Colombian magazine reveals espionage program against Cuba
An investigation by the Colombian magazine Raya, quoted by the website Razones de Cuba, revealed an espionage program against Cuba by Colombian military intelligence agencies and with the interests of U.S. agents.
Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
september 1, 2022 11:09:34
Under the title Espionaje Internacional: Objetivo Cuba (international espionage: target Cuba), the publication announced it had access to thousands of classified documents, in which it is evident how Cuban diplomats and officials, leftist political leaders, journalists and social leaders were spied on.
In declarations to Prensa Latina news agency, Raya-s Editor-in-Chief Edison Bolaño explained that, via confidential sources, he was able to gain access to more than a thousand files which reflect a whole espionage apparatus against Cuba and its diplomatic corps based in Colombia.
According to the magazine, information was adulterated in the computer of a guerrilla chief to blame Cuba for the violent protest in Colombia at the end of 2019 and during 2020 and 2021.
The investigation points out that the espionage operation was named objective Charlie and developed, mainly, during the government of Iván Duque.
It also warns of documents in English under the name Secret/Rel to USA, Colombia that “come from U.S. intelligence agents.” This makes it clear that the U.S. agents were also interested in obtaining information from Cuban diplomats in Colombia. (International News Office)
Translated by ESTI
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The people of Matanzas, representing the entire island in mourning
Cuba honors, embraces
The people of Matanzas, representing the entire island in mourning, will perform the funeral services today for the 14 combatants whose remains were found after extinguishing the fire at the Supertanker Base
Author: Yeilen Delgado Calvo | nacional@granma.cu
August 18, 2022 22:08:59
Photo: Ricardo López Hevia
The Island seems immersed in the usual pace, the people going to or coming back from work, the parks taken over by a child eager for vacations, the stops, the shops, the winery, the August sun… life. But that apparent normality is just that, appearance.
It is enough to look up, notice the flags at half-staff, and feel again those emotions that overflow from the chest since the news at dawn on Saturday, August 6 –admiration and sadness, restlessness and pride– to understand that the duel is individual and collective, which in its official capacity deeply belongs to the people.
There is still no discussion of another issue than the hardest balance left by the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base: the loss of 16 people.
And they all hurt. Fabián, Michel, Pablo Ángel, Raciel Alonso, Osmani, Leo Alejandro, Rolando, Luis Ángel, Diosdel, Andy Mitchel, Luis Raúl, Areskys, Adriano, Osley, Elier, Juan Carlos hurt us. They hurt us in their youth and in their experience. They hurt us in the courage of their hours facing the flames. They hurt us in the pain of their families.
There is something very sublime and priceless when, after a name and surnames, you add “fallen in the line of duty”; because that duty marks the fate of others, ours; It is the price of survival, of jumping in the face of adversity.
The remains of 14 of those fallen could not be identified, their loved ones will not have such consolation, and there is no one who does not feel in their own flesh the emptiness of family members, of friends; and also the debt we have contracted with his memories.
Today Cuba honors. The tribute is not only fair and essential, it is felt, it is true, it comes from the root of the popular soul. Cuba embraces the fallen, embraces the families, and embraces itself, wounded by her loss.
And even after the day of funeral honors, even after recovery, or when anniversaries accumulate, Cuba will honor. She always will. We will not forget their looks or their sacrifice.
They reveal the identity of the 14 disappeared in the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base
They reveal the identity of the 14 disappeared in the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base
According to a press conference reported by Dr. Jorge González Pérez, who was in charge of the multidisciplinary group in charge of the search and identification of these people, it was not possible to absolutely identify the remains of the victims.
August 18, 2022 14:08:45
The names of the 14 people who disappeared after the explosion of the second tank at the Matanzas Super Tanker Base, in the early hours of August 6, were released this Thursday.
As reported at a press conference yesterday by Dr. Jorge González Pérez, who was in charge of the multidisciplinary group in charge of the search and identification, it was not possible to absolutely identify the remains of the victims.
The President of the Cuban Society of Legal Medicine explained that, as a result of the expert work around tank 51 (known as tank two), 754 small bone fragments were recovered, divided into 14 groups, which were transferred to the laboratory for analysis. characterization.
But it was impossible to carry out the comparison of prints, analysis of the teeth, or DNA analysis; due to the high temperatures to which the remains were subjected; a conclusion endorsed by the international experts consulted. That is, it cannot be established to which person they belong.
The control and extinction of the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base constituted a heroic act in which personal and collective courage prevailed and meant a new epic for our people.
As a fair tribute to those who fell in the line of duty, the President of the Republic of Cuba agreed to decree Official Duel, from 06:00 on August 18 until 12:00 at night on August 19, 2022 .
