The Municipal Assemblies of People”s Power will be set up in Cuba on December 17 for a new mandate that will run for two and a half years, Granma newspaper reports today.
The Municipal Assemblies of People”s Power will be set up in Cuba on December 17 for a new mandate that will run for two and a half years, Granma newspaper reports today.
On the first anniversary of the physical departure of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, a political-cultural evening that conveyed the pride of a people to have that man-history forever was held at the Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba.
The second round of the elections of delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People´s Power in Cuba concluded Sunday in 1,103 districts distributed in 153 municipalities of the island.
Thousands of people marched to the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba Monday morning to pay tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on the occasion of the first anniversary of his burial.
The president of Viajes Cuba travel agency, Jose Manuel Bisbe, said that until last Sunday, Cuba received some 4.2 million visitors.
With the placement of a floral offering from Army General Raul Castro in the memorial to the fallen in the armed uprising of Santiago de Cuba, began this Thursday the ceremony of remembrance of the historical feat led by Frank Pais in support of Granma yacht’s landing.
Artists from the Cuban province of Villa Clara will pay homage to the historic leader of the Revolution Cuban, a year from his physical disappearance, with a soiree in the Ernesto Che Guevara historical monuments in Santa Clara city.
Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received in this Monday afternoon f Colonel General To Lam, Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, who pays a work visit to Cuba.
More than seven million Cubans exercised their right to vote in the elections of municipal delegates of the People’s Power, representing 85, 94 percent of the total summoned to the ballot box.
The President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro, led the farewell ceremony to the prominent revolutionary intellectual Armando Hart, which took place in the Center of Studies on Jose Marti, where he worked until the end.
At 7 am Sunday, polling stations across Cuba´s 168 municipalities opened their doors. A message read on national radio and television called voters to participate in the election of 12 515 delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People’s Power.
Less than 24 hours for the beginning of general election in Cuba, the National Electoral Commission (CEN) is putting the finishing touches to ensure the success of the voting. More than eight million Cubans are registered to vote on Sunday to elect the delegates to the People”s Power municipal assemblies.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met Wednesday in Havana with his visiting counterpart from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ri Yong Ho.
Puerto Rican independence Oscar Lopez Rivera, visits this Wednesday the municipality of Caimanera, after honoring heroin Mariana Grajales in the city of Guantánamo, in the Revolution Square named after her.
The government of the Russian Federation has presented a donation to the people of Cuba, severely affected in September by Hurricane Irma, to help in the recovery of areas most affected by the powerful storm.
The National Electoral Commission (CEN) has convened a message action through Twitter on November 23 and 24 to support the elections of the municipal delegates to be held on November 26, local media reported today.
Antonio Becali Garrido, president of the National Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation of Cuba (INDER), received Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ghana at Jose Marti International Airport.
The 4 233 electoral colleges in Havana carried out this morning a dynamic test, an exercise to verify the functioning of the work systems prior to the elections of next Sunday.
The President of the Councils of State and of Ministers of Cuba, Army General Raul Castro, sent a greeting and a present to singer-songwriter Vicente Feliu for his birthday 70, local media reported this Sunday.