Cuban Academics ----- Attend
Training at Italian University
Rome, September 3rd, 4:17am
(Prensa Latina)
Cuban academics participate in a training program at the University
of Brescia, Italy --- aimed at strengthening the capacities of higher
education for the promotion of green employability in the Antilles.
The coming training brings together teachers and researchers from
institutions in several countries linked to the international EVA
project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ program, of the EU, for
the creation of capacities in higher education with a focus
on climate and gender justice in the Antilles.
During the work sessions in Italy, participants ......delve into
methodologies aimed at the redesign and curricular
updating of technical and humanistic careers,
including computer science, mechanical
engineering, the arts, ecotourism
and tourism management.
Its purpose, is to incorporate competencies associated with
sustainability, ''gender equity'' and climate justice, aligned
with socio-environmental challenges in Caribbean states.
Among the participating Cuban universities are the Technological
University of Havana "José Antonio Echeverría", the University
of Computer Sciences and the University of the Arts, together
with representatives of the Union of Computer Scientists of
Cuba and Cubasolar.
The project also contemplates the training of professors from
the participating universities, who will --- later --- contribute
to implementing these ''processes of curricular
modernization'' in their institutions.
In addition, teachers, decision-makers and professionals from the
business and community spheres participate in transdisciplinary
consultations, designed to strengthen the relevance of the new
content and its articulation with the realities of each territory.
Among the planned actions - is also the piloting of modernized
academic programs with students, accompanied by practical
experiences in business and community spaces linked
to sustainability.
Also the creation of an EVA Network and support materials
for training, curricular updating and sustainability of the
results achieved.
The project that brings together institutions from Italy, Spain, Haiti,
the Bahamas and Cuba seeks to contribute to the improvement
of the quality of higher education in the participating
Caribbean institutions, generating experiences
and tools that can be shared and multiplied
in the region.
God help us all!
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Lawyers seek to drop US charges
against Venezuelan leader
on immunity grounds
September 3rd, 11:14am
(PressTV)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are
escorted, as they heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan US
Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face US
federal charges at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New
York City, US, January 5, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
Lawyers for the abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
and his wife, Cilia Flores, have filed motions to dismiss the US
government's fabricated charges, arguing that their clients
possess absolute sovereign immunity and that their
detention has no legal basis.
In documents filed in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday,
the defense team asked the judge to throw out the draconian
drug trafficking indictment.
They argued that the US has no legal jurisdiction over the
legitimate head of state and first lady of a sovereign
foreign nation.
“No American court has ever presided over the criminal trial of a
foreign leader who was recognized by their own country as the
sitting head of state at the time the charges were brought,”
the lawyers wrote.
"That is not an accident of history. It reflects a rule older than the
common law: heads of state are exempt from the criminal
process of any national court - but their own.”
The defense further argued that even if the US refuses to recognize
his sovereign immunity as Head of State, the case must still be
dismissed because Maduro -------- is entitled to conduct-based
sovereign immunity for actions taken in his official capacity.
Maduro and Flores are scheduled to face trial on the fabricated drug
trafficking charges on June 1. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has set
oral arguments for November 17 regarding the motions to
dismiss the illegal indictment.
Political observers and analysts view the Trump administration's
move to forcibly remove the democratically elected president
as an illegal coup aimed at regime change.
The ultimate goal, they argue, is to gain full control over Venezuela
to plunder its abundant energy wealth and natural resources.
Highlighting the complete lack of legal grounds for his detention,
Maduro, 63, and his wife have been held in a Brooklyn jail since
US special forces abducted them from their home in Caracas
during a middle-of-the-night raid in early January.
The extrajudicial kidnapping and subsequent transfer to the New
York facility have been widely condemned as a blatant violation
of international law and Venezuelan sovereignty.
Separate motions filed on Wednesday for Flores argued that she is
equally exempt from US prosecution. Her legal team stated that
her immunity is “an attribute of Venezuela’s sovereignty, and
only Venezuela may surrender it.”
Meanwhile, Maduro “vehemently denies the allegations against him,”
his lawyers affirmed, noting that “if this case were to proceed to
trial, it would be apparent that he has been falsely accused.”
US prosecutors claim Maduro is responsible for smuggling
thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States
by colluding with Venezuelan officials and
criminal syndicates.
Both Maduro and Flores....... have
pleaded not guilty to the charges.