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29 December, 2022 Cuba provides humanitarian aid to Haitian migrants

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba currently maintains its policy of providing humanitarian aid to people arriving on its shores while trying to emigrate to third countries. According to the latest event of this kind, 253 Haitians, including 31 children and 61 women, en route to the United States, landed in the north of the central province of […]

29 December, 2022 Vice President of Cuba will attend inauguration of Lula da Silva

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Vice President, Salvador Valdés, arrived in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the president-elect, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, reported today the Foreign Ministry. During his stay, which began yesterday 28th, the Cuban leader will hold meetings with local authorities and representatives of political parties, social movements, […]

22 December, 2022 Cuban and Vietnamese leaders ratify will to strengthen relations

Havana, Cuba.- The leader of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Miguel Diaz-Canel, and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Phu Trong, met virtually on Wednesday and ratified their common willingness to strengthen relations. Ties between both political parties were described as excellent and are kept at the highest level, the Presidency of Cuba tweeted. The tweet […]

28 November, 2022 Presidential tour raised cooperation prospects

Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel asserted that his tour of Algeria, Türkiye, Russia and China left a positive balance of concrete actions to increase economic, commercial and financial cooperation with Cuba. He was accompanied by ministers of key sectors like Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil; Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and Foreign Relations, Bruno […]

23 November, 2022 Cuba: Council of State approves two new decree laws in the country

Havana, Cuba.- Members of Cuba’s Council of State approved on Tuesday two new decree laws and evaluated the topics for analysis by the National Assembly of People’s Power -ANPP-, in its Tenth Ordinary Period of Sessions. According to the Parliament’s official site, the participants adopted the normative provision modifying Decree Law 197 on the labor […]

23 November, 2022 President of the National Assembly of Cuba will visit Russia

Moscow, Russia.- The president of the Cuban National Assembly, Esteban Lazo, will visit Moscow in the near future, announced the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel. “The president of the State Duma, Viacheslav Volodin, visited us in February of this year and comrade Lazo will respond to that visit shortly,” Diaz-Canel said when speaking on Tuesday before […]

22 November, 2022 China highlights importance of visit of the president of Cuba

Beijing, China.- Chinese officials highlighted the significance of the visit of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel for the development of bilateral relations, traditional friendship and cooperation between both nations. The academic Xu Shicheng told the Global Times newspaper that the visit is a reflection of the close ties of the communist parties of both countries, especially […]

17 November, 2022 Russia confirms Cuban President Migue Diaz-Canel’s forthcoming visit

Moscow, Russia.- Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in this capital with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, official Spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed on Wednesday. ‘We are expecting President Diaz-Canel’s visit to Moscow and, in fact, contacts between the two heads of State are being prepared,’ said the spokesman, who added that this is […]

16 November, 2022 Díaz-Canel reaffirms will for dialogue between Cuba and United States

Havana city, Cuba.- Cuba has the will, with all due respect and the ability to be on equal terms, to establish dialogues with the United States and bring both countries closer, President Miguel Díaz-Canel noted on Monday. After visiting stands of companies from the United States attending the Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022), the Cuban […]

16 November, 2022 Fight against US blockade, a priority at Peru-Cuba solidarity meeting

Lima, Peru.- New actions to fight against the United States’ economic, commercial and financial blockade will be analyzed at the Peru-Cuba Solidarity Meeting, scheduled for November 25 and 26 in this capital. The call was launched by the regional headquarters in Lima and the neighboring port of Callao of the National Coordinator of Friendship with […]

14 November, 2022 Havana trade fair FIHAV 2022 opens in Cuba

Havana city, Cuba.- The 38th edition of the Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2022, Cuba’s major trade and exhibition event, brings together more than 60 countries at the Expocuba fairgrounds this Monday. Top-level delegations headed by ministers, high-level government officials, entrepreneurs, and other foreign actors from nations such as China, Russia, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, […]

9 November, 2022 Cuba FM urges for new mechanism to fight climate change

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday urged for establishing a new mechanism for financing losses and damages caused by climate change. On Twitter, the Cuban foreign minister stated his nation, alongside the G77 + China, champions the right of developing countries to a fair “compensation for being the scenario where climate change […]

4 November, 2022 Diaz-Canel recalls Fidel Castro´s words about US blockade

Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday recalled the words of Historic Leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, on one of the many occasions in which he denounced the US blockade policy against Cuba. The president tweeted that “what we say about this cynic US policy, which includes Cuba on the list of terrorist countries, […]

4 November, 2022 Overwhelming support for Cuba at UN against the US blockade

United Nations, United Nations.- Cuba scored a new victory on Thursday in its struggle against the United States blockade by achieving overwhelming support at the United Nations (UN) for a resolution passed by 185 votes in favor. The resolution was only opposed by the United States and its staunched ally Israel, while Brazil and Ukraine […]

3 November, 2022 The world shows why Cuba is better off without US blockade

United Nations, United Nations.- Today is the day when the world shows why Cuba will always be better off without the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States, Cuba’s permanent mission at the United Nations stressed on Wednesday. The diplomatic representation highlighted on its official Twitter account the messages from representatives of various […]

31 October, 2022 Cuban Foreign Minister blames the U.S. for irregular migration

Havana city, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reiterated that the United States government is responsible for the causes that stimulate irregular emigration from the island and human trafficking. The Foreign Minister pointed out via Twitter that the acceptance of ‘those who arrive, the Cuban Adjustment Act and the economic blockade encourage irregular migration and […]

27 October, 2022 Important Spanish company to attend wine festival in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The important Spanish wine company Vallformosa confirmed its participation in the 21st International Wine Festival, scheduled from October 2 to 4 at the 1930 Hall of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, organizers said. They noted that the best Catalonian winery for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022) came to Cuba in 2019, […]

26 October, 2022 Fidel Castro’s thought on debate in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban scholars are debating in this capital on Tuesday about the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, and his impact on international relations, teachings and contributions to his strategic thinking in that field. Researchers from that institution, Katiuska Blanco, Elier Ramirez and Rene Gonzalez Barrios, its director, as well as Hassan Perez, […]

21 October, 2022 Cuban president checks recovery in province most-hit by Hurricane Ian

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday visited the western province of Pinar del Rio to check the recovery works in that territory, which was the most affected by Hurricane Ian. Upon arrival, the head of State met with local authorities, who informed him that the recovery of the power system is at 66.91 […]

20 October, 2022 US blockade causes millions of dollars in losses to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The estimated damage caused by the United States blockade against Cuba during the 14 months of the Joe Biden administration amounts to 6.3 billion dollars, an official from the Cuban Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. On his Twitter account, the director general for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry of Foreign […]