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Henrique Capriles: Provoking destabilization
May 31,2013
AFTER failing in his
attempt to provoke internal chaos in Venezuela,
defeated right-wing presidential candidate Henrique
Capriles Radonski has turned his attention to the
international arena. With a well devised and advised
strategy, aided by the United States, he has
undertaken a campaign beyond Venezuelan borders to
delegitimize the legitimate government which won the
last elections.
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A step backward step
for justice in Guatemala
May 30,2013
GUATEMALA’S Constitutional
Court has revoked the sentence for genocide and
crimes against humanity passed against former
dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, voiding the entire legal
proceedings since April 19.
•
Correa calls for second
and definitive independence
May 30,2013
QUITO, May 24.— Ecuadoran
President Rafael Correa highlighted his government’s
social and economic progress before the National
Assembly during the inaugural ceremony for his
second term in office.
•
Colombian
government and guerrilla movement reach historic
agreement on agricultural development
May 30,2013
THE agreement reached by the
Juan Manuel Santos government and the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia-Army of the People
(FARC-EP) on the key issue of land, constitutes a
milestone within the historical political, social
and military conflict this nation has experienced
for the last 50-plus years. Never before has the
peace process with the largest guerrilla movement in
the country advanced so far in this context.
•
Maduro
inaugurates new mausoleum for Simón Bolívar
May 23,2013
VENEZUELAN
President Nicolás Maduro, on May 14, inaugurated a
new mausoleum for Simón Bolívar, constructed
as an extension of the National Cemetery in Caracas,
where the remains of the Latin American Liberator
are laid to rest.
•
Presidential dialogue for Central American peace and
development
May 23,2013
NICARAGUA, Honduras and El Salvador are making a
significant contribution to Central American
integration, by reaffirming their peaceful
intentions and a willingness to work for the
sustainable development of the Gulf of Fonseca, an
area of historic conflicts.
•
Puerto Rican Oscar
López Rivera, 32 years in U.S. jails
May 23,2013
PUERTO Rican public
figures and organizations are to mount an ingenious
demonstration May 29 demanding the liberation of
Oscar López Rivera. At 70 years of age, López Rivera
is internationally recognized as the political
prisoner with the longest sentence in the United
States.
•
Low
intensity conflict to destabilize Bolivia
May 17,2013
GIVEN its lack of credibility and
leadership, the Bolivian right, acting under
instructions from the United States government, is
banking on low intensity national conflict to wear
down the government of President Evo Morales, and
create an image of chaos in the run up to country’s
2004 elections.
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Paraguay: Returning to MERCOSUR?
May 17,2013
THE immediate objectives of the
incoming Paraguayan government are the country’s
return to MERCOSUR and UNASUR, with an international
agenda which also includes as priorities looking
toward the Pacific and the consolidation of markets
for its principal products.
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Efraín Ríos Montt sentenced to 80 years in prison
May 17,2013
GUATEMALAN justice, headed in this
case by Judge Jazmín Barrios, has sentenced
ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years’
imprisonment for crimes against humanity and of
genocide, perpetrated against the Ixil ethnic
community from 1982-83.
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Maduro: Petrocaribe has
stood the test of time
May 9,2013
DURING the 7th PETROCARIBE Summit of Heads of State
and Government, held in Caracas after the 9th
Ministerial Council, Venezuelan President Nicolás
Maduro said that the organization had stood the test
of time, thanks to the legacy left by Hugo Chávez.
•
More than 150
Haitian youth graduate via Brazil-Cuba-Haiti
tripartite agreement
May 9,2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE.— More that 150 Haitian youth
received diplomas certifying them as Comprehensive
Community Health Agents and Medical Equipment
Maintenance and Repair Technicians.
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ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES
Renews commitment to regional cooperation
May 2,2013
THE Association of Caribbean
States (ACS), founded in 1994, has reaffirmed a
commitment to its raison d’être as a forum for
consultation, concerted action and cooperation among
the 25 member countries.
•
Bolivia files suit
against Chile in International Court
May 2,2013
ON April 24, Bolivia
filed suit against Chile in the International Court
of Justice, The Hague, with a view to resolving
differences between the two countries over Bolivia’s
sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean.
