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In a post on the social network X, he highlighted the formation of Cuban identity and nationality as part of a “rich mix of cultures, traditions, and religions” that is the fruit of “centuries of history, constant exchange, solidarity, and brotherhood between Africa and Cuba.” “We Cubans feel part of the African continent and children of Africa,” the head of Cuban diplomacy stated. World Day of African and Afro-descendant Culture, celebrated every year on January 24, pays tribute to the numerous and vibrant cultures of the African continent and the African diasporas around the world, thus reinforcing UNESCO’s mandate to promote respect for cultural diversity and human creativity across the globe.

This valuable source of world heritage promotes the culture of the continent and its descendants, crucial aspects for sustainable development, mutual respect, dialogue, and peace.

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This initiative seeks to build, within the first 100 days, “a national plan aimed at consolidating the country’s safety in all its dimensions,” the president said at its launch, attended by ministers, representatives from the academic, political, private, and social sectors.

The interim president called for progress, based on diverse perspectives, “towards a common destiny: a comprehensive peace that encompasses the political, social, and economic spheres.”

In the video accompanying her message, Rodriguez emphasized that they launched a program in which a diverse and pluralistic group of Venezuelans shared many ideas.

The program will be coordinated by Minister of Culture Ernesto Villegas, with Professor Ana Maria San Juan serving as executive secretary. Peace, she emphasized, also depends on economic peace, and highlighted that they heard “very interesting proposals from entrepreneurs and businesspeople to add to a bank of ideas and projects to help build this Plan.”

As part of the political process the country is experiencing, Rodriguez also announced the release of 626 people deprived of their liberty, something that some are manipulating.

As part of the “We Want Them Back” campaign, last night from the Courtyard of Honor of the Military Academies at Fort Tiuna, in Caracas, led by Rodriguez, thousands of drones illuminated the sky with images of Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, demanding the release of the presidential couple.

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This article originally appeared in the January 24, 2026 edition of Sin Embargo.

Mexico City. Magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego failed to pay 51 billion pesos in tax debts owed to the Tax Administration Service (SAT) yesterday. After the deadline for a discount of up to 39 percent, as stipulated by law, expired, his assets, bank accounts, and companies’ property can now be seized.

Two sources confirmed to SinEmbargo that as of last night, Grupo Salinas was holding working sessions with SAT authorities to try to negotiate the payment of the debt, but that there are no signs that it has been finalized.

The tycoon has also not commented on the matter on his social media, where he has limited himself to sharing images of his trip to the Caribbean.

Grupo Salinas has faced a debt of more than 74 billion for 16 years, since it refused to settle it through a dilatory legal strategy that, in November, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) put an end to.

Yesterday, the SAT, the federal government’s tax collection agency, reported that the five-day period it granted to Grupo Salinas to express its decision to pay the 51 billion pesos and be able to access a discount of up to 39 percent, as established by the Federal Tax Code, had expired.

The head of the institution, Antonio Martínez Dagnino, reported that Grupo Salinas received the payment notification on Friday and at that moment the five business days began, which ended yesterday, Friday the 23rd. “The Federal Tax Code establishes that from the moment that notification takes effect, which was last week, there are five days, which would be this week,” said the official at the morning press conference of President Claudia Sheinbaum, on Monday the 19th.

Yesterday, without mentioning the deadline for him to pay his debt, Salinas Pliego posted a photograph on his social media accounts in which he poses armed with an antique revolver and a navy blue cap with the initials MACC of his Anti-Crime and Corruption Movement, which advocates for “life, property and liberty”, as he announced last year.

“We will continue the cultural battle for a better Mexico!!! Let the #TabascoCartel stop destroying the country and robbing us with impunity, don’t let them,” he wrote.

And on Thursday, the president of Grupo Salinas attended the 30th anniversary celebration of the entertainment program Ventaneando on TV Azteca, where he said that his journey “has not been easy.” He asserted that government officials “strike hard at working people” and give very little in return. He added that he loves taking vacations in Miami, but wouldn’t want to be in that country in “exile,” emphasizing that “this is what’s at stake.”

