Rome, Italy.- Pope Francis sent a letter of condolences for Fidel Castro”s death to the President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Raul Castro, the Vatican informed on Saturday. ‘When receiving the sad news about the death of your dear brother, His Excellency, Mr. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, ex president of the Councils […]
United Nations, United Nations.-UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has reiterated today that gender violence represents a serious violation of human rights and has called for an end to it through a collective action. ‘This violence is a public health pandemic and a serious obstacle for sustainable development,’ Ban warned in his message on the International Day […]
Santiago, Chile, Chile.-Cuban media executives have expressed thanks today for the promotion of cooperatiion with the Chinese press, regarding a summit meeting held in this capital. The president of the Prensa Latina News Agency, Luis Enrique Gonzalez; and the general director of Granma newspaper, Pelayo Terry, have offered their comments on the final day of […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 24th Session of the Inter-Government Commission between Cuba and Vietnam concluded today in the capital, with the signing of important agreements to consolidate the bilateral relations in the economic and technological-scientific areas. Before business people from both countries, the Cuban minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration, Rodrigo Malmierca, asserted that […]
Ankara, Turkey.- A delegation of officials from the Cankaya City Council in Ankara presented today an assessment of local management following a trip to Cuba where they held a meeting with representatives of various Cuban municipalities. The delegation visited the municipality of Playa, in Havana, and proposals were issued to implement a twinning between both […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Italian Culture Week in Cuba is now paying tribute to the prestigious director Ettore Scola (1931-2016), with the premiere of his film ”The Dinner”. The Fresa y Chocolate Cinematographic Cultural Center will host the screenings of Scola’s films The Terrace and The Family. The Dinner tells the stories of several regular and sporadic […]
Havana, Cuba.-The International Festival of New Latin American Cinema has issued a special supplement that includes information on the five Cuban films in competition. In the fiction feature films are ‘Ultimos dias en La Habana’ by Fernando Perez, ‘Ya no es antes’ by Lester Hamlet and ‘Sharning Stella’ by Enrique Alvarez. Two Cuban films will […]
Havana, Cuba.-he Natural History Museum of Paris and its Cuban counterpart signed today here an agreement of collaboration destined to legalize the exchanges between both institutions. On the French part the director of the French scientific entity in Paris, Bruno David; and the director of the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba (MNHN), Esther […]
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 […]
