Ciego de Avila, Cuba.- The Mi Costa (My Coast) international project, aimed at rehabilitating and protecting coastlines from the effects of climate change, involves Ciego de Avila’s south coast. The initiative will strengthen coastal resilience by improving the availability and quality of water, the healthcare and welfare of communities in areas highly vulnerable to the […]
Vientiane, Laos.- In a further demonstration of support and solidarity with the Caribbean nation, students of the “Amistad Laos Cuba” school, on Monday honored the 170th birthday of National Hero José Martí, in front of the bust built there in his memory, . Taking advantage of the occasion,Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Enna Viant expressed her […]
Havana, Cuba.- A little publicized aspect today is the presence of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti in international philately, as a tribute to his life and work. Cuban lawyer and researcher Emilio Cueto told Opus Habana magazine that at least 12 countries and 27 stamps honor the Cuban Apostle’s legacy. According to the expert, most […]
Buenos Aires, Argentine.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed at the 7th Celac Summit on Tuesday that Cuba will not be intimidated by attacks nor will it betray the history of resistance, dignity and defense of social justice. When speaking at the Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is taking place in this capital, the […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) reiterated today its complaints about the discriminatory treatment suffered by its players to take part in the V World Classic of the discipline In particular, the FCB criticized the license granted by the United States Government to the organizers of the event, banning players of Cuban origin residing […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel will attend the 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC, in Spanish) to be held in Argentina, to convey the island’s strong commitment to regional integration efforts. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the meeting, to be held on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, will be an […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday received Russian businessmen to follow up on agreements reached in Moscow past November. The Cuban leader praised the accelerated business progress. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, and the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca. Today we welcomed an important […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Peter Szijjártó, began a visit to Cuba in which he will hold official talks with Cuban authorities. Szijjártó arrived in Havana for the second time since his appointment. In this occasion he is following a tour through several countries in the American continent. The […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) today convened a new virtual day of solidarity against the blockade for today at 09:00, Cuba time, under the label #SolidarityVsBloqueo. This time we stop to summarize the most important moments in the fight against the US siege in which friends from all over […]
Santiago de Chile, Chile.- The blockade maintained by the United States against Cuba is the longest economic war in history, Pedro Bronzic, member of the Chilean solidarity movement with the Caribbean country, recalled today. As is already a tradition, the group -with its different committees- participates in the O’Higgins Park of this capital in the […]
Washington, United States.- After a two-year halt, Western Union (WU) has quietly resumed family remittance to Cuba through a pilot program with the hope of expanding its operations in the future, the company says, a much-anticipated step that provides Cuban-American families with a more reliable way to aid their families in Cuba. “It is with […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Tuesday praised the student leader Julio Antonio Mella´s legacy, whose 94th anniversary of his death is being commemorated. On Twitter, Marrero said Mella is “an encouraging, exemplary, victorious and invincible striking man for Cuba’s socialist Revolution”. According to the Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (SEAP), the oldest NGO in Cuba, currently has among its leading projections and challenges, the promotion of its history and legacy of more than two centuries of existence. Sprung from the renewing ideas of the European Enlightenment, during the 18th century, SEAP, which marked its 230th […]
Brasilia, Brazil.- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today decreed the intervention in the Federal District (FD) after throngs of followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brazil. In his urgent address to the nation, Lula affirmed that there was a lack of security in the […]
Havana, Cuba.- A more rational policy on the part of the United States and the integral fulfillment of the migratory agreements, contribute to drastically diminish irregular, disorderly and unsafe migration, a source of the Cuban Foreign Ministry said. A more normal migratory relationship, which includes temporary visits between the two countries, would also contribute to […]
Havana, Cuba.-The University of Havana (UH), Cuba’s oldest university, celebrates today the 295th anniversary of its founding, with a trajectory of academic excellence linked to the history of the Caribbean nation. The rector of the academic institution, Miriam Nicado, highlighted in the radio program Mesa Redonda that the UH has 19 faculties and three study […]
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 […]
