Latin America

Declaration from Cuba’s Revolutionary Government What has occurred in Brazil is part of the reactionary counter-offensive mounted by imperialism

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Declaration from Cuba’s Revolutionary Government
What has occurred in Brazil is part of the reactionary counter-offensive mounted by imperialism and the oligarchy against revolutionary and progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author: MINREX | internet@granma.cu
Author: internet@granma.cu | internet@granma.cu
may 12, 2016 20:05:58

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The revolutionary government of the Republic of Cuba has repeatedly denounced the parliamentary-judicial coup d’etat, disguised with legality, which has been developing in Brazil for months. A majority of Brazilian Senators to continue the process of impeachment of the legitimately elected President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and with this “provisionally” remove her from office for a period of 180 days, during which the Senate must decide, via a two thirds majority vote of its members, to definitively dismiss her.

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Cuban Economy

Blockade must end if Cuba-U.S. relations are to advance Ministry of Foreign Relations announces

Blockade must end if Cuba-U.S. relations are to advance
Ministry of Foreign Relations announces Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Commission to meet in Havana May 16

Author: Sergio Alejandro Gómez | internet@granma.cu
may 13, 2016 09:05:18

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While Cuba and the United States have made important progress over the last 17 months, economic and commercial relations continue to be hampered by the blockade which remains in full force despite modifications, the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) reported yesterday, May 12, in a press conference.

Gustavo Machín – the Ministry’s deputy director for the U.S. – announced that set to take place in Havana, this coming May 16, is the third meeting of the Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Commission, created in August of 2015 to organize the development of ties following the reestablishment of diplomatic relations.

During this meeting, agreements reached at the last gathering, held in Washington in November, will be reviewed, as well as progress made since the Commission’s first meeting, September 11, 2015, Machín reported.

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Blockade

Blockade continues The Co-operative Bank acknowledges extraterritorial application of the blockade in Britain

The Co-operative Bank acknowledges extraterritorial application of the blockade in Britain

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The bank’s Chief Executive has finally confirmed in writing that the closure was due to the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Author: Catriona Goss | cati@granma.cu
may 5, 2016 15:05:27

The Co-op Bank closed the accounts of the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign in November 2015. Photo: Getty Images
As reported in GI in March, the Co-op Bank closed the bank accounts of the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) in November 2015, citing among the reasons a change in its “risk appetite” and “global regulations”.
Now, following a huge campaign by CSC members and affiliates, the bank’s Chief Executive Niall Booker has finally confirmed in writing that the closure was due to “risk” arising from the sanctions imposed on the island by the U.S. government.
Responding to direct questions from concerned CSC members, Booker stated “It is correct that the sanctions that are in place are those imposed by OFAC.”
As such, the bank has acknowledged the extraterritorial application of the blockade in closing the accounts. Obeying the sanctions imposed by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is illegal under British and European Union law.

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Guatemala

The CIA has admitted that pilots recruited to bomb Cuba prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion also provided air support to defeat an insurrection in Guatemala

Playa Girón and the uprising in Guatemala
The CIA has admitted that pilots recruited to bomb Cuba prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion also provided air support to defeat an insurrection in Guatemala
Author: Gabriel Molina Franchossi | informacion@granma.cu
may 5, 2016 10:05:06

During the dawn hours of November 13, a group of Guatemalan militay officers rebelled against the regime of General Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, accusing him of ignoring rampant corruption in his administration, and inviting foreign intervention in the country.

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Five months before the invasion at Playa Girón, November 13, 1960, Cuban pilots being trained in Guatemala by the CIA to attack the island, bombed Guatemalan military forces leading an uprising against the government of General Miguel Idígoras.
The political and military support provided by the Eisenhower administration and the CIA to Idígoras, saved the dictatorial regime which had approved the use of an estate – the Helvetia owned by Roberto Alejos, brother of the country’s ambassador in the U.S. – for the purpose of training troops to invade Cuba. This attack did eventually take place at the Bay of Pigs, in April of 1961.
The arrogance of CIA officials and their Cuban agents provoked the uprising in Guatemala by a group of officers who were able to take the Matamoros Garrison with the goal of assuming government power. The insurgents demanded the closing of the Retalhuleu base, in the country’s southwestern region, and the removal of corrupt officers collaborating with Idígoras, who had taken the place of puppet Carlos Castillo de Armas, installed as head of state in 1954 by the CIA, after the overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz, the elected President of Guatemala. Castillo was dealt justice by a soldier within the government’s own headquarters.

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