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  • Restoration of the Electrical Power System Begins in Cuba - Prensa Latina

    Havana, March 4 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Electric Union (UNE) confirmed today that they have begun the protocols for the restoration of the National Electric System (SEN) after its outage affecting the west and center of the country.

    With the start-up of the Energás Boca de Jaruco thermoelectric plant, located in the western province of Mayabeque, the process began to gradually bring energy to the island systems established for these contingencies, the energy entity stated.

    Likewise, the UNE specified that, in the east of the country, specifically in Las Tunas, the SEN is alive, although the substations in the territory are not energized, for that reason they do not have electricity service.

    “Protocols are being established to bring energy to Unit 3 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Power Plant (Cienfuegos) and begin the startup process,” added the institution belonging to the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Caribbean nation.

    Furthermore, the UNE specified that Unit 1 of the CTE Lidio Ramón Pérez «Felton», located in the northeastern municipality of Mayarí, Holguín, is in service, supplying energy only to the eastern zone of Cuba.

    The SEN disconnection is due to an unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras CTE, in the western province of Matanzas, due to a boiler leak at 12:41 local time, the Electric Union previously explained on its Telegram channel.

    Following the collapse, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, along with the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente De La O, visited the National Load Dispatch Center to clarify the details of the unexpected outage of the National Electric System (SEN), as well as the next steps to be taken to restore it.

    The power outage extends from the central territory of Camagüey to Pinal del Río, at the westernmost point of Cuba.

  • Ecuador declares Cuban diplomatic mission persona non grata - Prensa Latina

    Quito, March 4 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador today declared the Cuban ambassador in Quito, Basilio Gutiérrez, persona non grata, along with all the diplomatic staff of that mission, and gave them 48 hours to leave the country.

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, through its Directorate of Ceremonial and Protocol, notified the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Ecuador that the decision is adopted in application of article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

    The measure applies to Ambassador Gutiérrez and all members of the diplomatic, consular and administrative staff accredited in Quito.

    The notification, which is circulating on social media, does not mention the reasons for the declaration or whether it will imply a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries.

    The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry indicated that it would offer more information on the matter later Wednesday afternoon.

  • Left-Wing Interim President takes power. Oil pipeline explodes just a few days later. Really sus shit.

  • Gas shortage crisis due to unexplained explosion in Peru - Prensa Latina

    Lima, March 4 (Prensa Latina) Long lines of vehicles searching for fuel persist today in the Peruvian capital, due to the rationing of natural gas caused by an unexplained explosion in the pipeline that supplies the country with that fuel.

    The supply cut affects more than 300,000 taxi drivers whose cars use natural gas and who, due to rationing, are at risk of remaining inactive until March 14, when the authorities of the Ministry of Energy and Mines expect, but do not guarantee, that the gas pipeline will be repaired.

    Meanwhile, the director of Hydrocarbons at that agency, María Peñaloza, reported that the country consumes 670,000 cubic feet of natural gas daily, and only 60,000 cubic feet are available, which were saved from the accident last Sunday and remained in the pipeline.

    Rationing guarantees fuel supply to passenger transport, hospitals, homes connected to the gas network and other priority users.

    Regarding the case of taxi drivers, whose livelihood depends on survival and who will have to use diesel, which is much more expensive than natural gas, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Ángel Alfaro, said that they will have to pass on the higher cost to the users of the service.

    Prime Minister Denisse Miralles, in a press conference, highlighted that the repair work on the gas pipeline that transports gas from the Camisea field is progressing thanks to improved rainy weather and has the logistical support of the Army, the Air Force and a fleet of helicopters.

    He also said that the government's goal is to normalize the operation of the gas pipeline before the estimated 14 days of the emergency.

    Johnny Martel, leader of the formal taxi drivers' organization, stated that the minister is unaware of the taxi drivers' precarious financial situation and announced that his organization and other groups have decided to march peacefully tomorrow to request a dialogue with the government in search of solutions to the problem.

    On the other hand, official María Peñaloza said that the cause of the explosion last Sunday, which caused a large gas leak and flames, is still unknown, adding only that investigations are underway.

    Parliament, in turn, is considering requests from its members to summon Minister Alfaro, who took office last week, to report on what happened in the Megantoni district, in the southeastern region of Cusco.

