Cuba Criticizes NATO's Military Intervention in Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 7 (acn) Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno criticized in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, the military intervention of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Libya and said that a similar scenario should not be created in Syria. Read More

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Mexico: Regional Meeting on Fighting Desertification, Drought

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte. Mexico City, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Actions to fight desertification and drought in the region will be discussed Tuesday during the 14th UN meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean on those global problems. The meeting will promote cooperation projects and assess soil degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read More

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Bolivia Reports Millions in Losses due to Landlocked Status

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens.La Paz, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) From 1970 to date, Bolivia's landlocked status has cost it more than 30 billion USD in losses, according to a report published Monday in Cambio newspaper. The Andean Development Corporation found in studies of landlocked countries that they lose from two to three percent of their gross domestic product from exports, expert Rodrigo Burgoa told Cambio. Read More

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Chavez Warns of Maneuvers to Prepare Invasion of Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ed Newman. Caracas, September 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that the opposition seeks to create favorable conditions for a foreign intervention,similar to what occurred in Libya. Speaking at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Friday, the Bolivarian leader said that the opposition believes the case of Libya will be repeated and are "plotting for an invasion of Venezuela." Read More

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Rigoberta Menchu is Presidential Candidate in Guatemala

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Dayami Interián García. Guatemala, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Rigoberta Menchu once more aspires to the Guatemalan presidency, this second time with a fully indigenous organization but joined to a leftist coalition. The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner founded Winaq (integral human being) and registered it as a party. Read More

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Chavez in good health after chemotherapy

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 3, 2011.Written by Lakshit. Caracas, Sep 4 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that after finishing his third round of chemotherapy his health was ‘perfect’. ‘I’m going strong,’ said Chavez, as he left the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas Friday. The president said he had entered the hospital weighing 87.2 kg and left weighing 88.5 kg. Read More

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Cuba withdraws ambassador from Libya

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has announced the withdrawal of its ambassador and diplomatic mission in Libya and reiterated that it does not recognize the rebels' transitional government. It also has denounced the NATO military intervention that helped drive Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi into hiding, saying the bombing killed "thousands" of civilians. It warned that NATO's conduct could create similar conditions for an outside military intervention in Syria, which has been roiled by popular protests as well. Read More

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Party leader Trong greets special envoy from Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (right) receives special envoy of Cuban Party General Secretary Jose Ramon Balaguer. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung. HA NOI — Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong yesterday received Jose Ramon Balaguer, special envoy of Raul Castro, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba's Central Committee. Read More

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Salvadorian President Regains Voter Acceptance

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Raquel Maria Garcia Alvarez.San Salvador, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) At least 64.4 percent of Salvadorians approve their President Mauricio Funes' performance, according to the latest quarterly survey carried out by LPG Datos of LA PRENSA GRAFICA newspaper. The poll found that the president's approval is four points above that obtained three months ago, which means that he has regained popularity despite economic adversities and lack of safety. Read More

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Vice-president vows to enhance ties with Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Last Updated(Beijing Time):2011-08-31 09:50. Vice-President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to uphold the long-term friendship with Cuba and further cooperation between the two countries and their communist parties. Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks during a meeting with Jose Ramon Balaguer, special envoy of Cuban Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee first secretary Raul Castro. Read More

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