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16 May, 2023 Delegation from the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture is in Hanoi

Havana, Cuba.- A delegation from the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture headed by its deputy head Maury Hechavarría began a working visit in Hanoi today to close a journey that previously took them to Cambodia and Laos. The vice minister will meet with his counterpart Tran Thanh Nam on Monday and will begin a series of […]

16 May, 2023 CELAC: Cuba rejects inclusion on U.S. terrorism list

Havana, Cuba.- – Cuban Finance and Prices Minister Vladimir Regueiro rejected Monday in Santiago de Chile the unjustified inclusion of his country on the U.S. list of alleged sponsors of terrorism, which reinforces the consequences of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on it for more than 60 years. Speaking at a meeting of […]

11 May, 2023 Cuban president attends ceremony marking 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front

Havana, Cuba.- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC-PCC) and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel attends on Wednesday the ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Polisario Front, at the Universal Hall of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), in Havana. Also participating are Roberto […]

9 May, 2023 Diaz-Canel checks work projections in Artemisa

Artemisa, Cuba.- Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, checks today the work commitments in Artemisa, he is accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Roberto Moreles Ojeda. The leadership of the […]

3 May, 2023 Cubana de Aviación restarts operations between Argentina and the island

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 […]

3 May, 2023 Cuban president receives Russian presidential advisor

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 […]

2 May, 2023 President Díaz-Canel congratulates Paraguayan president-elect

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 […]

27 April, 2023 Mexico, Cuba and Colombia formalize regional drug agency

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 […]

27 April, 2023 Cuban president receives counterpart from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received this Tuesday at the Palace of the Revolution his counterpart from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanovi?. During the official talks, the president of our country assured Cvijanovi? that her visit was long awaited. He also ratified the willingness to expand political, economic, trade and cooperation relations between the […]

24 April, 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina’s president to visit Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Željka Cvijanovi?, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will arrive in Cuba on Monday for an official visit. It will be the first visit of the president of that country to Cuba since diplomatic relations were established. During her stay here, Cvijanovi? will meet with Cuban authorities and carry out other activities of interest. […]

20 April, 2023 President of Cuba appoints head of government and his cabinet

Havana, Cuba.- After his reelection as president of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel proposed this Wednesday to ratify Manuel Marrero Cruz as prime minister. In the constitutive session of the 10th Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power, his proposal was approved by a majority of votes, taking into account that Marrero Cruz’s […]

20 April, 2023 Miguel Díaz-Canel is reelected President of the Republic of Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The deputies to the Cuban Parliament today reelected Miguel Díaz-Canel as President of the Republic for the next five years, and Salvador Valdés to occupy the vice presidency. The president of the National Electoral Council, Alina Balseiro, pointed out that all of the 462 parliamentarians present at the constitutive session of the 10th […]

19 April, 2023 Extended renewal in Cuba’s Council of State proposed

Havana, Cuba.- The president of Cuba’s National Nominations Commission, Consuelo Baeza, informed that among all 21 proposals to be members of the Council of State, 10 are new lawmakers. Among the new proposals are the deputy director of the Finlay Vaccines Institute, Yuri Valdés; the second head of the Social Workers Unit, Yurisa Lahera, and […]

19 April, 2023 Deputies to the Cuban Parliament take their positions oath of office

Havana, Cuba.- The deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba (ANPP) were sworn in today on the constitutive day of the 10th Legislature. Sportswoman Yarileidis Cirilo, the youngest legislator in the unicameral Parliament, read out the oath, in which they declared their loyalty to the Homeland and to enforce the Constitution of […]

19 April, 2023 Cuba is holding today constitutive session of the National Assembly of People’s Power

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power celebrates this Wednesday the constitutive session in its 10th Legislature, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Law. The legislative body of the Caribbean nation, when constituting itself for a new Legislature, elects its president, vice president, secretary and other members of the […]

19 April, 2023 Cuban Parliament holds constituent session

Havana city, Cuba.- The National People’s Power Assembly (Cuban Parliament) is holding the constituent session of its 10th Legislature on Wednesday, following the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Law. The Cuban legislative body, when constituted for a new Legislature, elects its President, Vice President, Secretary, and other State Council members. It also elects […]

19 April, 2023 Cuba Recalls the Proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution

Havana city, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is heading the ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution. At the corner of 23rd and 12th, where the declaration was made on April 16, 1961, leaders of the Communist Party of Cuba, the government, the state, and the population […]

12 April, 2023 Delta Air Lines resumes Miami-Havana flight

Havana, Cuba.- Delta Air Lines resumed on Monday direct flights from Miami International Airport to Havana’s José Martí International Airport, the Cuban terminal’s Twitter account reported. According to the tweet, the airlines will offer travelers two daily flights. Delta Air Lines, with its headquarters located in Atlanta, Georgia, returned to the Cuban market in 2016 […]

5 April, 2023 US agrarian sector advocates for greater ties with Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The director of International Relations of the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture, Orlando Díaz, highlighted on Tuesday the links between the country’s agricultural sector and that of the United States, despite the blockade imposed on the island by the nation northern. During the first day of the Fourth Cuba-United States Agricultural Business Conference, Díaz […]

5 April, 2023 Cuba’s prime minister participates in annual meeting of the Ministry of Finance and Prices

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz participated today in Havana in the annual assessment of the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP). The working meeting was also attended by Alejandro Gil Fernandez, deputy prime minister and head of economy and planning, and the minister of finance and prices, Meisi Bolaños Weiss, as well […]