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11 May, 2023 Cuba is among the countries with the most vaccinated against Covid-19

Havana, Cuba.- José Ángel Portal, Cuban Minister of Public Health, reported that the country is among the 10 with the most citizens immunized against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Accoriding to the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 90.7 percent of the Cuban population had been immunized by the end of 2022. To date, […]

11 May, 2023 Cuba’s active and constructive role within the Association of Caribbean States is highlighted

Havana, Cuba.- Different delegations of member countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) highlighted at the preparatory meeting of the Council of Ministers in Guatemala, Cuba’s active and constructive role within the consultation and cooperation body. Rodolfo Benítez, general director of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that […]

11 May, 2023 29 Years of diplomatic relations with South Africa is remembered in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- On occasion of the 29th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Africa and Cuba, an opinion article by Havana’s ambassador to Pretoria, Enrique Orta, has been published in the Cape Times newspaper. The Cuban diplomat recalls that official bilateral ties were established during Fidel Castro’s visit to South Africa to attend the inauguration […]

11 May, 2023 Cuban president attends ceremony marking 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front

Havana, Cuba.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC-PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel attends on Wednesday the ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Polisario Front, at the Universal Hall of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), in Havana. Also participating are Roberto […]

11 May, 2023 Cuba works on new alternatives to speed up document legalizations

Havana, Cuba.- The general director of Consular Affairs and Cubans Living Abroad, Ernesto Soberón, reported on his Twitter account that in order to deal with the exponential and sustained increase over time of legalization requests, a new area was inaugurated last April 17 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minrex, of Cuba. Thus, the number […]

10 May, 2023 India and Cuba explore new ways to strengthen bilateral relations

Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban ambassador to India, Alejandro Simancas, spoke this Tuesday in New Delhi with Saurabh Kumar, secretary of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about new ways to strengthen bilateral relations. According to the Cuban diplomat, they analyzed the main aspects of the ties between the two nations, particularly the extent of their […]

10 May, 2023 President of Cuban Parliament congratulates the Russian people on Victory Day

Havana, Cuba.- The president of the Cuban Parliament, Esteban Lazo Hernández, congratulated the people of the Russian Federation for the celebration this Tuesday of the 78th anniversary of the victory over fascism. The also member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Council of […]

10 May, 2023 Cuba will continue developing ties with the EU

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba ratified this Tuesday the will to continue developing the best relations with the European Union (EU), on the occasion of celebrating Europe Day. The Cuban Foreign Ministry expressed on Twitter that the Caribbean island wishes to continue ties with the community bloc, based on the principles and objectives stipulated in the Political […]

10 May, 2023 José Martí International Colloquium begins in Havana

Havana, Cuba.- The International Colloquium Jose Martí, A man of all times begins this Wednesday the first of his three days of sessions in Havana, with face-to-face and virtual attendance of scholars of his work from Argentina, Cuba, the United States, Japan, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The deliberations will take place until next Friday at […]

10 May, 2023 Cuban president ratifies support and solidarity with the cause of the Saharawi people

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel ratified Wednesday the support and solidarity of the Caribbean island with the people of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The president recalled the commemoration this day of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Polisario Front, “which brought together in a single identity the aspirations for independence […]

9 May, 2023 Cuban science delegation made successful visit to Belarus

Havana, Cuba.- The visit to Belarus a Cuban delegation of science ended, with a comprehensive program that allowed them to get closer to the experience of that nation. According to Santiago Pérez, Cuban ambassador to Belarus, with the visit the established objectives were met, which included learning, exchanging and transmitting experiences from both parties. Meanwhile, […]

9 May, 2023 Council of State calls for session of the Cuban Parliament

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s Council of State has called for an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) for May 25, whose agenda includes an update on the country’s economic situation. A note published on Tuesday in the Granma newspaper indicates that at that meeting, starting at 09:00 local time, the Social Communication […]

9 May, 2023 Diaz-Canel checks work projections in Artemisa

Artemisa, Cuba.- Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, checks today the work commitments in Artemisa, he is accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Roberto Moreles Ojeda. The leadership of the […]

8 May, 2023 Cuban Minister of Agriculture urged food sovereignty

Santa Clara, Cuba.- Cuba’s Minister of Agriculture, Ydael Pérez, on Sunday, gave a keynote lecture on the Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Education Law to producers in the Cuban province of Villa Clara. The minister chose the municipality of Camajuaní for his lecture, 24 kilometers away from this city in central Cuba, because of its agricultural […]

8 May, 2023 Diaz-Canel attends the closing ceremony of the First International Congress on Cultural Heritage

Havana, Cuba.- Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Manuel Marrero Cruz, president and prime minister of the Republic of Cuba, attend the closing ceremony of the First International Congress on Cultural Heritage and the 19th Ernest Hemingway Colloquium, at the Theater of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Also present are Inés María Chamán, Deputy Prime Minister, […]

8 May, 2023 CITMA representatives meet with diplomats at environmental convention

Havana,Cuba.- Representatives of Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) exchanged information in the capital with the diplomatic corps belonging to the Group of 77 + China on the 14th Convention on Environment and Sustainable Development. Deputy Minister Adianez Taboada Zamora and other executives of the organization gave details to the respective ambassadors about […]

8 May, 2023 Díaz-Canel mourns death of pro-Cuba activist’s daughter

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel today lamented the death of the daughter of activist Carlos Lazo, promoter of the Bridges of Love project, which fights against the U.S. economic blockade of the island. From his Twitter account, the president sent the Cuban-American a message of support in this difficult moment and expressed his own […]

4 May, 2023 Cuban Canoeing trains in Poland for the World Championship

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s best canoeists and kayakers are training in Bydgoszcz, Poland, ahead of the World Cup in Szeged, Hungary, scheduled for May 11-14. “Almost all of them are predicted to be on the podium, although they will find ranked opponents such as Olympic and world champions,” Alejandro Hamze, president of the Cuban federation of […]

4 May, 2023 Cambodia and Cuba are willing to cooperate in the agricultural sphere

Havana, Cuba.- Cambodia and Cuba expressed in Phnom Penh today their willingness to strengthen ties and extend cooperation to agriculture, during a cordial meeting between senior leaders in this field. The disposition was expressed in a meeting between Dith Tina, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forest Resources and Fisheries, and Maury Hechavarría, Cuban Vice Minister of […]

4 May, 2023 Entities from China and Cuba will have a Latin-Caribbean center

Havana, Cuba.- The universities of Havana and East China Normal University agreed today to open a multidisciplinary center for studies on Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, which will strengthen cooperation in the educational area. That decision was made during a meeting between Lei Qili, vice president of the Chinese academy, and Marian Hernández, […]