Havana, Cuba.- The United Nations Special Rapporteur, Alena Douhan, will participate in Havana today in an academic event on the impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in Cuba. At the inauguration of the meeting, organized by the University of Havana, Douhan will offer a keynote address and talk with the […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 41st Cuban International Tourism Fair concludes today in the spaces of the protocol zone of the State Council named El Laguito. With Havana as the venue and cultural heritage as the center of attention, the fair achieved wide expectations about the Cuban travel industry, and the performance of local and foreign companies […]
Havana, Cuba.- Ministers and senior officials of the Culture sphere of the member countries of the Group of 77 plus China will meet today at the Havana Convention Center. At the inauguration of the event, interventions by the head of Cuban Culture, Alpidio Alonso, are scheduled for the country that currently leads the organization. A […]
Havana, Cuba.- Daniel Bas, official of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, received the last group of athletes who participated in the V Alba Games of Venezuela 2023. “We are very proud of their performance, they represented the homeland with dignity,” he said after the arrival of the athletes to Cuba. Also […]
Havana, Cuba.- A simple opening ceremony, which did not lack touches of emotion, inaugurated on Tuesday the 56th International Chess Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam 2023, at the downtown Havana Libre Hotel. The record number of represented players was confirmed by the president of the Cuban Chess Federation, Carlos Rivero, during the gala that was attended […]
Havana, Cuba.- The José Martí National Library of Cuba (BNCJM) hosts today the International Heritage Event with the inauguration of three exhibitions simultaneously. Cuba in the Documentary Treasures of the BNCJM is one of them, and includes manuscripts, photos and publications from the Rare and Valuable Collection to be inaugurated in the Central Hall Gallery […]
Havana, Cuba.- The first International Congress of Cultural Heritage opens its doors today in Havana to pay tribute to the centenary of the birth of the Cuban sculptor and ceramic artist Marta Arjona. The contest will take place from May 3 to 5 and its scientific program includes the opening at 9:00 local time of […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Cubana de Aviación company will resume today its operations between Argentina and Cuba with a direct flight to Cayo Coco, in the central province of Ciego de Ávila. According to the airline, the trip will end in Havana and will have a weekly frequency. Venus Rodríguez, general manager of the company in […]
Havana, Cuba.- Alena Douhan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative repercussions of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, will begin a visit to Cuba today. During her stay, until May 6, the specialist will participate in the panel Diverse views of the Cuban context on the impact of unilateral coercive measures […]
Havana, Cuba.- Nearly 400 travel agents and tourism professionals from Spain and Portugal will participate this week in the DIT Gestión Macro Annual Convention, to be held until May 7 in Santa Maria Key, Villa Clara province. The group is headed by John Arriaga, president of Spanish tour operator DIT Gestión, who explained that the […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel held talks on Tuesday with Russian presidential economic advisor Maxim Oreshkin, who is visiting our country. According to the Presidency’a Twitter profile, Diaz-Canel ratified the interest in bringing bilateral economic-financial relations to the same state of policies. Oreshkin, for his part, commented on the three main work guidelines that […]
Havana, Cuba.- More than a thousand foreign delegates will participate today in the Havana Convention Center in the International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and anti-imperialism. The foreign visitors will be joined by around 200 national delegates, and together they will raise their voices against the US blockade and in favor of the removal of […]
Havana, Cuba.- Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba’s Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Foreign Trade and Investment, discussed in Havana today issues of mutual cooperation with Maxim Oreshkin, Economic Advisor to the Russian Presidency. Last November, Cabrisas attended the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Commission for economic-commercial and scientific-technical collaboration, held in Moscow, in his capacity as […]
Havana, Cuba.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC-PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated on Monday Santiago Peña on his election, the day before, as president of Paraguay. In his Twitter profile, the Cuban head of state ratified to his counterpart the willingness of the […]
Havana, Cuba.- The prestigious Japanese writer Keiichiro Hirano visited in Havana today the headquarters of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) where he spoke with authorities about the cultural ties between the two peoples. Hirano exchanged criteria with Pedro de la Hoz, UNEAC vice president, and Alberto Marrero, president of the Writers […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba participates in the first regional preparatory meeting for the moment of balance of food systems to achieve the 2030 Agenda, which began today at the FAO Representation. The objective of the meeting is to follow up on the national commitments post-Food Systems Summit. Cuba takes part in this meeting with a delegation […]
Havana, Cuba.- Mexico, Colombia and Cuba today formalized the Latin American and Caribbean Medicines agency (AMLAC) with the signing of the Acapulco Declaration that includes details and commitments of the common initiative. In a ceremony chaired by Jorge Alcocer, Mexico’s Secretary of Health, and representatives of the regulatory bodies for health control and surveillance of […]
Havana, Cuba.- Capitular records of the Havana City Council and Cuban film posters aspire today to be declared a Documentary Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). As published on Twitter by Yahima Esquivel, ambassador and permanent representative of Cuba before that body, the Executive Council of UNESCO must […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs today congratulated the people and Government of South Africa, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the end of the apartheid segregationist regime. The Cuban Foreign Ministry highlighted on Twitter that both nations maintain historic relations, based on ties of brotherhood, forged over decades of struggle […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s HeberNasvac vaccine against hepatitis B has demonstrated its effectiveness in several countries around the world. The immunogen was used in South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and Hong Kong, with a positive impact on the subjects treated, a result that allowed the vaccine to receive the endorsement […]
