National News

3 October, 2019 Raul Received Russia’s Prime Minister

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, received on Thursday the President of the Government of the Russian Federation and the United Russia Party, His Excellency Dimitri Anatolievich Medvedev.

3 October, 2019 Cuban President Receives Russian Prime Minister

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received on Thursday at the Palace of the Revolution His Excelency Dimitri Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia, who arrived in Cuba this morning.

2 October, 2019 Fiji’s Prime Minister tours Old Havana Historic Center

Josaia Voregue Bainimarama, Fiji’s Prime Minister, visited the Old Havana Historic Center, and becomes the first of such a high rank of that South Pacific nation to tour the oldest part of the Cuban capital.

2 October, 2019 Diaz-Canel Received Executive Vice-President of Venezuela

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received Venezuela’s Executive Vice- President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez, also General Secretary of the Somos Venezuela Movement.

2 October, 2019 President of Cuba Receives Fiji Premier

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, led the ceremony of receipt of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, Josaia Voreque Bainimarama, who pays an official visit to Cuba, at the Palace of Revolution.

2 October, 2019 Chancellor of Cuba Rates U.S. Sanctions as State of War

What defines the current state of relations is a sharp tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said during an interview given on Tuesday to the Vice-President of International News of The Associated Press, Ian Phillips, at the agency’s headquarters in New York, days after his participation in the UN General Assembly.

1 October, 2019 Diaz-Canel Congratulates the People’s Republic of China

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, congratulated the Chinese people, their government, the Communist Party of China and its leaders on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

1 October, 2019 Cuba and China on the Firm Path of Brotherhood

The First Secretary of the Party’s Central Committee, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, presided over the political-cultural event in Havana for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

30 September, 2019 President of Cuba Receives the King of Esuatini

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received this Monday King Mswati III of Esuatini, also known as Swaziland, at the Palace of the Revolution.

30 September, 2019 Machado Ventura Visits Agricultural Complexes in Granma

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, toured agricultural productive complex of the municipalities of Bayamo, Jiguani, Yara and Manzanillo, in Granma province.

30 September, 2019 Cuban Parliament convened for extraordinary session

Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban Parliament) was summoned to an extraordinary session to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic, according to an official note published this Monday in Granma newspaper .

27 September, 2019 Working differently, Because These Are Different Times

To “work differently, in line with the times we live in,” convened the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, who led this week a meeting of the highest governing body that included in his agenda several related issues with the economic life of the nation.

25 September, 2019 Diaz-Canel Condemns U.S. Persecution against Cuba

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the Trump Administration’s persecution of ships transporting oil to Cuba, an action to create hardships and difficulties for the Cuban people.