•
Sao Paulo
Forum stands the test of time
May 2,2013
AN interesting group of
visitors arrived July 4, 1990, at the modest Hotel
Danubio in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Sao
Paulo. Representatives of dozens of progressive
parties and movements from all of Latin America and
the Caribbean met there over three days, to discuss
the crisis of what was then called "real socialism"
and propose strategies to confront the advance of
neoliberalism.
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THE GRAND U.S.
STRATEGY TOWARD VENEZUELA
Why has Maduro’s
victory not been recognized?
May 2,2013
TO better understand
the U.S. refusal to acknowledge Venezuela’s National
Electoral Board official results confirming Nicolás
Maduro as President, it is essential to analyze how
the country’s grand strategy toward Simón Bolívar’s
homeland began and evolved.
• Argentine
President Cristina Fernández visits Montaña Garrison
April 25,2013
I awoke on a
cloudy day and am leaving in the sun. I have just
visited the Montaña Garrison. It is surrounded by
working class neighborhoods. You can see Miraflores
in the distance. The head of the guard told me that
Hugo always looked this way from his office there.
How could he not! This is where he planned the
insurrection against Andrés Pérez. The 4th Republic,
the tragic epilogue to the Punto Fijo agreement,
when the Caracazo broke out – or as Hugo
liked to say, the Venezolazo – the final
crisis of neoliberal policies.
• A
source of light
April 25,2013
The people, still grieving,
continue to come to pay their respects to President
Hugo Chávez in the Montaña Garrison, where his body
lies. On some days it is reported the queues of
people are endless. In line are children, young
people, the disabled, and elderly... Chavez' death
still hurts.
• Questionable
elections in Paraguay
April 25,2013
On April 21, Paraguay held its first
general elections since the parliamentary coup
against constitutional President Fernando Lugo, in
June, 2012. More than three million citizens
participated and the Supreme Court of Electoral
Justice announced preliminary results indicating
that Horacio Cartes, candidate of the National
Association-Colorado Party, had been elected. Coming
in second was Efraín Alegre from the Authentic
Liberal Radical Party.
•
I assume the Presidency with courage,
love and a desire for peace
April 22,2013
CARACAS,
Venezuela.— "I am the first Chavista President, the
first worker to become President in the history of
this country. I hope to uphold with dignity the
values of our homeland and make the dreams of Hugo
Chávez Frías a reality, the dreams of a greater [Latin
American] homeland, secure, in peace.
•
Communiqué
from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean
States regarding the elections in the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
April 22,2013
The Community
of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
congratulates the people of the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela for their peaceful presidential
elections and the voter turnout on Sunday April 14,
2013.
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Statement from Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
Coordinating Bureau on elections in the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela
April 18,2013
The Movement of Non-Aligned
Countries Coordinating Bureau salutes the elections
held in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, April
14, 2013, which were characterized by massive
participation and conducted transparently in a
climate of democracy.
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The
furor endangering a country
April 17,2013
Henrique Capriles, the candidate of Venezuela’s
oligarchy and imperialism, has lost two presidential
elections in six months. The first on October 7,
2012, against Chávez. The second, this April 14
against Nicolás Maduro.
•
Federico Franco, a petty, hateful figure
April 17,2013
Bad luck has been Paraguay’s lot. A country of noble
people subjected to insatiable greed from within and
without. Brutalized by its neighbors during the
Triple Alliance War (1864-1870) and plundered by its
own ruling class since, the country has been
disgraced by the likes of Federico Franco,
functioning as president since a 2012 parliamentary
coup.
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Maduro wins presidential elections in Venezuela
April 16,13
The first official
bulletin released late April 14 by Venezuela’s
National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as
President for the 2013-2019 term, the socialist
candidate, Nicolás Maduro, with 50.66% of the votes
cast (7,505,338). Opposition candidate Henrique
Capriles, garnered 49.07% (7,270,403).
