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Mexico Urges US to Seize Weapons to Stem Illegal Arms Flow Amid Border Violence
teleSUR
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Mexico demands US action on arms trafficking fueling violence across the border. Photo: EFE. July 2, 2025 Hour: 7:22 pm Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United States to intensify efforts to seize illegal weapons crossing the...
Cuba is the epicenter of current exchanges on environment
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
The program, which covers seven congresses and an exhibition fair under the motto ‘More awareness for a healthy environment’, will run until July 6 and will focus on vital issues such as the confrontation to climate change, impact and resilience...
The White House is Enforcing a Cuba Travel Ban—Can Americans Visit?
Travel Awaits
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July 2, 2025
Back in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy enforced a trade embargo between the US and Cuba, travel between the countries became illegal. Videos by TravelAwaits It was a travel ban that would remain in place for almost half a century until, in...
Russian Council decries US hostility against Cuba
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
We have condemned here and now the unjust economic blockade of the US government, which is almost 65 years old, said Petushkov at the Jose Marti Memorial, during the inauguration of the 1st Cuba-Russia Youth Forum ‘Heritage, Innovation and...
Belarus to begin joint production of medicines in Cuba
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 2, 2025
The Belarusian side also plans to transfer technologies and raw materials to organize the production of dairy products in the Latin American nation, all as a result of a series of negotiations aimed at strengthening economic ties between the two...
Cuba works on caring for patients with Parkinson's
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
HOLGUIN, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) The General Health Directorate in the eastern province of Holguín is implementing a comprehensive program for the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease through the use of science and technological innovation....
Cuban Biotechnology Institute contributes to food sovereignty
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Contributing to the country's food sovereignty and nutritional education program is among the main goals of the Plant Biotechnology Institute (IBP) in the central province of Villa Clara. Liz Mery Martinez Montero,...
Cuban province hosts main event for Cuban Historian's Day
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) In recognition of the meritorious work of historians in that eastern territory, the easternmost province of Guantanamo will host today the main event for Cuban Historian's Day, a commemoration dedicated to honoring those...
Cuban sport faces a year of great challenges
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) Osvaldo Vento Montiller, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (Inder by its Spanish acronym), presented important elements of the sports organization's accountability to the...
Cuban Faces Deportation after 20 years in Jail for Hijacking
Havana Times
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July 2, 2025
Adermis Wilson Gonzalez at home in Houston, before his detention. Photo: Cafefuerte / 14ymedio. Adermis Wilson Gonzales may seek asylum in Mexico, in order to avoid reprisals in his country of origin. HAVANA TIMES – For the second time in 22...
Latin American Bloc denounces US increasing economic pressure on Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a strong condemnation on Tuesday of the United States’ policy aimed at increasing economic pressure and blockade against Cuba. In an official...
ALBA-TCP Blasts U.S. for Intensifying Economic Blockade Against Cuba
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) vehemently condemned the U.S. government's latest move to intensify its economic aggression and blockade against Cuba on Tuesday. In an official...
Cuba slams Netanyahu over lies about Iran nuclear program for 30 yrs.
Al Mayadeen
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July 1, 2025
Netanyahu has pushed the US toward military interference in Iran, citing what he claims is an imminent nuclear threat. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies of lying for more...
Cuba’s Power Grid Nears Total Failure
IEEE Spectrum
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July 1, 2025
For many Cubans, the sudden stop of a fan is more than just an annoyance on a tropical island; it’s a daily reminder of a critical, nationwide problem. On an average day, the Cuban government can meet only 50 to 70 percent of its country’s...
National Center for Scientific Research, birthplace of Cuban science
Cuban News Agency
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July 2, 2025
HAVANA, Cuba, July 1 (ACN) More than 30,000 professionals completed their training at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC by its Spanish acronym), opened 60 years ago by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. That number of experts...
Jesse Armstrong’s <em>Mountainhead</em>: A satire about technology billionaires: “Planet Earth’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet”
World Socialist Web Site
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July 2, 2025
MountainheadBritish screenwriter and showrunner Jesse Armstrong, the moving force behind HBO’s Succession, has written and directed Mountainhead, also for HBO. The 109-minute comedy-drama was released on May 31. The film follows the frenetic...
Cuban historian receives Honorary Doctorate
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 1, 2025
This degree symbolizes not only his scientific and academic excellence, but also his commitment to the development of society through knowledge. It also represents a stimulus to his career, marked by innovation and a vocation to educate new...
Cuba: Where Is Rock Bottom?
Havana Times
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July 1, 2025
Havana in the dark. Photo: Juan Suarez By Angry GenXer HAVANA TIMES – They say that when someone loses footing in a pool, lake, or along the seashore, they can let themselves sink to the bottom, push off, and return to the surface—then catch their...
Latin regional bloc condemns U.S. policy against Cuba
Xinhua News Agency
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CARACAS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the U.S. policy to reinforce economic aggression and blockade against Cuba. In a statement, the bloc...
ALBA-TCP condemns strengthening of aggression and blockade against Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 1, 2025
Caracas, July 1 (RHC)-- The ALBA-TCP member states strongly condemned this Tuesday the strengthening of the U.S. government's aggression and economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Republic of Cuba. The Bolivarian Alliance for the...