Rome, Italy.- Cuba is present at the TTG Travel Experience Tourism Fair, which is taking place from October 12 to 14 in the city of Rimini, in the northeastern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, a Cuban representative at the event said on Wednesday. Madelen Gonzalez-Pardo, the tourism counselor of the Cuban Embassy in Italy, said that […]
Rome, Italy.- The First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba (Mincex), Ana Teresita González Fraga, arrived today in this capital to participate in the 8th Binational Committee between her nation and Italy . González Fraga will carry out an intense work program during her visit, which includes meetings with […]
Havana, Cuba.- The debates of the 5th edition of the International Colloquium of Studies on Native Cultures in the Americas recall in Cuba on Wednesday Indigenous Resistance Day, as several countries of the region describe this date. Commemorated as Day of the Race in other Latin American and Caribbean nations and Hispanic Day in Spain, […]
Montevideo, Uruguay.- The blockade the United States exercises against Cuba could not prevent the sending of aid from the Uruguayan solidarity movement with the island, a well-known promoter of that cause said on Wednesday. Gabriela Cultelli, an activist of the Uruguayan Anti-imperialist Committee of Solidarity with Cuba and the Peoples of the World, denounced in […]
Havana, Cuba.- A donation of 400,000 bags of food, electrical equipment and roofs arrived in Cuba today from Venezuela as a contribution to the recovery of the severe damages caused by Hurricane Ian. The cargo was received at the port of Mariel, 45 kilometers from the Cuban capital, by the ambassador of that nation, Adan […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cubans on Monday recall the 154th anniversary of the date that marked a new course, October 10, 1868, for the then jewel of the Spanish crown in America. That day in history not only marked the beginning of the war of independence that would last ten years and ended without the insurrectionists, exhausted […]
Madrid, Spain.- The 6th Meeting of Cuban Residents in Spain raised its voice in Bilbao, Basque Country, in favor of the Caribbean nation while joining demonstrations against the US blockade. As Prensa Latina learned from sources close to the event on Monday, the meeting concluded with two events denouncing Washington’s economic siege against Cuba for […]
Havana, Cuba.- The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, said that after the onslaught of hurricane Ian in the west of the country, solidarity among all people must prevail. The message published by the Cuban legislative highlighted the support of brigades of electrical workers from various provinces of […]
Havana, Cuba.- The activities for the 50th anniversary of the Nueva Trova Movement in Cuba will be inaugurated Friday with a concert at Casa de las Americas’ Che Guevara Hall in Havana. Recognized as the space that hosted the first meetings of the new song movement in Cuba, Gerardo Alfonso and his band will give […]
Havana, Cuba.- After three days of academic exchanges, concerts, traditional “guateques” (Cuban rural parties), and tributes, the first edition of the Ibero-American Congress of Decima and Improvised Verse winds up in Havana on Friday. Dedicated to poet Jesús Orta Ruíz, better known as El Indio Naborí, on his 100th anniversary of his birth, repentistas (folk […]
Havana, Cuba.- Havana Creative Spaces, a cultural experimentation laboratory today maintains the call for new creative residencies aimed at young people in Cuba. Attached to the Office of the Historian of Havana, the project privileges alliances with relevant institutions such as the National Council for Performing Arts, the National Center for Medical Genetics and the […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba continues recovery efforts in the provinces affected by Hurricane Ian. During a meeting held on Thursday on the review of recovery tasks, the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stressed that all actions must be carried out as soon as possible. In Pinar del Río, the hardest-hit province, 75,994 houses and buildings suffered […]
Beijing, China.- The Ernesto Che Guevara association of Cubans residing in China expressed solidarity with their compatriots in the face of the damage left by Hurricane Ian in western Cuba. The organization also lamented the economic and material losses derived from the phenomenon, expressed support for the victims and ratified confidence that the country will […]
Havana, Cuba.- The recovery of the power grid in Cuba after Hurricane Ian “can be considered a feat”, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Roberto Morales, said on Wednesday. He tweeted that in Artemisa and Pinar del Rio, the most hit territories, much more still has to be done. “They […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba is currently making progress in the recovery of the territories affected by Hurricane Ian, which caused severe damage to housing, agriculture, and power services in the country. According to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, “there is still much to be done so that life can return to normal in Pinar del Rio and […]
Washington, United States.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez reiterated his country’s willingness to talk with the US Government based on equality and mutual respect, according to an interview published on Wednesday. In statements to journalist Rania Khalek, of the BreakThrough News, Rodriguez considered 2023 as a year for that additional opportunity because there is an […]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.- The signing of two cooperation agreements in the cultural and sports areas strengthens ties between Cambodia and Cuba, whose Prime Minister Manuel Marrero is on his second day of the official visit to Phnom Penh on Wednesday. The agreements were signed at the end of the official talks between Marrero and his […]
Mexico City, Mexico.- Mexico’s La Jornada newspaper on Sunday echoed a demand by U.S. activists to President Joe Biden to temporarily lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba. Americans are asking President Biden to enable Cuba to receive necessary building materials following the passage of Hurricane Ian, which left serious material damages and […]
