Havana, Cuba.-The head of the Cuban delegation to the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), Jose Fidel Santana reaffirmed today Cuba”s commitment to fight the climate change. During his speech at COP22, Santana said challenges, faced with deterioration of the planet, generate an increasing sense of urgency in taking concrete actions and the need to […]
Havana, Cuba.-Physicians and surgeons from the United States and Cuba are holding an academic exchange, focused among other issues on the accreditation of services. The members of the International Board of Medicine and Surgery of the United States, a non-governmental organization that brings together all medical and paramedical specialties from that American nation, will attend […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Austrian vice-minister of Science, Research and Economy, Bernadette Marianne Gierlinger, is beginning a visit to Cuba today, with the purpose of signing a memorandum of understanding on international economic collaboration. According to a press release published on the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the Austrian official was invited by the Cuban Ministry […]
Havana, Cuba.- Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, concludes today an official visit to Cuba, where he confirmed President Raul Castro his interest in strengthening economic and trade relations with Cuba. With a keynote speech at the Main Lecture hall of the Havana University in the morning and a meeting with the press in the afternoon […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro will meet with his Vietnamese peer, Tran Dai Quang, who is carrying out an official visit to the Caribbean nation. According to the program to be followed during his stay, to be run until tomorrow, Tran will also meet today with Cuban Parliament President, Esteban Lazo, and will receive the Jose […]
Havana, Cuba.- Vietnam”s president, Tran Dai Quang, arrived in Cuba today in order to conduct an official visit, which will conclude next Thursday. The President of Vietnam was received at the Jose Marti International Airport by Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes and took the opportunity to praise the excellent relations between both countries. According to […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 53rd edition of the sports poll of Cuban news agency Prensa Latina Starts Monday, to at the end, award the perfor5mances by the best athletes of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016. The reception of votes for the selection of athletes and teams with the best performances of the year, is now […]
San Jose, Costa Rica.-Cuban residents in Costa Rica on Sunday repeated their demand for the elimination of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade on Cuba and the return of the naval base in Guantanamo, which is illegally occupied by the United States. The demand was contained in a statement issued in this capital by […]
Paris, France.-Cuba is expecting UNESCO to include ”rumba” in its list – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, during the forthcoming meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on the issue, diplomatic sources said today. According to the information provided to Prensa Latina by the Havana delegation at UNESCO, the event scheduled from November 28th to December 2nd […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba called the United States today to comply with its obligations as the host country of the United Nations (UN) lifting the selective and discriminatory measures applied against Cuban diplomats. In a session of the Sixth Commission of the General Assembly devoted to tackle the relations with the host country, the Foreign Ministry Director […]
Havana, Cuba.-After intense exchanges, the first forum on direct foreign investment (DFI) in Cuba associated to the Havana International Fair (FIHAV), main trade fair of the Caribbean region, will conclude today. The decision to insert this kind of meeting on the fair’s agenda responds to the purpose of contributing to closer ties between foreign businessmen […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba and Russia have strengthened their strategic cooperation with the signing here of two agreements on aviation and another linked to sugar industry at the Havana fair, during its second day of business and exhibition today. A contract between Aviaimport company and VNIIRA S.A. company (Research Institute of Radio Equipment) for supplying complex radio […]
Havana, cuba.-The First International Convention on Science and Technology has begun today here with more than 1,000 delegates from several countries and a comprehensive scientific program that includes 10 events, with 750 papers and an exhibition fair. Sponsored by the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), the event, according to its organizers, goes […]
Santiago de Chile, Chile.-A panel of experts has discussed the U.S. blockade on Cuba for more than 50 years, and reiterated the call toward its end, on occasion of the devastating UN vote this week. At the headquarters of the former National Congress of Chile, representatives of solidarity groups with Cuba, academicians and diplomats have […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 26th edition of the Pan-American Congress of Schools of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism (Conpeht) concluded today after a successful few days exploring training in the sector. Held from October 24th to the 28th and attended by some 500 delegates from around 20 countries, the meeting highlighted the influence of community in the travel […]
Damascus, Syria.-A large delegation from Syria will participate in the Havana International Fair in Cuba, from October 31 to November 4, it was officially announced today in this capital. The Syrian representation is led by Deputy Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Mohammed Samer Khalil, and leaders of pharmaceutical, food, textiles and craftsmen companies, authorities […]
Havana, Cuba.-The condemnation to the criminal policy has been over the last 24 years a constant at the world organization, and an expression of how unanimous it has been was verified in 2015 when 191 nations condemned it with their vote, while its only two opponents, Washington and Tel Aviv, suffered a total isolation and […]
Belgrade, serbia.-Serbian Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity described today as urgent the end of the US economic, trade and financial blockade of Cuba. In a communique circulated in this capital, sent to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which should vote tomorrow a bill on the issue, the network […]
Buenos Aires, argentina.- Argentina”s Nobel Peace Prize, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, asserted that while the U.S. continues the economic, commercial and financial blockade on Cuba, all peoples are under attack. The activist and defender of human rights, issued a communique stressing that the problema was not only between two countries to become a problem for all […]
New York, United States.-The Cuban Permanent Mission at United Nations has expressed confidence today that the General Assembly will reject tomorrow the U.S.-imposed blockade to the island. ‘Cuba and its people have once again relied on the support of the international community in its legitimate claim of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade,’ the […]
