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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 […]
4 April, 2023 Cuba appoints new ambassador to the UN

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Peñalver presented the credentials that accredit him as extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to the United Nations Organization (UN) in New York, USA. Peñalver presented the supporting document to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, who conveyed an affectionate greeting to the Cuban […]
3 April, 2023 US returns 64 illegal migrants to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The United States Coast Guard returned a group of 64 irregular migrants to Cuba this Sunday, who left the country illegally by sea and were intercepted. A note from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) reports that the return occurred through the port of Orozco, in Bahía Honda, in the province of […]
30 March, 2023 Cuba’s deputy foreign minister meets with Botswana authorities

Havana, Cuba.- Elio Rodríguez Perdomo, Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, met this Wednesday with government authorities and representatives of the social sectors of Botswana, as reported on Twitter. As part of a working visit to the African country, the Cuban deputy minister held a meeting with Elías Mpedi Magosi, Executive Secretary of the Community […]
29 March, 2023 Russia will sell products in Cuba through a special commercial house

Havana, Cuba.- he head of the Business Council between Russia and Cuba, Boris Titov, announced in Moscow that his country will sell food, chemical products and other household items to the Caribbean nation through a special commercial house. The Russian politician and businessman stated that the new facility would be a unified wholesale importer of […]
29 March, 2023 Cuban Vice Foreign Minister develops work program in South Africa

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elio Rodríguez Perdomo co-chaired this Tuesday in South Africa, with his counterpart Alvin Botes, the seventeenth meeting of the inter-foreign ministry consultation mechanism. The Cuban diplomat reported on Twitter that as part of his work schedule in Pretoria, the South African administrative capital, he also held a […]
27 March, 2023 Raul Castro Ruz exercised his right to vote in Cuba’s national elections.

Havana, Cuba.- The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, exercised his right to vote this Sunday in the national elections to elect deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament). Before voting in the Playa municipality, in Havana, he shared with neighbors of the community and talked with the members […]
22 March, 2023 Cuba to present investment opportunities in agricultural sector

Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban agri-food sector will present the 2023-2024 portfolio of opportunities for foreign investment during the 24th International Agro-industrial Food Fair (Fiagrop-2023), which will run until March 24th. The director of International Relations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Orlando Díaz, recently reported in a press conference, details about the incorporation of 59 foreign […]
15 March, 2023 Cuba warns about persistent extreme drought

Havana, Cuba.- Based on climatic forecasts, the Cuban Institute of Meteorology warned about persistent extreme drought nationwide, where measures are being taken to counter this phenomenon. Institute Scientific Director Vladimir Guevara explained that ‘the nation is practically in the most extreme period, and it should extend during the next months of the low rainy season; […]
15 March, 2023 Cuban Minister: Cuba will defend multilateralism at all costs

New Delhi, India.- Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, stated at the Summit of Associations of the Confederation of Industry of India, that Cuba will defend multilateralism at all costs. Malmierca mentioned Cuba’s points of view on this issue during his speech at the 28th edition of the event, being held […]
14 March, 2023 Cuban FM to receive WFP representative Henri Labande

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met with Etienne Henri Labande, representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Cuba. At the meeting, both officials noted the willingness to continue strengthening relations and expanding cooperation between Cuba and WFP, Bruno Rodríguez live-tweeted. Rodríguez also thanked WFP for its contribution in support of the emergency […]
14 March, 2023 Cuban Minister: Cuba will defend multilateralism at all costs

New Delhi, India.- Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, stated at the Summit of Associations of the Confederation of Industry of India, that Cuba will defend multilateralism at all costs. Malmierca mentioned Cuba’s points of view on this issue during his speech at the 28th edition of the event, being held […]