    Television commentator Nicolás Lúcar demanded a reasonable explanation from the government for the explosion and asked, "Should we rule out a terrorist attack given the magnitude of the damage?"

    “How is it possible that a pipeline that is supposed to be three meters underground, subject to constant maintenance and electronic monitoring, suddenly not only collapses but suffers an explosion?” he asked, noting that remnants of armed groups remain near the site of the accident.

  • Lula says hunger in Cuba is the result of 'ideological persecution' and demands action from Latin America: 'They took the gold, our sweat, when are we going to wake up?' - BDF

    The speech took place at the opening of the 39th UN Regional Conference on Food and Agriculture.

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) stated, this Wednesday (4), that the food crisis in Cuba cannot be attributed to the country's inability to produce. Speaking at the opening of the 39th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Brasília (DF), he said that the island “is going hungry”, because they don't want it to have “certain things that everyone should have the right to”.

    The ceremony took place at the Itamaraty Palace and marks the FAO's main regional forum for defining priorities for 2026 and 2027, focusing on combating hunger and malnutrition in the region. The meeting brings together ministers, authorities and representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries, as well as the FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu.

    In his speech, Lula directly cited the Cuban case when speaking of what he called "ideological persecution ." "Cuba isn't starving because it doesn't know how to produce. Cuba isn't starving because it doesn't know how to build its own energy. Cuba is starving because they don't want Cuba to have certain things that everyone should have the right to. Cuba isn't being cared for because of ideological persecution. So, are we not going to help Cuba because Cuba is a communist country?" he said.

    The statement comes at a time of worsening energy and supply crisis on the island , due to decades of economic blockade and the executive order from US President Donald Trump, which threatens to impose sanctions on countries that “directly or indirectly” sell or supply oil to Cuba, exacerbating fuel shortages and humanitarian risks. The UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba, Francisco Pichón, even advocated for the creation of a “humanitarian exception” for oil shipments to the country.

    In this context, the Brazilian government announced that it will send a shipment of food and agricultural inputs to Cuba this week. The information was released by the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira, during the FAO conference itself. According to Teixeira, the inputs will be purchased in Brazil with Brazilian government funds and then made available to the island.

    'When are we going to wake up?'

    Lula also connected the debate on hunger to the role of Latin American and Caribbean countries in defending sovereignty and criticizing historical relations of exploitation.

    “It’s not fair that after 525 or 533 years since we were discovered, we still live as one of the poorest and most unjust regions on planet Earth. When we had gold, they took our gold. When we had silver, they took our silver. They took our sweat with very low wages for a very long time. When are we going to wake up and say that we don’t want subjugation?” he stated.

    In the same passage, Lula stated that Latin America and the Caribbean form "the only zone of peace on planet Earth." "We are the only zone of peace in the world. The only zone of peace on planet Earth is us," he said. The president also mentioned that, in Brazil, the Constitution establishes the option of not possessing nuclear weapons.

    In making the appeal, the president said that the region has the capacity to guarantee food for its population and argued that the issue of hunger should be treated as a political decision. “We cannot treat the issue of hunger as if it were a matter for NGOs. As if it were: 'if there's a surplus, there is. If there isn't a surplus, there isn't.' It has to be treated as a matter of priority. Zero priority,” he declared.

    The president reiterated his criticism of the international agenda marked by wars and the arms race. He said that weapons "are not made to build or produce food" and argued that conflicts "destroy" and "reduce food production." Lula also suggested a teleconference between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to discuss "whether what will solve humanity's problem is more war or more peace."

  • Good News - The Brazilian government will send food and agricultural supplies to Cuba. - BDF

    Brazilian government and social organizations strengthen cooperation with Cuba in the face of the US blockade.

    The Brazilian government announced that it will send, this week, a shipment of food and inputs destined for agricultural production in Cuba, within the framework of a bilateral cooperation program. The information was released by the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira, during the 39th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, which began last Monday (2), in Brasília (DF).

    The minister clarified that the supplies will be purchased within Brazilian territory using resources provided by the government itself and subsequently made available to the Caribbean island.

    "Brazil will send aid to Cuba this week for the purchase of inputs destined for agricultural production. This purchase will be made in Brazil. We will provide the resources. We will also send food to Cuba," Teixeira stated when questioned by the Prensa Latina news agency.

