In Mendoza... Cuba is
felt ...and supported
felt ...and supported
Mendoza, September 4, 1:02am
(Prensa Latina)
The Argentine province of Mendoza reaffirmed its solidarity with
Cuba and its people in the face of the increasingly intensified
economic and political war that they are facing today from
the United States government.
"How can we not be in solidarity today with Cuba and its people
who have spread so much solidarity around the world?" Said
María Raquel Navarro, leader of the Argentine-Cuban House
of Friendship of Mendoza.
The activist spoke at an event held in the Aula Magna Mauricio
López of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the
National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), dedicated to the
Centennial of Fidel Castro.
"What to say about Fidel, we could spend not hours, but years
talking about him," Navarro said at the opening of the
conversation and listed a series of initiatives that
the leader promoted as an expression of great
humanism and international solidarity.
She mentioned the literacy program "Yes I can", thanks to which
millions of people in many countries learned to read and write;
"Operation Miracle", which restored sight to thousands of
Latin Americans, and the creation of the Latin American
School of Medicine (ELAM) where tens of thousands of
young people from 70 countries, including the United
States, have graduated.
She described ELAM as "one of the greatest achievements of the
Cuban Revolution and of the world solidarity that has benefited
so many people," and pointed out that doctors graduated from
that noble institution work in Mendoza.
She also referred to the "Army of white coats" that has gone
to so many countries to heal and save lives. "All this has
been at Fidel's initiative," she said.
Navarro mentioned that in this province of Cuyo in Argentina,
funds were collected for the acquisition of solar energy
equipment, and the first 45 are already in homes with
sick and electro-dependent children.
"And we will continue working in this direction until Cuba
manages to recharge its energy sovereignty," she said.
Apart from the House of Friendship which she directs, another
solidarity group Mendoza with Cuba was created in February
of this year, also promoting actions in support of the island.
The host of the event, the dean of the Faculty, Dr. Favio Erreguerena,
first highlighted that the Aula pays tribute to Mauricio López, who at
the time of his arrest and disappearance by the last civic-military
dictatorship - was rector of the National University of San Luis.
"Without a doubt, he is one of the many who felt that air of optimism
that permeated Latin America with the Cuban Revolution and, well,
obviously with Fidel as a protagonist," he said.
The dean outlined the influence that the Cuban leader's work had
on Latin American revolutionary thought, on the process of
decolonization in Africa --- and on placing the nations of
the South - at the centre of the international scene.
On the centenary of his birth and the 10th anniversary of his
physical departure, Fidel: "still continues to enlighten us,
with his dignity, with his rebellion, with all his work and
he continues to provide us with keys to understand
the world we live in; not only to understand it, but
also to transform it," Dr. Erreguerena concluded
his presentation.
At the event, to which the group "Encuentro Estudiantil" also
contributed, the Mendoza troubadour Alejandro Sicardi paid
tribute to Fidel with the interpretation of "El Necio", by
Silvio Rodríguez, and "Duro con él", by Carlos Puebla,
and the music video of the Cuban singer-songwriter
Nelson Valdez "Tus Cien" was projected.
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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 head 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.