Havana, Cuba.- On January 3, 1961, Cuba woke up to the news that the United States was breaking diplomatic relations unilaterally following a series of hostilities that, in a different way, has continued over 62 years til today. The administration of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961) thus left a heavy burden to Democrat John F. […]
Stockholm, Sweden.- The Swedish-Cuban Solidarity Association announced the shipment to Cuba of two 40-foot containers with aid as part of its activities against the US blockade. In statements to Prensa Latina, the president of the organization, Zoltan Tiroler, stressed that the fraternity with Cuba in Denmark also contributed resources for the cargo, which is scheduled […]
Hanoi, Vietnam.- Vietnam and Cuba recovered direct ties and close contacts that characterize their historically solid and close relations, in a particularly complicated year like 2022, said Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Hernandez Guillen. Immediately after the reopening of the borders, closed for almost two years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations and institutions […]
Havana city, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday thanked his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who ratified his admiration for the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. On Twitter, the Cuban head of State praised Lopez Obrador’s words, who also recalled and acknowledged Cuba and Ernesto Che Guevara at a meeting […]
Mexico City, Mexico.- A heartfelt tribute was paid on Thursday by the Mexican Congress to Fidel Castro at the opening of a photographic exhibition organized by the Parliamentary Group of Friends of Cuba headed by Congressman Ruben Moreira. The exhibition for the 6th anniversary of Fidel Castro´s death gathers over a hundred pictures of remarkable […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received the chief of the International Boxing Association (IBA), Umar Kremlev, the weekly Jit reported on Wednesday. The website of the Cuban Sports Institute (Inder) noted that the parties agreed on major steps for the development of boxing in Cuba and discussed boosting collaboration in the development of boxers […]
Moscow, Russia.- Meetings with the top leaders of both chambers of Parliament,on Wednesday, marked the first day of the official visit to Russia, of Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuba’s Parliament). At the Council of the Federation , Lazo, who is also the President of the Council of State of […]
Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel asserted that his tour of Algeria, Türkiye, Russia and China left a positive balance of concrete actions to increase economic, commercial and financial cooperation with Cuba. He was accompanied by ministers of key sectors like Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil; Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and Foreign Relations, Bruno […]
Ankara, Turkey.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez concluded today a successful visit to this country, where he met with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and signed six bilateral agreements in this capital. During a joint press conference at the end of official talks with Erdogan, the Cuban president highlighted areas of mutual benefit for […]
Ankara, Turkey.- Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz said that the visit of President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez “was very useful and profitable” and will contribute significantly to further developing ties of friendship and cooperation with the Russian Federation. In statements to the press accompanying the Cuban delegation on the tour of Algeria, […]
Moscow, Russia.- The president of the Cuban National Assembly, Esteban Lazo, will visit Moscow in the near future, announced the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. “The president of the State Duma, Viacheslav Volodin, visited us in February of this year and comrade Lazo will respond to that visit shortly,” Diaz-Canel said when speaking on Tuesday before […]
Beijing, China.- Chinese officials highlighted the significance of the visit of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for the development of bilateral relations, traditional friendship and cooperation between both nations. The academic Xu Shicheng told the Global Times newspaper that the visit is a reflection of the close ties of the communist parties of both countries, especially […]
Moscow, Russia.- Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday when meeting here with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel that both countries are consolidating ties of brotherhood in the face of Western economic sanctions. During the meeting, held in the framework of the Cuban president’s official visit to Russia, the Russian leader […]
Moscow, Russia.- Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in this capital with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, official Spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed on Wednesday. ‘We are expecting President Diaz-Canel’s visit to Moscow and, in fact, contacts between the two heads of State are being prepared,’ said the spokesman, who added that this is […]
Damascus, Syria.- “The United States and its Western allies implemented a policy of blackmail, pressures, and double standards to the United Nations to favor their agendas”, was the complaint of Bassam Sabbagh, a Syrian delegate to that world body, quoted by press medias in Damascus. Sabbagh’s stance was expressed in his speech during a special […]
Havana city, Cuba.- The 38th edition of the Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2022, Cuba’s major trade and exhibition event, brings together more than 60 countries at the Expocuba fairgrounds this Monday. Top-level delegations headed by ministers, high-level government officials, entrepreneurs, and other foreign actors from nations such as China, Russia, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, […]
Damascus, Syria.- The Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal al-Mekdad, today condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba and described it as unjustifiable, unjust and cruel. This siege, like the one imposed against my country, affects innocent people and their basic needs, he said in statements to Prensa Latina after […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday urged for establishing a new mechanism for financing losses and damages caused by climate change. On Twitter, the Cuban foreign minister stated his nation, alongside the G77 + China, champions the right of developing countries to a fair “compensation for being the scenario where climate change […]
Vientiane, Laos.- For the Laotian people, Cuba is an example of resistance and also in the levels of schooling and health achieved, MSc. Mario Zamora said here on Monday . The only Cuban collaborator currently serving in this Asian nation, Zamora, director of Communication at the Confucius Institute in Havana, also said that local educational […]
Tehran, Iran.- The Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter called for the U.S. government to put an immediate and unconditional end to its hostile blockade against Cuba, diplomatic sources informed Sunday. According to a report from the Cuban embassy in Iran, the member states expressed their unwavering solidarity with the Cuban people […]