    According to the Cuban news agency, the aid is part of a program coordinated by the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, which is linked to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    The donations come after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening sanctions against any country that “directly or indirectly” sells or supplies oil to Cuba. This measure, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba, Francisco Pichón, has transformed the fuel shortage “ into the main multiplier of humanitarian risks ” and has exacerbated the crisis facing the island over the past month.

    President Lula spoke out against the unilateral measure taken by the United States. On February 7th, during the 46th anniversary of the Workers' Party (PT) in Salvador, Bahia, Lula stated that Cuba is a victim of a "massacre fueled by American speculation" and emphasized that "our country stands in solidarity with the Cuban people. And we, as a party, must find ways to help."

    Furthermore, several Brazilian social and labor organizations condemned the measure and promoted donation campaigns in support of the island. The Solidarity Campaign with Cuba — promoted by social and labor movements — recently sent an initial shipment of 1,700 kilograms of priority medicines destined for hospitals in the province of Santiago de Cuba, affected by Hurricane Melissa .

    According to the organizers, the initiative responds to the shortages caused by the economic blockade imposed by the United States for more than six decades, recently reinforced with new sanctions in the energy sector.

    In a statement, the MDA (Ministry of Agrarian Development) informed that the volume of humanitarian aid to Cuba is still unknown, as are the dates on which the shipments will be sent. "Future details will be communicated to the press."

    Solidarity from Brazil

    Brazilian cooperation with Cuba is not an isolated event . At the end of last year, the Brazilian government delivered a donation consisting of ten tons of dehydrated food, 50 water purifiers, and medicine kits.

    The donations were intended to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, classified by the United Nations (UN) as a "huge" catastrophe, which, at the end of October, hit the east of the island with category three on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

    It is estimated that Brazil's aid has benefited more than 5,500 people in the country's eastern provinces. At the event, the Brazilian ambassador in Havana, Christian Vargas, highlighted that cooperation between the two countries has strengthened since 2023, with the relaunch of more than ten technical cooperation projects in areas such as health, education, and agricultural production.

    Solidarity in Latin America

    With the recent announcement from the Brazilian government, Brazil joins the efforts that have also been undertaken by Claudia Sheinbaum's government to strengthen cooperation with the Caribbean island.

    After an initial shipment of 800 tons of food, last Saturday (28), two Mexican Navy ships docked in Havana Bay with a second shipment of humanitarian aid that included 1,200 tons of food, plus an additional 23 tons collected by social organizations with the support of the Government of Mexico City.

    According to an announcement by President Claudia Sheinbaum, who described the United States' intention to impose tariffs on countries exporting oil to the island as "very unfair," humanitarian aid shipments will continue as long as the government takes "all necessary diplomatic actions to restore oil shipments" to the island, ensuring that " a people cannot be strangled like that ."

  • Well the news article page is down. But Prensa Latina reported the Iranian Supreme Council will meet online to elect a new leader.

  • Venezuelan government denies false news about Delcy Rodríguez - Prensa Latina

    The Venezuelan government today categorically denied information disseminated by the international press linking acting president Delcy Rodríguez to alleged crimes of corruption and money laundering.

    The official platform Miraflores al Momento (@AlMomento_M) published a post from the Reuters agency which announces that the US executive would present evidence against Rodríguez for alleged crimes of “corruption and money laundering”, without mentioning sources or presenting evidence.

    The Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information, for its part, indicated that on its X account @ALMomento_M “it took a strong position to refute the publication.”

    He also cited statements from Washington's assistant attorney general, Todd Blanche, who called the British news agency's report "completely false" and questioned how "such a false report" got into the publication.

  • Fidel Castro Free Catedra inaugurated in Venezuela - Prensa Latina

    Caracas, March 3 (Prensa Latina) With the master class Fidel and Chávez: Commander of the People, the Fidel Castro Free Catedra was inaugurated today in Caracas as part of the program in Venezuela for the centenary of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution.

    Deputy ministers, friends of solidarity, members of the accredited diplomatic corps and the Cuban State Mission, headed by Ambassador Jorge Luis Mayo, attended the inauguration of this initiative promoted by the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Celarg).

