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International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held 27-29

EIPCO for unity: in Havana
Delegates from 65 countries from all continents will attend the 22nd EIPCO, International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held 27-29 at the Havana Convention Palace.

Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
october 26, 2022 12:10:57

Delegates from 65 countries from all continents will attend the 22nd EIPCO, International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties to be held 27-29 at the Havana Convention Palace.

“United we are stronger” is the slogan of the event in which representatives of 82 political forces and 31 delegations headed by their presidents or general secretaries will participate.

The meeting will promote the debate on the challenges of the leftist forces in the face of the imperialist offensive, in their eagerness to impose hegemony at the global level.

There will be reflections on how to strengthen the unity, solidarity, and coordination of the communist and workers’ parties of the world.

The occasion will also be propitious to coordinate initiatives and exchange ideas about the international situation and the problems faced by each of the parties in their regional and national spaces.

Founded in 1998 in Greece, in a context of uncertainty after the collapse of the socialist camp and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, EIPCO is today the most comprehensive and oldest organization of communist parties that exists. Its constitution was promoted by the Greek Communist Party and it has developed a systematic work.

117 organizations from countries of all continents are part of this collective, which since its second meeting created a working group that integrates parties from different geographical regions. Last March, in a meeting held in Portugal, the celebration of the XXII Meeting in Havana was approved.

The Communist Party of Cuba, representing Latin America and the Caribbean, has attended all the meetings held by that organization since its foundation and has contributed with proposals that contribute to fostering international unity and solidarity among communist and workers’ parties, without excluding positions.

Cuba values EIPCO as a necessary space for the exchange of experiences and cooperation among the communist parties of the world, at a time characterized by a strong offensive of neoliberal capitalism against workers’ rights, as well as a fierce anti-communist campaign, particularly in the countries of Eastern Europe, in a context of growing threats to world peace and stability. (RHC)

USA a history of war crimes

Daily examples of fake news: Bucha or the fabricated lie

FAKE, TERRORIST ATTACK
BUCHA THE FABRICATED LIE
APRIL 16, 2022 JAIMEM

Bucha or the fabricated lie
Daily examples of fake news, more than anything else, take credit away from the media that publishes it, and the journalists who write it.

Author: Elson Concepción Pérez | internet@…

April 6, 2022 21:04:32

Translated by Walter Lippmann for Cuba News.


The civilian population in Bucha, the main victim of fascism in the war in Ukraine.



Photo: TELESUR
Some news agencies and other major Western media feed on the information that is produced, even if it is stained with blood – or that is never produced, but rather is invented – about the war like confrontation in Ukraine.

The daily examples of fake news, more than anything, take credit away from the media that publish it, and the journalists who write it.

But they also feed the Western leaders who are waiting for them, in their eagerness to discredit Russia and justify the lengthening of a conflict that should already have ended, in peace and with mutual guarantees, without interference or political games to surround Moscow.

The international community must “really” oppose the greed of the United States military complex that sells weapons, no matter what use is made of them, both for its citizens to kill each other and to fuel wars across the seas, as is the case today in Ukraine or in other Middle Eastern nations.

There are too many actions by the US governments, since the very emergence of that country and during its establishment as an empire, causing millions of deaths, mutilations and injuries, destruction of States, torture, economic sanctions as an ultimatum to suffocate entire populations, among other actions. Continue reading Daily examples of fake news: Bucha or the fabricated lie →

Hurricanes

The hurricane cannot defeat us

Díaz-Canel: We all have the responsibility to overcome these damages
Statement by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, in La Coloma, Pinar del Río, on October 2, 2022, “Year 64 of the Revolution”

Author: Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez | internet@granma.cu

October 3, 2022 20:10:00



Diaz Canel in Pinar
Photo: Revolution Studios
(Shorthand Versions – Presidency of the Republic)

A hurricane in a few hours destroys us faster than we can recover, that is a first logic that must be had; but that cannot defeat us, what we have to do is unite efforts, unite talents, unite arms, unite disposition.

People are also shocked, we have to get out of that lethargy of affectation and start working, and then we see how with that work we begin to advance day by day, ripping pieces out of the affectation.

It must be said that after five days Mayabeque is practically recovered, Havana is quite recovered; the Isle of Youth was recovered. The provinces of Artemisa and Pinar del Río, where the damage was greatest, remain more complicated. To the same extent that the others are finishing, more forces are coming here; but what has been done is heroic.

I know that this causes a lot of discomfort in people because in addition to the accumulated situation that we already had in life, it lasts, then comes another group of affectations that cause damage, harden daily life; but here we have had cyclones in which, to recover, we have taken 19 or 20 days. There is an important part of the provinces that have already recovered in five days; I am convinced that with intense work next week this is going to have another face, and then, the next week, we will be almost fully recovered, fundamentally in electricity, communications and we will start with housing. Housing will always take us longer; but when one sees that there is the capacity for mobilization, Continue reading The hurricane cannot defeat us →

Cuba Hurricane

Cuba: Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian

The painful footprint of “Ian” in three provinces and the special municipality
In the provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa, and in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, “Ian” has also left his painful mark, with an economic balance yet to be quantified.

Author: Mailenys Oliva Ferrales | internet@granma.cu

Author: Liz Conde Sánchez | internet@granma.cu

September 27, 2022 23:09:20

Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian

Photo: ACN
With the brutal force of a category 3 hurricane, “Ian” left a trail of pain in its path through the west of the country that will take time, effort and many resources to erase.

Damage to civil and state infrastructure, effects on the electrical service and communications, flooding due to heavy rains, penetrations of the sea, and losses of several crops, were, until last night, among the preliminary effects associated with this meteorological phenomenon.

And although the epicenter of his scourge was suffered by the territory of Pinar del Río, in the provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa, as well as in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, “Ian” has also left his painful mark, with a economic balance yet to be quantified.



THE CAPITAL REMAINS ALERT

Despite the fact that hurricane “Ian” was already moving away from Cuba at the close of this Tuesday, Havana woke up today on alert due to the possible occurrence of winds and rains, as well as strong swells in low-lying areas.

This was noted at the meeting of the Provincial Defense Council of the capital, which was attended by Esteban Lazo Hernández, a member of the Political Bureau and President of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP).

At that meeting, the meteorologist Yinelis Bermúdez warned that, when “Ian” left Cuban territory and traveled towards the Florida Strait, it would gain in intensity, causing strong swells on the north coast of Havana for this day, with waves that can reaching three meters in height and with the danger of flooding in low-lying areas.

However, in the province there were already reports of damage to the electrical service, the telephone line, and the water supply, in addition to reports of fallen trees and partial landslides in the municipalities of 10 de Octubre, Arroyo Naranjo, Marianao, and Habana Vieja.

Similarly, more than 14,000 people continued to be evacuated, some 5,900 of them in the homes of relatives and friends, and another 8,000 in protection centers. Continue reading Cuba: Pinar del Río after Hurricane Ian →