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Before a massive mobilization and people’s gathering, thousands of voices in Caracas, braving the rain, demanded the return to Venezuela of President Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, 21 days after their abduction by U.S. military forces.

An entire nation, convened by the PSUV to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the civic-military rebellion of January 23, 1958, gathered early in the morning at two points in the east and west of the city to converge on O’Leary Square, near Miraflores Palace, the seat of government.

Cabello stated in his speech that on January 23, the Venezuelan people were accustomed to marching to commemorate the “last betrayal of the people,” when the business, political, and religious elites, along with imperialism, conspired to commit treason.

He explained that they then fell into the hands of those who believed they owned Venezuela until Commander Hugo Chavez arrived and began to speak of the “vile betrayal to which the people were subjected,” and how these groups took advantage of the people’s movement.

Today, he affirmed, the people know that there will be no more betrayal and “we are all fully committed to the same Bolivarian and Chavez’s project,” and we are in the streets “not to remember the last betrayal, but to celebrate our absolute loyalty to our brother President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores.”

The political leader called for unity and steadfastness, asserting that January 3 was “a hard blow of sadness, anger, pain, and frustration,” but nothing and no one will stop this people, he added.

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This article by Alberto Vizcarra Osuna originally appeared in the January 22, 2026 edition of Aristegui. The views expressed in this article are the authors’* own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project.*

Once you hear the pronouncements of Julio Berdegué, the Secretary of Agriculture, there’s no doubt who put him in President Claudia Sheinbaum’s cabinet. His rhetoric paints him in black and white as a pawn of the large grain importers and agribusiness corporations that are steadily taking over entire swathes of the national food market.

This was evident in discussions with the coordination of the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM), held last Thursday, January 15, and Friday, January 16, at the SADER headquarters in Mexico City. The FNRCM’s central argument is that, in the context of the USMCA renegotiation, the Mexican government must decide to remove staple grains from this trade agreement, given that it has been demonstrated that its design, since the signing of NAFTA, was conceived as a tool to further entrench Mexico’s food dependency, handing the national market over to increasing imports of agricultural products from the United States.

In these discussions, Secretary Berdegué, with a dogmatic air, immediately drew a line in the sand: there would be no modifications to economic policy, arguing that removing basic grains from the USMCA would entail changes the government was unwilling to make. When faced with the producers’ complaints and the documentation showing how these policies are draining domestic producers of capital and threatening to force them out of business, Berdegué remained phlegmatic, like an executioner unwilling to be moved by the victims’ emotions. He presumes to speak the truth when he admits to being a tool of an economic policy that doesn’t understand domestic producers, but rather destined them to disappear.

Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture openly admits that the condition for maintaining the privileged position of the elite that controls the food market and agricultural exports is that Mexico not establish policies to protect domestic production of staple grains and their producers.

Every minister in a republic should be a statesman, concerned with the general welfare; even more so the one entrusted with the responsibility for national food production. This official’s personality falls far short of that ideal. He sees himself as a bureaucrat, a mere implementer of established policies, regardless of the consequences. Consequently, he submits to the regulations that keep his ministry’s budget stagnant, a budget that has not increased in the last ten years; on the contrary, it has decreased in relative terms.

The only time the Secretary loses his composure and loses his temper is when he’s challenged to rein in the agribusiness corporations and the large grain importers. That’s when he shows his true colors and presents them as untouchable, angrily declaring, “We have to respect the rules of the USMCA.”

Last October, amidst the white corn harvest in the Bajío region and the drop in corn prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s futures markets, President Sheinbaum stated that something had to be done to prevent the prices of our staple grains from remaining subject to “the fluctuations of international markets.” Since that statement, the President has not addressed this issue, which she considers contrary to the national interest.

Pressure from the US government, which goes so far as to threaten military incursions into the national territory, and the subservient personalities like Berdegué—along with others within the cabinet—have paralyzed the President and distanced her from decisions that could reverse the economic crisis and the accelerated dismantling suffered by the Mexican countryside.

All smiles with USDA’s Brooke Rollins, responsible for US dumping of subsidized crops into Mexico.