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Nicolás Maduro wins presidential elections in
Venezuela
April 15,13
The first official
bulletin released by Venezuela’s National Electoral
Council (CNE) announced as President for the
2013-2019 term, the socialist candidate, Nicolás
Maduro, with 50.66% of the votes cast (7,505, 338).
Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, garnered
49.07% (7, 270, 403).
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The
disobedience revolution
April 5,13
THE triumph of the Cuban
Revolution in 1959 was the first case of a sustained
act of disobedience to U.S. imperialism that managed
to successfully resist retaliation, revealing the
cause of the aggressiveness, intensity and
persistence of the United States' policy against
this small Caribbean country, lacking any other
possible explanation or reasonable theory.
•
Chile enveloped in gray
April 5,13
THE gloomy gray sky makes it
look as if a downpour is imminent, but the toneless
color is not coming down from on high, but rising up
like smoke shrouding the country in mourning;
barriers erected in the country’s poorest barrios
tell us it is March 29, ...
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MEXICO
Where are the
disappeared?
April 5,13
ACHIEVING peace
within the country was one of the main objectives
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto reiterated
during his recent report on the first 100 days of
his administration.
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Genocide by Ríos
Montt
April 5,13
"THERE were excesses, but I
was not informed." This is how General Efraín Ríos
Montt attempted to justify the genocide perpetuated
in Guatemala during the civil war in that country.
•
Maduro: We
are beginning the April victory campaign
April 3,13
BARINAS, Venezuela, April 2.—Acting
President Nicolás Maduro, the socialist candidate in
upcoming elections, emphasized that from this moment
the people have begun the April victory campaign to
guarantee the triumph of the Bolivarian Revolution
and, as a consequence, the continuity of
Comandante Hugo Chávez’ legacy.
•
Evo Morales
thanks Fidel for his solidarity
March 28,13
LA PAZ, March
27.— Bolivian President Evo Morales has sent a
letter to the historical leader of the Cuban
Revolution, Fidel Castro, expressing gratitude in
the name of his people for his solidarity over the
issue of sovereign sea access.
•
Argentina recalls its disappeared
March 25,13
BUENOS AIRES,
March 24.—Photographs of victims of the dictatorship
headed the central events in which Argentines
honored the memory of thousands of disappeared on
the anniversary of the coup d’état in 1976.
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Colombia
Advances on agrarian issue lead to political debate
March 25,13
THE advances achieved by the
Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) have
opened the way to a citizens’ debate on political
participation, the next issue on the agenda
established in the Havana General Agreement.
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Hasta siempre, Comandante
Chávez
remains on the front
March 22,13
THE remains of the revolutionary
giant of the Patria Grande, Hugo Chávez, were taken
on March 15 from the Military Academy and placed,
temporarily, in the Montaña Garrison, located in the
Caracas parish of 23 de Enero.
•
Thank
you for restoring to us the homeland
March 22,13
YOUR leaving us hurts,
it is a pain that burns my soul, how hard life has
become without you. During these days I have been
trying to understand why you have gone, why you have
left us with this immense vacuum.
•
Cuban artists honor Chávez
March 22,13
“VENEZUELA can always count on Cuba,”
affirmed writer Miguel Barnet, president of the
Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC), after
paying tribute to Comandante Hugo Chávez with
a guard of honor around his casket in the Caracas
Military Academy, together with a delegation of
Cuban musicians and intellectuals.
•
Venezuela announces suspension of communication
channel with U.S.
March 21,13
CARACAS,
March 20.—Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua
today announced the momentary suspension of the
communication channel established to improve
relations with the United States.
•
The
arena seller who became a president
March 15,13
FORTY years
before entering the Caracas Federal Capitol building
to receive the presidential sash and be sworn in on
a Constitution he described as "moribund," Hugo
Rafael Chávez Frías was walking the streets of his
native town selling arañas, a kind of papaya
candy which his grandmother Rosa Inés made with
pleasure.
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Maduro
registers his candidacy for Venezuelan elections
March 14,13
VENEZUELAN Acting President Nicolás Maduro
registered his candidacy before the National
Electoral Council (CNE) for the elections scheduled
for April 14, Prensa Latina reported.