During the validity of the Official Duel, the Lone Star Flag must be hoisted at half-staff in public buildings and military institutions.
Added to the list of deceased, which amounts to a total of 16: the first water tank operator Juan Carlos Santana Garrido, from the Camilo Cienfuegos Oil Refinery Fire Department, and the young officer Elier Manuel Correa Aguilar, Chief of a professional firefighter car at the Matanzas Airport Command.
IDENTITY OF THOSE DISAPPEARED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FIRE
1. Adriano Rodríguez Gutiérrez, soldier, Matanzas
Adriano Rodríguez Gutiérrez, soldier, Matanzas Photo: Granma
2. Andy Mitchel Ramos Sotolongo, First Lieutenant, Havana
Andy Mitchel Ramos Sotolongo, First Lieutenant, Havana Photo: Granma
3. Areskys Quintero Orta, Captain, Mayabeque
Areskys Quintero Orta, Captain, Mayabeque Photo: Granma
4. Dios del Nazco Vargas, First Noncommissioned Officer, Matanzas
Diosdel Nazco Vargas, First Noncommissioned Officer, Matanzas Photo: Granma
5. Fabián Naranjo Núñez, soldier, Matanzas
Fabián Naranjo Núñez, soldier, Matanzas Photo: Granma
6. Leo Alejandro Doval Pérez de Prado, soldier, Matanzas
Leo Alejandro Doval Pérez de Prado, soldier, Matanzas Photo: Granma
7. Luis Angel Alvarez Leyva, Matanzas
Luis Ángel Álvarez Leyva, Matanzas Photo: Granma
8. Luis Raul Aguilar Zamora, Havana
Luis Raúl Aguilar Zamora, Havana Photo: Granma
9. Michel Rodríguez Roman, soldier, Mayabeque
Michel Rodríguez Román, soldier, Mayabeque Photo: Granma
10. Osley Marante Guerra, Havana
Osley Marante Guerra, Havana Photo: Granma
11. Osmani Blasco Sosa, Mayabeque
Osmani Blasco Sosa, Mayabeque Photo: Granma
12. Pablo Angel Lopez Martell, Matanzas
Pablo Ángel López Martell, Matanzas Photo: Granma
13. Raciel Alonso Martinez Naranjo, Havana
Raciel Alonso Martínez Naranjo, Havana Photo: Granma
14. Rolando Oviedo Sosa, Mayabeque
Rolando Oviedo Sosa, Mayabeque Photo: Granma
Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way in the United States
Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way in the United States
Cimavax-EGF, a Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, conquers the scientific community and the population of the United States based on the achievements compiled in studies carried out.
Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
july 27, 2022 11:07:50
Cimavax-EGF, a Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, conquers the scientific community and the population of the United States based on the achievements compiled in studies carried out. The vaccine was obtained after more than two decades of research and have shown satisfactory results in patients in advanced stages of lung cancer.
The Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) and the Roswell Park Cancer Research Center in Buffalo, in the United States of America, joined forces a few years ago to facilitate access to equipment and reagents in order to promote the development of the drug, reported Russia Today.
The creation of the only joint venture between Cuba and the United States, the Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance, a biotechnological company to insert the drug in the U.S. society, facilitated Cuba’s access to equipment and reagents which are very difficult to obtain due to the limitations of the coercive measure of the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on the island, and the northern country can have access to a drug with excellent results and prospects.
Doctor Elia Neninger, who participated of in the clinical trials of the therapeutic vaccine from the beginning, assured the Russian TV station that the drug has two great advantages: few adverse reactions and a solution to lung cancer, which is a serious health problem in Cuba.
Deputy director of the Molecular Immunology Center Kalet León Monzón said that the patients who have received the vaccine are recovering from advanced tumor cancer and could have the prospect of survival in normal conditions in the very short term, according to Russia Today.
One of the beneficiaries of the vaccine, Miguel Creus, a patient who began to receive Cimavax 15 years ago, when the disease was in stage four and the vaccine was in clinical trials, assures that the drug has prolonged his life with a satisfactory state of health, and that at present he has no traces of tumors or symptoms of the disease.
Despite the effects of the economic blockade of the United States against Cuba, the collaboration between the two institutions continues and Cimavax overcomes the challenges. At present, there are clinical trials that combine this Cuban vaccine with other successful cancer treatments and their effects in high-risk people or patients in the initial stages of the disease are being studied.
According to some studies, lung cancer is the third most frequent cancer in the United States and the deadliest. This Cuban drug could be a promising relief, a good example of the benefits both nations would obtain if they had a normal relationship. (International News Office)
Translated by ESTI