The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) openly admits that the condition for maintaining the privileged position of the elite that controls the food market and agricultural exports is that Mexico not establish policies to protect domestic production of staple grains and their producers. For this reason, he opposes the demand that these grains be removed from the USMCA trade agreement. The logic is simple and fatal: we will hand over the national food market to agribusiness corporations.

Like any dogmatic man, this official is blind to the consequences and threatens producers with the specter of disaster if staple grains are excluded from the USMCA. He wants to frighten thousands of producers already living in economic hell with the prospect of disaster, unable to sell nearly four million tons of corn, beans, and sorghum from past harvests, in addition to the even larger volumes currently planted for the fall-winter cycle, which are also without a price or a market, as futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continue to decline.

Berdegué’s beliefs and fears will deepen the disaster they claim to be preventing. Handing over the food market to favor agribusiness corporations is rooted in the same economic policy criteria that led the country to the 1994 debt crisis, by adjusting the national economy to the conditions imposed by investment funds and their rating agencies, which invariably recommend fiscal austerity to ensure the repayment of a public debt that grows the more it is amortized.

We are now on the verge of a new payment crisis, a result of fiscal adjustments, which will unleash social unrest. Domestic producers, along with transporters, are emerging as the natural leaders of a social mobilization with acts of resistance that go beyond mere demands, proposing alternative solutions.

There’s no need to worry too much about this bureaucrat claiming that the economic policy aligned with the USMCA is unchangeable. Reality is adept at dismantling dogmas. We should be concerned about the alternatives, so that this doesn’t lead to a disaster even worse than the current one.

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According to the Front, crude oil production between January and December 2025 reached 127.4 million barrels, an average of 349,167 barrels per day, representing an 8.5 percent drop compared to the previous year.

At the same time, the group expressed that domestic production of refined products decreased, and to meet domestic demand, the country imported 74.3 million barrels of fuel, a 16.8 percent year-on-year increase, which, according to the Front, deepens its external dependence.

The group also questioned the sharp contraction in public investment in the sector, with a budget execution of $485.4 million, a 72.97 percent drop compared to 2024.

They also criticized the dismissal of 1,379 workers, which represented a 13.7 percent reduction in the payroll.

Furthermore, the organization raised legal questions about contracts signed by OCP Ecuador S.A., the company in charge of the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline, which was transferred to state ownership on December 1, 2024.

The organization called on authorities and the public to scrutinize the management of the country’s energy resources and warned that, if this trend continues, the damage to the oil industry could be irreversible.

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For several years, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US-based multinational AES Corporation, had presented a plan to produce green hydrogen and ammonia in the Atacama Desert.

The process stalled in 2024 when it entered the Environmental Impact Assessment System, and since then it has accumulated a series of objections, both within and outside the country, because the plant would have been built just a few kilometers from the town of Taltal.

The problem is that Paranal Observatory, home to some of the world’s leading ground-based telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the most powerful and operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is located there.

Furthermore, the Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction there, will be the largest ever made and, according to scientists, will provide unprecedented images of the universe to better understand its history and evolution.

Atacama is famous in the world of astronomical research because, in addition to its altitude, it has some of the most pristine skies, with virtually no atmospheric gases and perfectly dark nights for observation.

The AES Andes project, known as INNA, would have a serious negative impact on these conditions for several reasons.

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“We reiterate Cuba’s commitment to free, universal, and inclusive education, and to the respect, promotion, and protection of this fundamental human right for the development of humanity,” Rodriguez stated on his Twitter account.

“It is unacceptable that even today, 244 million young people worldwide are out of school and 617 million children and adolescents cannot read or have basic math skills,” added the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Cuban diplomat also emphasized the need to strengthen this right as a means to promote a culture of peace, understanding, and non-discrimination.

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Ideas Multimedios, the Cuban News Agency, Radio Sancti Spiritus, the satirical newspaper Palante, and Radio Cumanayagua, from Cienfuegos province, received the award at UPEC headquarters.

The award recognizes efforts aimed at developing and implementing innovative solutions in editorial practices.

Named after Juan Antonio Borrego, the former director of the Escambray publishing house, the prize was awarded by a jury chaired by Dr. Ana Teresa Badia, a journalist with Radio Rebelde.