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Maduro: I assume this presidential sash to defend
and protect the people
March 14,13
CARACAS.—On March 8,
the National Assembly of Venezuela swore in Vice
President Nicolás Maduro Moros as Acting President
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as
established in Article 233 of the Constitution.
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Complete text of Cristina Fernández on Twitter, @CFKArgentina
March 14,13
Tango 01. Last
Tuesday, as soon as they informed me about Hugo, I
decided to travel immediately to Caracas. Florencia
[daughter] is coming with me. I couldn’t wait.
Infinite sadness: our compañero, the friend
of Argentina, had taken his leave of us. At least,
that’s what I believed.
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Comandante,
we will continue building the
Patria grande
March 14,13
CARACAS,
Venezuela.—"Comandante, you can go in peace, we will
continue building the Patria grande (Greater
Homeland), we will continue together with our people,
with our Armed Forces, with our Constitution. We
will continue protecting the poorest. Your mission
is fulfilled, the struggle continues," affirmed
Nicolás Maduro on March 8 before the casket of
President Chávez.
•
The sun
of your bravery
March 14,13
In
1999, shortly before Hugo Chávez Frías became
President of Venezuela, Gabriel García Márquez
interviewed him aboard an aircraft flying from
Havana to Caracas • During their conversation, the
Colombian Nobel Literature Prize winner discovered a
personality which did not correspond with the
despotic image created in the media • Were there two
Chávez'? Who was the real one? A profile of the
President who became a soldier in order to play
baseball, who recited poems by Pablo Neruda and Walt
Whitman and who died of cancer at the age of 58
•
Maduro
calls for peace in wake of "Henrique Capriles’
infamous and irresponsible statements"
March 11,13
CARACAS, Mar 10.—The current governor of Miranda,
Henrique Capriles—defeated by Chávez in last October’s
elections – officially announced today that he will
once again represent the right-wing Mesa de Unidad
Democrática (MUD).
•
Nicolás Maduro
sworn in as Acting President of Venezuela
March 9,13
Maduro swears before the casket of the Bolivarian
leader to sustain his legacy, in the conviction that
"Chávez lives, the struggle continues!"
•
Raúl in Chávez’
homeland
March 8,13
CARACAS, Venezuela.—President
Raúl Castro Ruz arrived here at 2:00 pm, March 7 to
give his last farewell to Comandante Hugo
Chávez Frías, brother in struggle, the man of vast
stature who Cuba accepted like a son.
•
Thousands march in
Uruguay against reintroduction of Amnesty Law
The law
grants amnesty to violators of human rights during
the dictatorship
March 7,13
AROUND 3,000 people demonstrated in Montevideo on
February 25 against the Uruguayan Supreme Court of
Justice (SCJ) decision to declare unconstitutional a
law making punishable the crimes of the dictatorship
(1973-1985). The SCJ decision was made in the
context of a tense debate on the future of human
rights legislation.
•
COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT
AND THE GUERRILLA MOVEMENT
Closer than ever to peace
March 7,13
PEACE talks between the Juan Manuel Santos
government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia-Army of the People (FARC-EP) have "advanced
in constructing an agreement" on various aspects of
comprehensive agrarian development, the first issue
on a six-point agenda perceived as key to attaining
peace in Colombia.
•
A different image of
Haiti
March 7,13
CAMERAS are
sometimes unwelcome in Haiti. This reaction on the
part of Haitians is no accident. For years foreign
media have only reflected scenes of extreme hardship,
pain and poverty. Many have made money from
displaying the misfortune of others, while hiding
their own lack of decency and without coming
anywhere close to the realities and idiosyncrasies
of the country.
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Chávez:
A universal revolutionary
March 7,13
WITHOUT any distinction of political affiliation or
geographic location, expressions of sorrow at the
death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez continue,
in a generalized acknowledgment of the architect of
the Bolivarian Revolution and one of the principal
promoters of an integrated Latin America and the
Caribbean.
