Coinciding with the celebrations for its 65th anniversary in June, Prensa Latina will make available to readers, from February 12 to 15, titles such as “Prensa Latina Voz del Sur Global,” which was launched at the forum A New Operation Truth, which gathered communication ministers, intellectuals, and journalists from some 30 nations in Havana on January.
Prensa Latina Publishing Fair takes place at its headquarters, located at Calle E esquina 19 in the Havana neighborhood of Vedado, with proposals that gather part of the history of Latin America.
From its extensive catalog, visitors could purchase texts such as “El Mérito de Estar Vivo,” a 311-page book written by late journalist Luis Báez that describes in interviews and images the attempts by the United States to overthrow the Cuban Revolution and assassinate historic leader Fidel Castro.
Another book will be “Fidel Castro: Nuestra Sangre Por Vietnam,” a tribute by Prensa Latina and Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the 50th anniversary of the Commander-in-Chief’s first visit to that country amid US aggression. The volume includes 46 photos of that historic moment.
Other texts on sale are “Prensa Latina, la Agencia que Hacía Falta,” “Periodismo, Riesgos y Peligros,” or “Los Años Precursores,” with stories told by correspondents who have been part of historical moments and transcendental news events in the continent.
Classics from the publishing house include “Colombia la Paz Esquiva del Caguán,” by journalist Luis Enrique González, who tells his experiences covering the frustrated peace process between the Government of Andrés Pastrana and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) from January 1999 to February 2002.
“S.O.S. Amazonía,” “Trampas Geográficas,” and “Mujeres en el Tercer Milenio,” the latter with an overview by journalists and correspondents from Prensa Latina on the current situation of women in different regions globally, are other proposals of the fair.
Those attending the fair could also find titles such as “Revistas Mi Guevara,” which includes texts, a chronology, and some 76 photos of the heroic guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara.
Founded on June 16, 1959, the news agency has offices in nearly 40 countries, mostly Latin America, and transmits about 400 daily dispatches that mainly make up its world news service in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and Turkish.
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