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12 June, 2017 Vietnam Supports Cuba´s Fight against Blockade

After greeting in Hanoi Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reaffirmed the Vietnam´s support to Cuba in the fight against the blockade and y advocated to continue strengthening the bilateral relations under Fidel´s legacy.

9 June, 2017 The World Is Committed to Save Oceans

The United Nations Ocean Conference ended this Friday with a Called for Action political declaration, a commitment by the international community with the protection and sustainable management of seas

9 June, 2017 Syrian Army Arrives at Iraqi Border

In a large and surprising operation, Syrian army units and allied militias met the Hashed Shabi Iraqi people’s force, on the Syrian-Iraqi border in the northeast of the town of Tanef.

9 June, 2017 BREXIT Calendar Will Remain Intact

The European Union warned this Friday the newly elected British Prime Minister Theresa May, which the elections´ results will not alter the timetable for the UK exit of the bloc, the so-called Brexit.

9 June, 2017 Hemingway in Cuba, a Standing Presence

The eighteenth Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium will be from June 15 to 18 at Ambos Mundos Hotel, in Old Havana, one of the endearing places in the life of the American writer.

9 June, 2017 Debate on Public Health in Cuba

Cuban Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura participated in the discussions of the Commission on Efficiency at the National Union of Health Workers Conference.

9 June, 2017 Cuba Expresses Condolences to Iranian People and Government

Cuban Vice-President Salvador Valdes Mesa, accompanied by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Abelardo Moreno Fernandez, signed the book of condolences opened at the Embassy of Iran in Havana, to condemn the terrorist attacks perpetrated in that country last Wednesday

7 June, 2017 Homage to Vilma Espin in Granma

Meetings of members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) with students and professors from teacher training schools in Bayamo and Manzanillo marked the beginning of the activities of homage and remembrance in Granma to Vilma Espin, founding president of that organization.

7 June, 2017 Africa and Cuba: a Single Heart

Hundreds of delegates from Zambia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria approved the final declaration of the fifth Continental Conference of Solidarity with Cuba, which expresses unconditional support for the Caribbean island.

7 June, 2017 National Lyric Theatre Celebrates Anniversary

The National Lyric Theatre, directed by Maestro Roberto Chorens, will celebrate its 50th anniversary next Friday 9 at five in the afternoon, in Gonzalo Roig Hall in Havana.

7 June, 2017 Eusebio Leal Receives Replica of Marti´s Gavel

Visibly moved, Eusebio Leal, historian of Havana, received this Wednesday the replica of Marti´s Gavel, granted by the National Council of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba, in the presence of Cuban Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.

7 June, 2017 Cuba Prepares for World Youth Festival

At the headquarters of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC), in Havana, began the preparatory process and the program of activities for the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students.

7 June, 2017 Extremist Opposition Wants to Exterminate Venezuelans

Venezuelan Minister for Communication and Information Ernesto Villegas said this Tuesday in Caracas that the true plan of the opposition right is to consummate an extermination of a part of the Venezuelan population.

6 June, 2017 Trump Hints He Caused Qatar´s Political Situation

US President Donald Trump insinuated this Tuesday through on Twitter that his Middle East tour is related to the decision of some countries in that area to break diplomatic relations with Qatar.

6 June, 2017 High Foreign Presence in Sports Forum

The organizing Committee of the Seventh International Convention on Physical Activity and Sports, confirmed this Tuesday the attendance of over one hundred and seventy foreign delegates from twenty-two countries, a figure far superior to that of just two years ago.