- Communiqué from the Community of
Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on the
death of Comandante President Hugo Chávez
Frías
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Death of President Hugo Chávez
March 5,13
CARACAS, March 5 (AVN).—Hugo
Rafael Chávez, President of the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela, died in the hours of this Tuesday
afternoon. The announcement was made by Vice
President Nicolás Maduro.
•
General state of
Venezuelan President delicate
March 5,13
CARACAS (PL).—The
general state of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
remains delicate, with a worsening of his
respiratory functions, Communications and
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas affirmed March
4.
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ALBA is a consolidated
reality
March
1,13
CARACAS, Feb 28.—ALBA
is a consolidated reality in the political and
economic context, because it is composed of
revolutionary, valiant and courageous governments,
affirmed Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro
today, speaking at the 10th Political Council of
this regional alliance.
•
Cuba & Haiti: A
history of solidarity
February 28,13
SOLIDARITY and
humanism characterize the ties between Cuba and
Haiti, put to the test in difficult and critical
times for both nations.
•
Rousseff: 2 million Brazilians lifted from extreme
poverty
February 28,13
PRESIDENT Dilma
Rousseff announced on February 19 that her
government helped lift 22 millions Brazilians out of
extreme poverty in two years, and now she proposes
to support a further 2.5 million in remote areas, to
definitively end destitution in Brazil, with a
program aimed at guaranteeing a minimum income
equivalent to $1.25 per person per day.
•
Maduro: Massacres and
neoliberalism are now history in Venezuela
February 28,13
CARACAS, Feb. 27.—The
times of massacres and neoliberal packages are now
history, affirmed Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás
Maduro, addressing thousands of people gathered in
Caracas, PL reports.
•
Resounding
victory for Correa and Alianza PAIS in Ecuador
February 21,13
PRESIDENT Rafael Correa and his party Alianza País
obtained a resounding victory in Ecuador’s February
17 general elections, leaving the right-wing
opposition and fragmented small groups far behind at
the polls.
•
The
Venezuelan people receive their President
February 19,13
LEARNING of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’
arrival, a massive tide of people flooded the
streets to welcome the Bolivarian leader to his
homeland.
Chávez returned to Venezuela during the early
morning hours of February 18, after completing the
first phase of his recuperation from surgery in
Cuba.
•
Colombian government and FARC-EP end round of talks
February 11,13
ANOTHER round
of talks between representatives of the Juan Manuel
Santos government and delegates from the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People’s
Army (FARC-EP) has concluded in Havana.
•
Not
allowed to forget
February 7,13
"CHANGE
is not brought about by one person alone. It takes a
team. We do it all together." This is an election
maxim of the governing Alianza País (AP) Movement
headed by President Rafael Correa and Jorge Glas,
Minister of Strategic Affairs, representing the
Citizens' Revolution in the February 17 presidential
and legislative elections.
•
Nicolás Maduro, Elías Jaua and Cilia
Flores visit President Chávez
February 7,13
VICE President Nicolás
Maduro, Foreign Minister Elías Jaua and Attorney
General Cilia Flores of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela visited President Hugo Chávez yesterday,
February 6, in Havana.
•
Day of National
Dignity: Chávez calls for unity
February 5,13
CARACAS, February 4.—Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez today called for the unity of
the people on the occasion of the 21st anniversary
of the civic-military rebellion of February 4, 1992,
and the Day of National Dignity, PL reports.
•
CELAC: A shared vision of the
Patria Grande
February 1,13
SANTIAGO
DE CHILE.—"For Cuba and me it is a great honor to
assume the rotating presidency of CELAC. I feel it
is a recognition of the selfless struggle of our
people for their independence which serves as a
special tribute to José Martí, on the 160th
anniversary of his birth," affirmed President Raúl
Castro in his short speech upon assuming the
presidency of the organization.
•
Raúl Castro visits
President Allende's office
February 1,13
SANTIAGO DE CHILE.— At the end of the January 27
CELAC Summit session, the Cuban President,
accompanied by Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás
Maduro, made an emotive visit to the former office
of President Salvador Allende in the Moneda Palace.
•
Combining
efforts to consolidate unity
February 1,13
ON January 27, the Cuban President
had a cordial meeting with President Enrique Peña
Nieto in which Peña Nieto expressed his desire to
maintain relations with Cuba at the highest level, a
desire reciprocated by Raúl.