According to Badia, participation in this year’s competition was massive, and most of the entrants showed a commitment to proposing solutions to the diverse challenges of journalistic work.

In the awards ceremony, Radio Sancti Spiritus received the distinction for the Centennial of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, awarded by the Institute of Information and Social Communication, and Ideas Multimedios was honored with the prize created for the occasion for its multimedia section, “The Century of Fidel.”

Likewise, the Faculty of Communication of the University of Havana awarded the Escambray publishing house in Sancti Spiritus for its scientific approach to management, which coincided with the same category of the Juan Antonio Borrego Award.

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The president, a member of the Workers’ Party, asserted that the electoral process leading up to the October elections will be decisive in defining Brazil’s political course and confronting disinformation.

Lula reviewed the economic and social advances of his current term, such as the reduction in unemployment, the growth of exports and investment, the increase in the minimum wage, and the recovery of strategic sectors.

“We have the lowest unemployment in Brazil’s history and the largest number of workers and economic activities,” he stressed.

In this context, he called for greater political participation from social movements and celebrated the MST’s support for its own candidates.

According to the president, the movement should be proud of what it produces and occupy decision-making positions to guarantee the continuity of working-class rights.

Before Lula’s speech, the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Paulo Teixeira, announced that promised land for lan reform would be delivered in April, benefiting thousands of landless families.

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The Caribbean nation was represented by Ambassador Juan Marsan and First Secretary Maiky Diaz, who also attended the inauguration of a thematic exhibition along with Indranil Sen, Minister of State for Information and Culture of West Bengal, according to diplomatic sources.

In the production, a musical adaptation of Charles Perrault’s tale staged by Carlos Alberto Cremata, director of La Colmenita, the songs of the famous English group are “a key element of the entertaining plot,” Cremata explained to the press.

He also highlighted the use of distinctly Cuban language and rhythms.

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Schroder affirmed that the supply of affordable Russian energy and the use of German technology in its extraction would make the process more environmentally friendly.

Slandering this is simply absurd. On the contrary, we need such forms of cooperation with Russia, the former Social Democratic leader underscored to the said newspaper.

The former chancellor also rejected the image of Russia “as an eternal enemy,” highlighting its rich culture and historical ties with Germany.

Local analysts in energy geopolitics point out that, despite the current official stance, the debate on the future relationship with Moscow remains open in Germany, given its past dependence.

Schroder’s call revives the discussion about the economic cost of breaking with Moscow and the possible paths to future political normalization in Europe.

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“Of course, we are following them, and we hope for productive results. We start from the principle stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there should be no losing side in the peace process,” the news agency stated.

Experts in local international politics believe that Turkiye’s stance shows its role as an active mediator and its strategic interest in negotiated stability in the Black Sea region.

The talks, which include Russia, the United States, and Ukraine, started this Friday in Abu Dhabi with the formation of a trilateral working group on security.

On the Ukrainian side, the meeting was attended by National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Presidential Administration chief Kyrylo Budanov, lawmaker David Arakhamia, and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya.

Chief of the General Staff, Andrii Hnatov, and Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, will join the delegation on Saturday.

High-ranking officials from the Defense Ministry and Admiral Igor Kostiukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, will be present on the Russian side.

The United States is represented by White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and entrepreneur Jared Kushner, and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum.

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Xi underscored in his letter the traditional ties between the two countries and noted that Beijing and Kampala have maintained, in the last few years, firm mutual support on issues related to their core interests and key concerns.

The Chinese head of State highlighted the fruitful results of practical cooperation in multiple sectors and effective coordination on international and regional issues.

He affirmed that Museveni is an “old friend of the Chinese people” for his long-standing efforts to strengthen bilateral relations.

Xi expressed his willingness to work with the Ugandan president to strengthen political trust and perpetuate the historic friendship between the two nations.

He underscored the importance of fully implementing the agreements reached at the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing.

China and Uganda established diplomatic relations in 1962 and boosted their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2024, within the framework of growing South-South cooperation.

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The meeting was attended by the Presidential Advisor for Investment Promotion, Trade and International Cooperation, Laureano Ortega, and officials from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC).

The exchange focused on establishing a joint agenda to develop cooperation in various sectors of common interest.

