by the El Reportero’s wire services
Anibal Carrillo
Guasú Front, a coalition of leftist parties and movements in Paraguay proclaimed Anibal Carrillo as its candidate for presidential elections in April 2013.
Carrillo, a doctor, has a long history in the student and political struggle of Paraguay, was militant of the Febrerista Party and founder of the Tekojoja party, one of the leading members of the front.
The presentation ceremony was initiated by Fernando Lugo, president of the organization, who described the Guasú Front as democrats, anti-imperialist and anti-coup and sustained it will hold an election campaign based on programmatic axes of popular content.
The event, held at the headquarters of the Front, was attended by delegations from several departments, including representatives of peasant organizations.
Ecuador says charges about CIA interference are credible
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said denunciations about US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) interference to destabilize his government and hinder his reelection are credible.
During a television-broadcast interview with journalist Jorge Gestoso, Correa referred to the denunciations presented by UK ex-Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray and the Chilean journalist Patricio Mery Bell and said they acre credible because there are precedents.
Replying to denigration of those denunciations by the ambassador in this capital, he said: “I trust in Obama’s government. I trust in Hillary Clinton and Ambassador Adam Namm. I believe the government does not know, but it does not mean it is not happening.”
Florida, last stop on a your of Cuba Symphony Orchestra
The Mahaffey Theater, located in Saint Petersburg, Florida, hosted the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba in the first of five concerts to give in that state as closing its first U.S. tour.
According to digital media, the 72 Cuban musicians shared the stage with the Florida Orchestra, the institution responsible for this invitation as part of the multicultural exchange 5program of both groups.
“This is a brick to help rebuild a bridge. Nowdays, Cubans nothing more than to be friends of the United States, and the music is a universal language that we all have in common,” Jose Valiente, chairman of the Cuba Committee for Florida orchestra, told reporters. Similar opinion has the Cuban symphonic director, maestro Enrique Pérez Mesa, who said that music has always transcended politics border.