•
CELAC–EU
OR THE SUMMIT OF SILENCE
February 1,13
IN the closing
session of the Business Summit of the Community of
Latin American and Caribbean States – European Union
(CELAC–EU), ...
•
VENEZUELA
The people take
Caracas
February 1,13
THOUSANDS of
Venezuelans once again took to the streets of the
revolutionary Caracas of President Hugo Chávez to
commemorate the 55th anniversary of the overthrow of
the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship (January 23,
1958) by a civic-military junta, whose ideals were
subsequently betrayed by the traditional parties.
•
Bolivia: Seven years of
democratic, cultural revolution
February 1,13
THE profound
democratic and cultural revolution initiated in
Bolivia in 2006 with the coming to government power
of President Evo Morales, has reached its seventh
year of struggle, having come a long way, with
important victories won and challenges met.
•
ANOTHER
ROUND OF PEACE TALKS ENDS IN HAVANA
Colombian government and guerrillas: rapprochement
on agrarian issue
February 1,13
ANOTHER round
of peace talks in Havana between the Juan Manuel
Santos and government and the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia-Army of the People (FARC-EP)
ended January 24 with the acknowledgment of points
of contact on the issue of land.
•
For Cuba and for
me it is a great honor to assume the rotating
presidency of CELAC today
January 30,13
Speech by
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the
Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of
Cuba, upon accepting the rotating presidency of
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC),
Santiago de Chile, January 28, 2013.
•
CELAC has emerged from
the heritage of 200 years of struggle for
independence and is based on a profound community of
objectives
January 29,13
Speech given by
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the
Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of
Cuba, at the 1st Summit of the Community of Latin
American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Santiago de
Chile, January 28, 2013
•
Cuba defends a
constructive atmosphere
January 28,13
SANTIAGO DE
CHILE, Jan 27.—Shortly after the closing session of
the CELAC-EU Summit, Foreign Minister Bruno
Rodríguez Parrilla offered his impressions of the
event to the Telesur news channel and accredited
press, as well as aspects related to the anti-Cuba
media campaign orchestrated by a sector of the
Chilean right.
•
Colombian FARC-EP reiterates call for bilateral
ceasefire
January 25,13
AT the end
of the two-month unilateral ceasefire declared by
the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -
People's Army (FARC-EP), the Colombian guerrilla
movement called again on Sunday, January 20 for a
bilateral end to hostilities with the Juan Manuel
Santos government, in order to create a calm
environment for peace talks.
•
Argentine Vice
President deplores British referendum on Malvinas
January 25,13
BUENOS
AIRES.— Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou has
denounced the British decision to consult the people
on the issue of the usurped sovereignty of the
Malvinas Islands, a move which he called "a lack of
respect for intelligence and national and
international law."
•
Cuban Medical
Brigade treats close to 1.5 million patients in 2012
January 25,13
PORT-AU-PRINCE.—
The sensitive humanistic work of the Cuban Medical
Brigade, present in Haiti since 1998, resulted in
close 1.5 million Haitian patients being treated in
2012, bringing the total over 14 years of
uninterrupted collaboration to 19,700,165, according
to data published in the Brigade’s annual report.
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Coca is not cocaine
January 25,13
INDIGENOUS
traditions in Bolivia were vindicated after an
intense battle for their recognition. The neoliberal
policies of former governments consistently focused
on eliminating the practice of growing coca,
identifying coca as a drug, its cultivators as drug
traffickers and users as drug addicts.
•
President Evo close-up
January 25,13
TALKING with
Cuban Dr. Orestes López Piloto about his book, La
dignidad del pueblo o la rodilla de Evo (Dignity of
the people or Evo's knee), offers an insight
into the personality of the President of Bolivia,
Evo Morales, whose love and commitment to the people
of his Andean nation, is conveyed in 218 pages.
•
Nicolás Maduro
and Rafael Ramirez
in Havana
January 24,13
JAN 24.—Vice President Nicolás
Maduro and Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Mining and
Oil, flew into in Havana last night.