    The president of Celarg, Pedro Calzadilla, described the Chair as another point and window of convergence between the Cuban and Bolivarian Revolutions, epics that he called "glorious of our peoples" that both face today the intensification of aggression from US imperialism.

  • Majority in the US opposes US-Iran war - Prensa Latina

    Washington, March 3 (Prensa Latina) Nearly six out of 10 Americans disapprove of the United States' attack on Iran, and most consider it likely that this new military adventure ordered by President Donald Trump will lead to a long military conflict.

    Senator Bernie Sanders wrote in X: “Trump said we had to attack Iran because we can’t allow it to ‘have a nuclear weapon.’ Really? This is the same president who in June said, ‘Iran’s nuclear facilities have been destroyed.’ Vietnam. Iraq. Iran. Another lie. Another war.”

    But for Trump, the polls don't matter, and he asserted that he was doing the right thing. At a White House Medal of Honor ceremony honoring three military personnel, two of them posthumously, he promised that the United States would "easily defeat" what he called Iran's "terrorist regime."

    The CNN poll conducted by SSRS revealed that a majority of people doubt Trump will make the right decisions regarding the use of force in Iran. Specifically, 60 percent of those interviewed said they do not believe he has a clear plan to handle the situation, and 62 percent said he needs congressional approval.

    Central Command (Centcom) confirmed yesterday that the number of US military personnel killed in Iran's response to the US and Israeli attack, Operation Epic Fury, had risen to six.

    The number increased after the remains of two soldiers were recovered from a facility that was targeted by Iranian defensive actions in the region, CENTCOM said.

    In a press conference prior to that announcement, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had reported the deaths of four US soldiers in an Iranian attack on a tactical operations center in Kuwait.

    The Pentagon chief tried to downplay the incident, saying that the United States has "incredible air defenses," but that "every now and then, there may be one—unfortunately, we call it a jet bomb—that gets through."

    "And in that particular case, it hit a fortified tactical operations center, but these are powerful weapons," he added.

    Since the United States and Israel unleashed Operation Epic Fury against the Islamic Republic in the early hours of Saturday, Iran has responded with attacks on US military and commercial interests in at least five Persian Gulf countries and surrounding waterways with hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones.

    According to Hegseth, the losses "only strengthen our determination to make sure we do it right."

    When referring to the United States' objectives in Iran, Hegseth repeated the White House's narrative: Iran's alleged ability to "project power against us and our allies in ways we cannot tolerate."

    It was no longer just the nuclear program, but also the fact that they could not accept that Tehran had ballistic missiles and drones.

    Regarding the duration of this four- to five-week war, he said that "President Trump has every right to talk about how long it might or might not last: four weeks, two weeks, six weeks. It could be brought forward. It could be delayed (...) We are going to execute, under his orders, the objectives we have set for ourselves."

    The Secretary of Defense assured reporters that this “is not a regime change war,” contradicting Trump’s statements.

    Hegseth declined to offer a timeline for the next steps in Operation Epic Fury and said it had nothing to do with the 2003 invasion of Iraq; in that sense, he dismissed the idea that the new war quagmire would turn into another endless war.

    The midterm elections will take place on November 3rd, and the Republican Party, which controls both houses of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate), could be in trouble due to growing voter anger.

    Operation Epic Fury, launched in the early hours of February 28 by the United States and Israel against Iran, left more than 200 dead on its first day, including the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and almost the entire military leadership.

  • Reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could still be alive.

  • Mainstream Media in LatAm says it will probably go up everywhere but Venezuela in LatAm.

  • Mexican president has a 72 percent approval rating, according to a poll - Prensa Latina

    Mexico City, March 2 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum registered a 72 percent approval rating in February, according to the latest El Financiero poll published today.

    The survey consulted 1,300 adults by telephone, 900 of them interviewed from February 13 to 21, before the operation against Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho", leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and 400 people after that action carried out on February 22.

    Considering the interviews before and after that date, the president's approval rating rose from 68 to 76 percent, the newspaper's digital edition points out, noting that giving equal weight to the interviews before and after, the poll shows 72 percent support, three points higher than in January.

    According to the study, 82 percent rated the government's operation to arrest "El Mencho" as good or very good, while 77 percent of those consulted believed that these actions were correct and 21 percent labeled it a mistake.

