Bolivia

The Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance denounced the recent coup attempt in Bolivia

In the memory of our America, the coups against the peoples

The Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty denounced the recent coup attempt in Bolivia

Author:  | internacionales@granma.cu

july 11, 2024 10:07:25

Photo: Illustrative

“It is urgent and necessary to reject the coup methods, which are constantly trying to emerge and denounce the use of modern tools of manipulation that seek to stop, frustrate and abort the progressive political processes in Our America,” stressed yesterday the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, while speaking at the 10th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).

The meeting – which virtually gathered representatives of the ten nations that make up this integrationist bloc founded by Fidel and Chávez – was convened to denounce the attempted coup d’état in Bolivia, on June 26, and to reaffirm support to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora.

Díaz-Canel expressed that we cannot allow “the return of the infamous coupist attitudes and actions that sowed such a painful memory in Our America and that seek to reverse the will of the people.”

Accompanied at the Summit by the member of the Political Bureau and Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, he referred to the validity and need to defend with strength and determination the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, approved ten years ago at the Second Celac Summit in Havana.

At the Summit, the Bolivian President denounced the hate speeches that sow fear and uncertainty in his country, the economic sabotage, and the agenda of external interests on important natural resources of the nation such as lithium. He added that it is unpleasant for our States to decide on their natural resources.

He highlighted the profound democratic vocation of his people, who came out and mobilized to defend democracy throughout the country with barricades, rallies and marches. He also thanked the international community for its support in the face of the coup.

Nicolás Maduro Moros, president of Venezuela, said that we are proud of that people, of their courage and strength. “Bolivia has given an example of courage and responsiveness,” he said.

After several Caribbean prime ministers and representatives of the nations of the bloc intervened, Jorge Arreaza, executive secretary of the Alliance, read the Final Declaration, in which they expressed “the categorical rejection of any coup d’état or attempted coup d’état, in whatever form, as it constitutes a threat to democracy, constitutional order, peace and the life of the people.”

The Declaration made explicit the rejection of the position of the Argentine President Javier Milei, who, in spite of all the evidence about the coup, continues with his aggressions to the Government and people of Bolivia.

Cuban Culture

More than 125,000 activities of all artistic manifestations are planned all over Cuba

Culture is active in Summer Mode

More than 125,000 activities of all artistic manifestations are planned to take over squares, theaters and streets all over Cuba

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

june 28, 2024 08:06:32

Photo: Juvenal Balán

Summer is approaching and, with it, the most hectic time when it comes to celebrations. Families get together, plan their vacations, enjoy their loved ones and the free time this is the most awaited time of the year for most people, and many institutions in the country are joining in to offer recreational spaces to the population.
Under the slogan “Summer Mode”, the Ministry of Culture announced the vast plan of activities of all kinds that will be carried out during the months of July and August, which will reach the 168 municipalities of the country. In spite of the difficult economic situation the country is going through, the program will reach the most remote villages of the island, bringing love, culture and entertainment to its inhabitants.
More than 125,000 activities of all artistic manifestations are planned to take over Cuba’s squares, theaters and streets. Among these activities, there will be more than 80 events convened at the institutional, municipal, provincial and national levels, mostly aimed at rural, vulnerable or mountainous communities, with the purpose of satisfying emotional needs through art, also in areas that can be very difficult to reach.
Tours, concerts by professional groups, theatrical presentations, exhibitions, fairs, contests and workshops are just some of the proposals that will be available to the public, in most cases completely free of charge.
Among the tours scheduled are those of the National Circus of Cuba, La Colmenita Children’s Company, Cándido Fabré, Haila María Mompié, Arnaldo y su Talismán, Will Campa and Alexander Abreu. The grand kick-off of the summer day will be held jointly in all the country’s municipalities tomorrow, June 29, with presentations of casino wheels and dancers of the genre in the main squares and parks of each place.

Art will take to the streets to enjoy the summer Photo: Endrys Correa Vaillant
Vilma Espín

Vilma, present

A bouquet of flowers sent by Raúl and an offering on behalf of the Cuban people were placed in front of the monolith that treasures the ashes of the heroine in the Mausoleum of the II Frank País García Front

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

june 19, 2024 08:06:34

The eternal president of the Federation of Cuban Women is present in her people, to whom she devoted herself body and soul. Photo: Santiago Martí 

Second Front, Santiago de Cuba.— Aware that “Vilma’s example is today more necessary than ever,” representatives of various sectors of our society paid tribute to the Heroine of the Sierra and the Llano, 17 years after her physical departure, at the emblematic Mausoleum of the II Frank País García Front, where she was a combatant and where, in her own words, “the new social relations and the principles of human equality and dignity on which our Revolution is founded” began.
A bouquet of flowers sent by her comrade in a thousand battles, the leader of the Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and the offering on behalf of the Cuban people, were placed in front of the monolith that treasures her ashes, as part of the military ceremony and the guard of honor officiated by students of the Camilo Cienfuegos Military School of Santiago de Cuba -continuators of Vilma’s legacy-, headed by the main political and governmental authorities of the province, as well as by the fighter of the II Eastern Front, First Colonel Alberto Vázquez.
Today the Homeland proudly contemplates again Vilma Espín Guillois, the daughter of the city of Santiago de Cuba who, like the mambisa Mariana Grajales, fought until her last days for just causes, especially for those of women. The eternal president of the Federation of Cuban Women is present in her people, to whom she devoted herself body and soul.

SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA

G77 and China demand the exclusion of Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism

Non-Aligned Countries and G77 and China demand the exclusion of Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism

Both blocs denounced that it is an unjust accusation that serves as a pretext to impose additional unilateral coercive measures against the island

Author:  | internet@granma.cu

june 17, 2024 13:06:48

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Group of 77 and China, through their Joint Coordinating Committee, demanded the immediate exclusion of Cuba from the unilateral list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism.
In the statement, quoted by Cubaminrex, both blocs denounced that the inclusion of Cuba in the aforementioned list of the U.S. State Department is an unjust and unfounded accusation, which serves as a pretext to impose additional unilateral coercive measures against the largest of the Antilles, and which has multiplied, to unprecedented levels, the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Cuban people.
The text calls on the U.S. government to “put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the sister nation of Cuba for more than six decades and which constitutes the greatest impediment to its full development”.
Likewise, the NAM and the G-77 and China urge strict compliance with the 31 resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the need to put an end to the blockade against Cuba.