- Maduro exposes
attempt on his and Cabello’s lives
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Chávez
is in battle, disciplined in his treatment
January 21,13
CARACAS, Jan 20.—Venezuelan
Hugo Chávez is being very disciplined in terms of
his treatment and has "a spark of satisfaction in
his eye at the struggle he has waged for our
homeland and the one he is going to wage," affirmed
Vice President Nicolás Maduro, PL reports.
•
Maduro:
Chávez calm and aware of post-operative process
January 18,13
CARACAS.—After
visiting President Hugo Chávez Frías on January 14,
Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced yesterday
that the Venezuelan head of state is aware of all
the phases of the post-operative process following
his operation last December 11.
•
Venezuelan Armed
Forces no longer belong to the bourgeoisie
January 17,13
CARACAS, Jan
16.—Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro
affirmed today that the Bolivarian National Armed
Forces (FANB) are the synthesis of four words which
express a great concept: the new homeland.
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Foreign Minister
Elías Jaua thanks Cuban and Colombian counterparts
for support
January 17,13
CARACAS, Jan 16.—Venezuelan
Foreign Minister Elías Jaua today thanked his Cuban
and Colombian counterparts for their support and
solidarity in response to his appointment as
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Latin America and
the Caribbean salute Chávez in Caracas
January 17,13
AS a single nation on January 10, Latin America and
the Caribbean raised their voice in a Caracas
overflowing with people who took to the streets in a
mass demonstration of support for the Bolivarian
Revolution and its President, Comandante Hugo
Rafael Chávez Frías.
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Religious ceremonies for Chávez’ health in Cuba
January 17,13
A number of Cuban religious
communities organized ceremonies for the prompt
recovery of President Hugo Chávez in Havana on
January 10.
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Correa: unrivalled
January 17,13
"FIRST round, first round!" This was
the slogan chorused by supporters of the governing
Alianza País in an early electoral event in Ecuador.
They are expecting a convincing victory for
President Rafael Correa on February 17, without the
need to go to a second round.
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Latin
America and the Caribbean will not allow
destabilization in the region
January 15,13
Speech by Miguel Díaz-Canel
Bermúdez, member of the Political Bureau and Vice
president of the Council of Ministers, at the act of
solidarity in support of Chávez and the Bolivarian
Revolution, Caracas, Venezuela, January 10, 2013,
Year 55 of the Revolution.
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President Chávez:
favorable clinical evolution
January 14,13
CARACAS, January 13.—Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez has shown a favorable general
clinical evolution in the last few days, with his
respiratory infection under control, Communication
and Information Minister Ernesto Villegas stated
today.
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Validity of
ALBA and PETROCARIBE highlighted in Venezuela
January 11,13
CARACAS, January 10.—Representatives from Latin
America and the Caribbean, meeting in this capital,
today confirmed the full validity of integration
mechanisms such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the
Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and PETROCARIBE, PL
reports.
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Correa topping polls in
Ecuador at start of election campaign
January 10,13
THE election
campaign in Ecuador began Friday, January 4 with
rallies for all eight presidential candidates, among
them the current socialist leader Rafael Correa,
currently the favorite to win on February 17.
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President Chávez asks for
postponement of swearing in
January9,13
CARACAS, January 8.—Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez has asked the National
Assembly to postpone to a later date the swearing in
ceremony scheduled for January 10, in accordance
with Article 231 of the Constitution.
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National Assembly endorses full recovery of
President Chávez
January9,13
CARACAS, January 8.—The
National Assembly of Venezuela today endorsed its
support for the legitimate right of President Hugo
Chávez to a full recovery, respecting the sovereign
sentiment of the people.
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Chávez
assimilating treatment and in stable condition
January7,13
CARACAS, January 7.—Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez is assimilating the treatment
being applied with all due rigor and has remained
stable, Communication and Information Minister
Ernesto Villegas stated today.
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Correa: possible CIA plot
January7,13
ECUADORAN
President Rafael Correa is not discounting the
possibility that the CIA is plotting an attempt on
his life in the run-up to February’s presidential
elections.
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