Regarding the celebration of the 65th anniversary of that medium, founded on June 16, 1959, members of associations in solidarity with the island, Cubans residing in the South American nation, diplomatic personnel accredited in this country gathered at the Cuban embassy in Colombia. capital, as well as journalists, intellectuals and researchers.
During the event, the documentary Nueva Operación Verdad, produced this year by Prensa Latina, was screened, which describes the context in which the agency emerged a few months after the Triumph of the Revolution and how the attacks against the nascent process revealed the need to found a a means that would make visible the struggles of historically subjugated peoples.
The Colombian writer José Luis Díaz-Granados, for his part, recalled the birth of the first Prensa Latina correspondent in the South American country, made up of renowned journalists from its beginnings, including Gabriel García Márquez.
He evoked Fidel’s clairvoyance regarding the importance of piercing the attacks of the large information platforms, traditionally related to right-wing tendencies, and how Prensa Latina has been able to make itself heard for more than half a century.
For her part, the researcher at the Center for Hemispheric Studies and the United States of the University of Havana, Olga González, praised the relevance that Prensa Latina acquires in current times.
“In the face of the international military-industrial media complex, Prensa Latina rises as an alternative voice, as a real voice to tell the truth about Cuba, when the large corporate media, fundamentally American, give a distorted version in accordance with the interests of the nation. northerner,” he said.
For his part, the ambassador of the largest of the Antilles in Colombia, Javier Caamaño, highlighted the work of the agency throughout its history and considered that given the media campaign that the island is currently facing, its work is becomes even more relevant.
He expressed that Operation Truth, as Fidel Castro called hundreds of journalists in January 1959 to learn first-hand the reality of the Revolution, must be kept alive in these times to confront the discredit campaign that some hegemonic media carry out against Cuba.
Almost 65 years after its founding, Prensa Latina has correspondents in nearly 40 countries and extensive information production in different formats and languages.
Despite adversities, it maintains the daily preparation and transmission of more than 300 dispatches, produces around twenty radio spots, works for television and social networks, as well as printed publications.
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