Cuba: Granma-Rebelde festival concluded this Sunday in Havana

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In Cuba, the Granma Rebelde festival concluded this Sunday in Havana, after three days of debates over the role of leftist journalism today, with delegations from over 30 countries. teleSUR was there, and our colleague Belén De Los Santos brings us more details.  #teleSUREnglish #Cuba #GranmaRebelde #Journalism #LeftistMedia #Havana

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00:00Cuba, the Grandma Rebelde Festival concluded this Sunday in Havana,

00:03after three days of debates over the role of leftist journalism today,

00:07with delegations from over three countries.

00:10Telesur was there, and our colleague Belén de los Santos brings us more details.

00:16The founding of the Cuban newspapers Grandma and Juventud Rebelde

00:20was the reason for this international gathering in Havana.

00:24The festival Grandma Rebelde brought together Cuban and international media

00:27for three days to exchange experiences and rethink the challenges and needs

00:32of leftist journalism in the 21st century.

00:37Here we gather at the Cuban media.

00:39We have television, radio, and newspapers, not only those here from the capital,

00:44but also from the province who have come to this festival.

00:49Alongside us, there are also important international media from Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

00:55This is also an opportunity to connect and exchange with our audience, with our people.

01:02In the year leading up to the 100th anniversary of his birth,

01:06this first edition of the festival was dedicated to Fidel.

01:09His commitment to building rigorous journalism close to the workers

01:13continues to inspire communicators of the new generations.

01:17Fidel was a man who always took the truth as his primary weapon,

01:21the press as his rifle, a powerful force for the battles he fought.

01:25I always think back to March of 1952, when Batiste staged the coup.

01:29What did that young Fidel with so many revolutionary ideas,

01:32with such a strong desire to see a different Cuba do?

01:35He took to the press as a weapon.

01:37And what was his first shot?

01:39That powerful article titled,

01:40The days have been marked by cooperation and exchange.

01:47Representatives from media outlets from Venezuela, Brazil, Vietnam, and the United States

01:51gathered in the Cuban capital,

01:54aware that the challenging international context,

01:57marked by a coordinated advance of the right worldwide,

02:00demands greater solidarity among the international working class.

02:04The people of the United States don't want foreign wars.

02:09The people of the United States are having a hard time putting food on the table,

02:13are having a hard time finding quality schools for their children to go to,

02:18have, don't have medical care.

02:21You know, people in the U.S. are suffering

02:23because they can't go to the doctor when they're extremely ill.

02:26And yet, we see our government spending so much money

02:31to enact wars that the people of the U.S. don't even want to participate in

02:36and, in fact, are against.

02:37We have to exchange experiences and share to discover

02:41how to do communication and journalism in the 21st century,

02:46especially with so many challenges and so many threats

02:50to the experiences that we, independent and leftist organizations and media,

02:58defend so strongly.

02:59Three days filled with debate, exchange and conversation with one common goal,

03:05to strengthen existing alliances to narrate the present

03:09from the wisdom of our territories.

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