In a video message for Prensa Latina news agency´s 65th founding anniversary, Smith added: “That insidious agenda failed because of the launching of Operation Truth and the birth of Prensa Latina”.

Today, sadly, the need for Prensa Latina -which he described as “a beacon of truth and hope that will never burn out”- has not diminished in an increasingly polarized world where the dominant western media houses shamelessly spread lies and misinformation about countries that do not subscribe to their world, he said.

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