    Eighty-one percent said that the operation in Jalisco represents progress in security policy, while 14 percent saw it as a setback.

    The study asked respondents to evaluate people and institutions involved in the operation carried out in Jalisco, including the Secretary of Security, Omar García, who received 81 percent good or very good ratings, and 13 percent bad or very bad ratings.

    For his part, the head of Defense, Ricardo Trevilla, obtained 74 percent favorable evaluations and 16 percent unfavorable ones.

    The Army was the best rated, with 88 percent positive opinions, followed by the National Guard and the Navy, with 85 percent each.

    Regarding the monthly performance indicators, in the economy the favorable opinion went from 48 to 56 percent and in security, from 40 to 45.

    In the military operation carried out by the Army in Tapalpa, “El Mencho” was seriously wounded and died during his transfer by air to a medical institution.

    The death of the man, one of the most wanted drug traffickers, sparked a reaction from organized crime with roadblocks, vehicle burnings, and attacks on law enforcement in that and other states, which gradually returned to normal after the government's rapid response.

  • New ministers will seek crucial parliamentary ratification in Peru - Prensa Latina

    Lima, March 2 (Prensa Latina) Peruvian Prime Minister Denisse Miralles announced today that her cabinet will appear before Congress on March 18 to request a vote of confidence to remain in office.

    He made the announcement after a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament, Fernando Rospigliosi, in which they coordinated the presentation of the ministerial cabinet whose members were sworn into office on February 24.

    Regarding criticism from opposition members of various parties, who question the cabinet with the argument that it is the product of a "distribution" (improper distribution of ministries among some parties) or question the continuity of half of the heads of José Jerí, dismissed on February 17.

    Miralles, who was promoted to prime minister from the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the change, denied the "divide" and rejected being linked to the conservative Alliance for Progress party and assured that she does not belong to any political group.

    She also maintained that she and the other ministers are independent experts who, in a time of national emergency, have taken on the responsibility of working for Peruvians.

    He added that he hopes to receive the understanding of the congressmen for national unity to fight against citizen insecurity and the El Niño phenomenon that affects various regions with heavy rains and to guarantee the elections of April 12.

    Parliamentary blocs are divided between those that have announced they will deny confidence, an option that, if it becomes the majority, would force the ministers to resign en masse.

    Left-wing parties, among others, have announced that they will not give their votes of confidence to the new cabinet, while others are conditioning their decision on the work plan that will be presented within 16 days, especially regarding citizen security.

  • Ten Panamanians arrested for threatening Cuban order - Prensa Latina

    The Ministry of the Interior (Minint) today reported the arrest in this capital of 10 Panamanian citizens, residents in that country, for threatening the constitutional order of Cuba.

    According to the official statement, the detainees "are perpetrators of acts of propaganda against the constitutional order, regulated in article 124 of the Penal Code."

    "Initial investigations indicate that these individuals had been directed to enter the island for the purpose of making signs with subversive content," the text states.

    He also added that they were to leave the country once that objective was achieved and, upon returning to Panama, they would each receive between one thousand and one thousand five hundred dollars.

    According to the Minint report, those involved admitted "to being the perpetrators of acts of this nature, carried out in Havana during the early morning of Saturday, February 28."

  • We will continue sending aid to Cuba, says Mexico's president - Prensa Latina

    Mexico City, March 2 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced today the arrival of a second shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba and confirmed that shipments to the Caribbean nation will continue.

    “By the way, humanitarian aid has arrived and we will continue sending aid to Cuba,” the head of the Executive Branch stated during her usual press conference.

    On Saturday, the ships Papaloapan and Huasteco, of the Mexican Navy, arrived at the port of Havana with a total of 1,193 tons of food supplies, in a context marked by the tightening of the economic blockade that the United States has imposed on the island for more than six decades.

    The ships had departed from the port of Veracruz on February 24 and transported food such as beans and powdered milk.

    According to the Foreign Ministry, a total of 23 tons of material aid included in the shipment were delivered by various social organizations with the support of the Mexico City Government at the collection center set up in the Historic Center, and this corresponds to the first delivery.

    The shipment is the second from Mexico to the island, following the arrival in Havana on February 12 of some 814 tons of basic food and hygiene items.

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  • Don't know why Germany is joining in though.

    They want to help Israel and the US anyway they can.