemning U.S. Sanctions    

On September 19, Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, addressed the U.N. General Assembly. He said, ““For 60 years Cuba has suffered a suffocating economic blockade,” an “inhumane policy” he blamed for the shortages of food and medicines on the island. He also said Cuba was not a national security threat to the U.S, and that the American government lied when it concluded that Cuba sponsors…

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the Group 77 + China summit in Havana, Cuba, 15 September 2023

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-suffers-famine-level-shortages-mass-death-imminent-un-backed-monitor-says-2024-03-18/