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"Yiming said, adding that “All the mediums of communication of the South need to unify so we can be heard.”"

"“We live in an era of accelerated change and redefined order. Although the countries of the Global South are increasing in both economic and political strength, the global communication landscape continues to be characterized by information asymmetries and unbalanced narratives,”"

"in today’s unequal global communication networks and highlighted the common challenge to build a new international media ecosystem based on truth, diversity, and mutual understanding."

"Chen Yiming, the general director of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the People’s Daily, spoke about the need to counter the hegemony of neoliberalism"

"At the conference in the party school, the panel “Geopolitics and International Relations: Analysis of Global Tensions and Their Impact on the Left” brought together delegates from Turkey, China, and Venezuela."

"the answer was given by the eternal Caguairán [Fidel Castro] when he forged a fraternal bond with Commander Chávez: ‘One brother, one homeland, Cuba and Venezuela’.”"

"“if they ask us why Cuba, a small country, besieged and blockaded for more than 60 years, raises its voice so strongly for the Bolivarian Revolution,"

"gathered in front of the statue dedicated to Simón Bolívar on one of city’s central avenues, Morales Ojeda expressed solidarity with Venezuela against U.S. aggression saying:"

"and its attacks on Venezuela as based upon the same logics of chauvinism, disregard for international law, and imperialism. While speaking to more than 50,000 Havana residents, as well as the many international delegates present,"

"The Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, Roberto Morales Ojeda, emphasized the critical nature of the global moment, denouncing U.S. imperialism’s role in the genocide in Gaza"

"Conference discussants likewise cautioned against division and fixating on our differences, instead pointing to the necessity of unity if we are to meet the tasks before us."

"as comrades repeated on a few occasions. Given the gravity of the situation, it was stressed that we urgently need to build an analysis of fascism to combat its growth throughout the world."

"Today, U.S. bombings of innocent working-class fishermen in the Caribbean, the ongoing genocide in Palestine, and the right-wing and neo-fascist power grabs taking over countries across the world call for “fighting against everything that divides us,”"

"We are willing to maintain the dream of the revolution, and now we are willing to look for that free Latin America and not be the backyard of any power, much less the United States,” he stated."

"Another critical motivation for these events is the upcoming centenary of Fidel Castro, and in particular his “unitary, integrationist thought,” said Fonseca Quesada."

"have throughout decades used their voices to recount “the popular resistance to imperialism and have become platforms in defense of the most just causes of humanity,” Crespo Baquero proclaimed."

"Since their founding, which “broke the bonds of the bourgeois press and spawned a new one, of the people,” Granma, the official newspaper of the Party’s Central Committee, and Juventud Rebelde of the youth league,"

"Indeed, cherishing and continuing the legacies of struggle in Cuba was an important reason for bringing the events to fruition."

"said Yuniasky Crespo Baquero, the new head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the Party, in her remarks during the festival’s inauguration."

"The festival was named for the two major national newspapers but also highlights “two symbols of the struggle in this country for independence and social justice: the yacht and the army that made those dreams come true,”"

"To articulate our agenda, both political and public, we have to be close to the people, close to our audiences,” Fonseca Quesada added."

"“Media is nothing without its audience. We owe ourselves to the public, and we also need people to tell us how to improve, how to get closer to reflecting the public agenda."

"in his closing remarks at the university auditorium a few hours before the opening of the festival later in the evening."

"“The debate would be of little use if we were unable to disseminate its ideas outside of these spaces,” declared Luis Morlote Rivas, director of Cuba Socialista, the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Cuba,"

"which celebrates the 60-year anniversary of the revolutionary newspapers Granma and Juventud Rebelde—took those conversations to the streets and into the communities during the weekend."

"While the conference of theoretical publications took place at the University of the Communist Party of Cuba Ñico Lopez and consisted of academic panels, keynote lectures, and book talks, the Granma Rebelde Festival"

"the increasingly severe threats against Venezuela and Nicaragua, as well as the genocide against Palestinians."

"the progressive forces of the world must have “the capacity to convey the truth of our people, of the people that today are increasingly under siege,” he said, noting the intensification of the blockade against Cuba,"

"and fight against hegemonic power.” In a world context in which “the owners of the large transnational communication companies have limited the impact of our messages”"

"In an exclusive interview with People’s World, the head of the Communication Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Adrián Fonseca Quesada, said the purpose of these two events was to “convene journalists and communicators to seek cohesion, integration, articulation,"