AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoBRICS Summit in India: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will attend the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 12-13, joining the bloc as ASEAN chair, as Manila seeks ties with major emerging economies. Cuba’s BRICS link: Cuba is listed as a BRICS partner country, part of the group’s expanded reach beyond the original five. Human rights spotlight: Freedom House launched its Ambassadors for Freedom program, naming Cuban pro-democracy leader Carolina Barrero among inaugural ambassadors. Cuba’s economy and daily life: Cuba’s Council of Ministers approved updated rules for soil conservation and fertilizer use to support agricultural recovery. Power and public services: In Matanzas, families in Pedro Betancourt report 26 days without electricity after theft of transformer dielectric oil. Local governance and neglect: A new fire at a Centro Habana parish destroyed a church side door, blamed on government abandonment and repeated trash-dump fires. US pressure on Cuba: Cuba denounced the U.S. blockade at the UN Human Rights Council, saying the international community again demanded an end to the embargo and energy restrictions.
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