During the meeting, Ortega welcomed the South African Vice Minister and his delegation, while also conveying the warm and fraternal greetings of Nicaragua’s Co-Presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, to the people and Government of South Africa, to President Cyril Ramaphosa, and to Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola.

Ortega highlighted the similarities between the two nations, emphasizing that South Africa and Nicaragua are multicultural and multiethnic, with ample potential to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in various areas.

For his part, Deputy Minister Botes noted the importance of expressing his nation’s high regard for Nicaragua and stressed the interest in deepening bilateral and multilateral relations between Pretoria, Managua, and the Central American region.

The official specified that cooperation and trade opportunities are concentrated in six sectors prioritized by his government, including agriculture and agribusiness, mining, mineral processing and transformation, industrialization, services, manufacturing, and textiles.

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The 2026 Book Fair will also be dedicated to two renowned literary figures: Writer Marilyn Bobes and Jose Bell Lara.

Bobes is two-time winner of Casa de las Americas Prize, and Bell Lara is a PhD in Philosophical Sciences and Master in Caribbean Social Development, and professor emeritus at the University of Havana.

In a press conference, the president of the Cuban Book Institute (ICL), Juan Rodriguez, highlighted the significance of dedicating the major 2026 event to Russia, a friendly and brotherly country from a political and cultural standpoint, and to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in the year of his centennial.

The largest literary festival in Cuba will celebrate his example, his memory, and his legacy, which also includes this fair and all that he did for Cuban books and writers, added the head of the ICL.

Talking to the press, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Cuba, Viktor Koronelli, emphasized the honor it represents for his country to participate “in this prestigious fair, one of the most important cultural events in all of Latin America.”

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These demands include the need to continue building Parliament as a truly supreme organ of state power, representing the will and aspirations of the people and boosting democracy and the socialist Rule of law, Thanh Man indicated.

The Vietnamese parliamentarian emphasized that the Legislature must transform all guidelines emanating from the successful and historic party forum into a comprehensive, unified, viable, and stable legal system.

He emphasized, “The National Assembly clearly defines that the quality and progress in institutionalizing the Resolution of the 14th National Congress is the most important indicator for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of its activities in the coming period.” After describing the party conclave as a political milestone of special strategic importance that marks the beginning of a new stage in national development, the parliamentary leader pointed out that it affirmed the objective of achieving rapid and sustainable national development.

The article deems it essential to carry out thorough preparations in all aspects to organize the elections for lawmakers successfully to the 16th National Assembly and representatives to the People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

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In a message posted on her Telegram account, the president stated that this decision shows the confidence of the Party and the heroic Vietnamese people in his leadership.

Furthermore, on behalf of the people and government of Venezuela, Rodriguez reiterated the desire to “continue deepening the bonds of friendship, solidarity, and cooperation with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”

“United in the defense of sovereignty, the self-determination of peoples, and the construction of a multicentric and multipolar international order,” she affirmed. To Lam was unanimously re-elected by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, as reported at the closing session of the CPV’s 14th National Congress.

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Al-Shawa pointed out that when the ceasefire began on October 10, 2025, the Army controlled 53 percent of the region, but that figure has currently increased to 60 percent.

The activist stated that the expansion includes large residential areas, from the southern city of Rafah to Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun in the north, as well as the eastern areas of Gaza City, where the military forces continues its operations of destruction and expansion.

He explained that the Israeli Armed Forces used the ceasefire to expand into Palestinian residential areas in the coastal enclave.

Al-Shawa underscored that more than 2.2 million people live in an area of no more than 90 square kilometers, which has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in that territory.

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The performance, in the afternoon, will feature Cuban virtuoso musicians Oliver Valdes, Jorge Reyes, Yosvany Terry, Yaroldy Abreu, Roberto Alvarez, and Alejandro “Coqui” Calzadilla, in what will be a prestigious prelude to the International Jazz Plaza Festival, which will open on Sunday.

The Theater of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) in Havana will host this Saturday the concert “Yohana Pena and Jose Portillo: Habana Filin,” as a tribute to Jose Antonio Mendez, a pillar of this Cuban musical style. Special guests will include artists Lazaro Rivero “El Fino” and Juan Carlos Rojas “El Peje.”

