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IV Conference on The Nation and Emigration closes in Cuba

IV Conference on The Nation and Emigration closes in Cuba
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November 20 |

The IV Conference The Nation and Emigration was closed this Sunday at the Palace of Conventions in Havana, capital of Cuba, with the presence of the president of that country, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

During the two-day meeting, the perspectives of Cuba’s relations with its nationals living abroad, culture as a distinctive element, as well as the necessary processes in the interaction such as the socioeconomic development of the nation, investments, social communication and technology were discussed.

In his speech, the Cuban president said that the basis of Cuba’s policy in this area was established during the dialogue with its nationals living abroad that took place in 1978, led by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, and since then, progress, strengthening and diversification of ties between the parties have been achieved.

He also thanked the solidarity and support of the residents abroad, offered to the nation during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the U.S. blockade was tightened, and urged Cubans living in different parts of the world to promote culture and history.

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Referring to the 1978 meeting, he said that those present “were challenged to face the threats and violence coming from the opponents of dialogue, who had and still have the support of the U.S. government, whose policy against Cuba has changed little or almost nothing in so many years”.

“Today we are in a very different moment, the world in which we live has changed, our own country is deepening its transformation process, the presence of Cubans living outside the country is much more numerous and varied, and is settled in different parts of the world,” said the Cuban President.

He reiterated the willingness of the Cuban government “to continue developing a frank and broad dialogue, based on mutual respect and the defense of the homeland. Today as yesterday, with the commitment of not relenting in the battle to put an end to the genocidal blockade that has caused so many shortages, pain and fracture in the Cuban family, the blockade imposed against our people”.

The meeting was held in the presence of the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Party, Roberto Morales Ojeda, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Deputy Prime Ministers Inés María Chapman and Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-lella.

The two-day meeting was attended by 367 Cuban citizens residing in 57 nations and representatives of state, government and social organizations and institutions.

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As he did last week, Noboa again issued a decree in which he announces that he is absent from the Presidency from Thursday to Sunday, to make an electoral campaign in search of his re-election in the elections of February 9, and during that period of time it will be Gellibert who will be in charge of the head of the State.

This action of the president of Ecuador is a matter of evaluation by the ordinary and constitutional justice at the request of the vice president, Verónica Abad, who claims to assume the presidential functions during the full period of the electoral campaign, in which according to the Constitution the head of state must ask for leave for being a candidate for re-election.

In his decree, Noboa argues that, although the Constitution determines that the Vice Presidency must assume the head of State in the event of the absence of the president, this “is not limited to the elected vice-president, but to the person who to date is exercising the functions of the Vice Presidency.”

Before appointing Gellibert as vice president in charge by decree, Noboa sent Abad to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Turkey, after a judge annulled the five-month suspension that the same Government had imposed on him. Until now, the vice president remains in Ecuador to claim to be the one who temporarily assumes the Presidency.

The new period of Gellibert with presidential powers began at 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) this Thursday and is scheduled to end at 22:00 (03:00 GMT) next Sunday, time at which the debate between presidential candidates is expected to end where Noboa is summoned to participate.

After the debate, Noboa plans to travel to Washington to attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, according to the Ecuadorian Presidency.

After the first assignment of the Presidency to Gellibert, Abad denounced a “coup d’état” and urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to apply the Democratic Charter, considering that the constitutional order had been broken because it had not received the presidential powers, as contemplated in the Ecuadorian Constitution.

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The confrontation between Noboa and Abad began in the electoral campaign for the second round of elections for the extraordinary elections of 2023, and was reflected when he assumed the charges, when in one of his first decisions, the president sent the vice president to Israel as ambassador, with the mission of seeking peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Abad has denounced Noboa for alleged political gender violence and has accused her of leading a harassment against her to force her to resign and thus avoid having to delegate the Presidency to her during the electoral campaign period, which runs from January 5 to February 6.

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Musk’s Starship was lost after a smooth takeoff

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Before confirming the news, the company of technology tycoon Elon Musk pointed out during the live broadcast that it had lost contact with the rocket, which was supposed to dwell in the Indian Ocean.

However, the takeoff itself had no problems, and even the first stage, the Super Heavy, managed to return to land, to the base, and be caught by the clamps in a spectacular way, for the second time.

“The Starship spacecraft suffered a rapid and unforeseen dismantling during its ascent. The teams will continue to review the data from today’s flight test to better understand the root cause,” SpaceX said on the social network X.

He added that in a test like this, “success depends on what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve the reliability of the Starship spacecraft.”

The rocket had been improved for this seventh test flight and the part that was lost was carrying cargo into space for the first time, in this case a dozen replicas of Starlink internet satellites.

The lost spacecraft was to fly in a suborbital trajectory for about an hour, after which it planned to land in the Indian Ocean, as in the last tests.

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The SpaceX company signed up for a new success on Thursday with the launch of the seventh test flight of the Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket in the world, which this time was improved, took cargo into space for the first time and also managed to catch the propeller on the ground for the second time on its return to the base in Texas.

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SpaceX proposed in this new Starship test to launch a ship with significant improvements, and attempt the first payload deployment test, the Starlink.

He also wanted to fly multiple reentry experiments aimed at capturing and reusing ships, and launching and returning the Super Heavy thruster to the base in Texas, as he succeeded.

As in the most recent test flights, the first stage propelled the upper one out of the dense lower atmosphere before returning in a controlled manner.

Remains of the Starship ship, the largest and most powerful rocket in the world, passed through the north of the Dominican Republic, according to electronic news pages from the United States and according to images spread on social networks.

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Mark Carney announces his candidacy to replace Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada

Former Bank of Canada governor (2008-2013) Mark Carney announced on Thursday that he will present his candidacy to lead the Liberal Party and become the country’s prime minister.

Carney, 59, who was also governor of the Bank of England (2013-2020), is the first of the main candidates to publicly communicate his desire to replace Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in December.

In a speech in the city of Edmonton, in the west of the country, he acknowledged that “the system is not working as it should” and that many people do not find affordable housing or a family doctor.

With a centrist and nationalist language, Carney declared that “these are normal times for us” and warned that “in just four days Donald Trump will become the 47th president (of the United States), a man who threatens his closest and most faithful allies, including Canada, with economic strength.”

In this sense, he explained that he wants to be the leader of the Liberal Party and Canadian Prime Minister because Canada faces “unprecedented challenges.”

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The opposition parties, which have a majority in Parliament, have already announced that as soon as the sessions of Parliament resume on March 24, they will present a motion of censure to hold early elections.

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