Renowned Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca will perform this day at the Cespedes Park in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba with the Steel Band del Cobre, another top-tier offering from the Jazz Plaza Festival.

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The jury also highlighted that Guatemala uses four essential elements in its space: wood, colorful textiles, a large pyramidal screen, and the image of Mayan glyphs.

They added that the destination perfectly represents the essence of the country—nature, architecture, crafts, and tradition—in a minimalist design.

The nation of the Quetzal received the award in the Countries and Regions category.

Additionally, the Pinero Group of the Dominican Republic was recognized for its sustainable participation, as were the Government of Cantabria, the Castelldefels City Council, and Galicia Tourism.

The Vincci and Melia hotel chains and the Alsa transport group were recognized as having the best company stands.

Among the Spanish Autonomous Communities, Castile and Leon, Madrid, and Galicia were the winners for best stands at Fitur, which has Mexico as its Partner Country, a category that Puerto Rico will hold in 2027.

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The brigade, coordinated by Cindy Alvarez, set up a health post in the Chinatown of Lirquen, in the municipality of Penco, one of the areas most affected by the blaze, with 80 percent of the homes burned to the ground.

“We give consultations there, but in addition to that, we as ELAM graduates go to the sites where people whose homes burned down are unable to leave because they have to clean up and remove debris,” Dr. Mario Gomez Mannarelli told Prensa Latina.

He explained that they first assess the number of children and adults, whether they have any chronic conditions, and if their health is unstable, and then provide them with the necessary medications. “That’s how we always act in the face of disasters. It’s what we learned in Cuba,” he said.

The doctors, who are part of the development NGO ELAM-Chile, traveled to Biobio at their own expense and brought their own medications.

“We’re the army of White Coats, and we present ourselves as doctors who graduated in Cuba, from ELAM and the Henry Reeve Brigade,” he concluded.

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Maduro and the first combatant were kidnapped on January 3 during an airstrike on Caracas and other territories of that country, ordered by US President Donald Trump.

This initiative, as part of a broad global movement convened from the Venezuelan capital, brought together journalists and members of the Workers’ Party (PT), the Communist Party of Brazil, the Antifascist International, and the Brigade for Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Prensa Latina stated that this Committee, beyond the diverse opinions of its initial members, aims to strengthen solidarity among the peoples and make public the Venezuelan cause more effectively in Brazil.

Several speakers, like Pedro Batista and Flavia Rodrigues, who outlined some actions already taken in support of the release of Maduro and Flores, agreed on the importance of consolidating unity among the different organizations.

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Maduro and the first combatant were kidnapped on January 3 during an airstrike on Caracas and other territories of that country, ordered by US President Donald Trump.

This initiative, as part of a broad global movement convened from the Venezuelan capital, brought together journalists and members of the Workers’ Party (PT), the Communist Party of Brazil, the Antifascist International, and the Brigade for Peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Prensa Latina stated that this Committee, beyond the diverse opinions of its initial members, aims to strengthen solidarity among the peoples and make public the Venezuelan cause more effectively in Brazil.

Several speakers, like Pedro Batista and Flavia Rodrigues, who outlined some actions already taken in support of the release of Maduro and Flores, agreed on the importance of consolidating unity among the different organizations.

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Paloma Griffero, of the Network in Defense of Humanity, called for strengthening unity, creating spaces for dialogue, and sharing the need to build a better world.

Tania Telleria, president of the Raices Cubanas Cultural Association, read a statement joining the demand for the release of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, victims of a kidnapping that flagrantly violates international law.

The Association of Cuban residents in Chile paid tribute to the 32 combatants who gave their lives in the line of internationalist duty to “protect not only the president of Venezuela, but Venezuela itself.”

Lawyer Jose Peralta, a member of the Workers’ Party of Chile, presented a detailed analysis of the violations of international law perpetrated by President Donald Trump when he ordered the kidnapping of President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

With the common denominator of calling for peace and unity among all progressive and leftist forces, representatives of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), the Unitary Workers’ Union (CUT), and other labor organizations in the country participated in the debate.

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