Science

29 May, 2023 Cuba shares concern about plastic pollution in international forum

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba is participating in Paris in the second session of negotiations on an international treaty against plastic pollution, a forum in which it shared concerns about this threat and defended technology transfer to developing countries. According to delegate Jorge Álvarez, general director of the Office for Regulation and Environmental Security of Cuba’s Ministry […]

22 May, 2023 S. Africa celebrates the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s medical collaboration

South Africa, South Africa.- The Cuban medical brigades in South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho celebrated the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s internationalist collaboration in the health sector on Saturday. During a teleconference from the Bloemfontein National Hospital, the doctors, led by the head of Cuba’s medical mission in South Africa, Jorge Delgado Bustillo, expressed their willingness […]

15 May, 2023 Cuba and Vietnam strengthen cooperation in veterinary medicine

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba and Vietnam agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of veterinary medicine, on the occasion of the visit of Deputy Minister Maury Hechavarría at the head of a delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag). On his last day in Ho Chi Minh City, Hechavarría held a meeting with the general director […]

15 May, 2023 Mexico donates statistical information devices to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Mexico donated mobile devices to Cuba that will be used in the development of the Population and Housing Census in the country, informed today the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI). According to the source, the devices delivered in Havana, will also support other research of this type, which will make it possible […]

10 May, 2023 Cuba will continue developing ties with the EU

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba ratified this Tuesday the will to continue developing the best relations with the European Union (EU), on the occasion of celebrating Europe Day. The Cuban Foreign Ministry expressed on Twitter that the Caribbean island wishes to continue ties with the community bloc, based on the principles and objectives stipulated in the Political […]

9 May, 2023 Cuban science delegation made successful visit to Belarus

Havana, Cuba.- The visit to Belarus a Cuban delegation of science ended, with a comprehensive program that allowed them to get closer to the experience of that nation. According to Santiago Pérez, Cuban ambassador to Belarus, with the visit the established objectives were met, which included learning, exchanging and transmitting experiences from both parties. Meanwhile, […]

8 May, 2023 Cuban Minister of Agriculture urged food sovereignty

Santa Clara, Cuba.- Cuba’s Minister of Agriculture, Ydael Pérez, on Sunday, gave a keynote lecture on the Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Education Law to producers in the Cuban province of Villa Clara. The minister chose the municipality of Camajuaní for his lecture, 24 kilometers away from this city in central Cuba, because of its agricultural […]

8 May, 2023 CITMA representatives meet with diplomats at environmental convention

Havana,Cuba.- Representatives of Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) exchanged information in the capital with the diplomatic corps belonging to the Group of 77 + China on the 14th Convention on Environment and Sustainable Development. Deputy Minister Adianez Taboada Zamora and other executives of the organization gave details to the respective ambassadors about […]

4 May, 2023 Cambodia and Cuba are willing to cooperate in the agricultural sphere

Havana, Cuba.- Cambodia and Cuba expressed in Phnom Penh today their willingness to strengthen ties and extend cooperation to agriculture, during a cordial meeting between senior leaders in this field. The disposition was expressed in a meeting between Dith Tina, Cambodian Minister of Agriculture, Forest Resources and Fisheries, and Maury Hechavarría, Cuban Vice Minister of […]

19 April, 2023 Cuba to ratify the Parliament leadership

Havana, Cuba.- The president of the National Candidacy Commission, Consuelo Baeza, explained today to the deputies of the Cuban Parliament that, after consulting the legislators, it was proposed to reelect the current leadership of that body. Baeza said that the members of the Legislative recognized the professional experience of the current president, Juan Esteban Lazo, […]

19 April, 2023 Bolivian minister praises collaboration with Cuba in agriculture

Havana, Cuba.- The Bolivian Minister of Rural Development and Land, Remmy González, affirmed today that collaboration with Cuba in this sector benefits both parties in the sphere of food production. González reported that the Bolivian side sought the support of experts from the Caribbean island in the application of bio-inputs to combat pests in agriculture […]

12 April, 2023 Solidarity Canadian associations to send medical supplies to Cuba

Paris, France.- The Juan Gualberto Gómez association of Cubans living in Toronto and Canadian associations filled a container with medical supplies for Cuba in an initiative framed in the Chanel “Europa por Cuba” solidarity campaign, under the motto:”World Tsunami against the blockade”. The channel published on Monday a video message on social networks, after finishing […]

11 April, 2023 Cuban Convention of Earth Sciences starts today

Havana, Cuba.- Experts from 15 countries attend the inauguration today of the 10th Cuban Convention on Earth Sciences (GEOSCIENCES 2023), which will be in session until next Friday at the Havana Convention Center. The event program includes the opening of an Exhibition of Products, New Technologies and Services for Geosciences, according to the Master of […]

23 March, 2023 Cuba denounces shameful pressure from the US on Italy for hiring Cuban doctors

Havana, Cuba.- The recent pressure from the US government on Italy against the hiring of Cuban doctors in Rome, was described as shameful, when trying to apply the economic blockade to the island extraterritorially. In a statement released this Thursday, the Italy-Cuba Friendship Association also indicates that it is an “absurd interference by the United […]

23 March, 2023 Cuban President congratulates meteorologists on their day

Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated on Twitter the Meteorology workers for helping to prevent and save. The World Meteorological Day is celebrated on March 23, and is dedicated to raise awareness of the importance of meteorology and hydrology for the environmental balance and all the activities carried out by human being on […]

22 March, 2023 United Nations: Vice Prime Minister of Cuba attends event on water

Havana, Cuba.- The Vice Prime Minister of Cuba, Inés María Chapman chairs the Cuban delegation that arrived in New York on Tuesday to participate in the Conference of the United Nations on Water 2023. The delegation is also made up of the president of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources, Antonio Rodríguez, and other authorities […]

7 March, 2023 Cuban Foreign Minister welcomes International Treaty on Marine Biodiversity

Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez considered the International Treaty on Marine Biodiversity, outside national jurisdiction, a historic and beneficial fact for southern nations. In his Twitter account, the foreign minister said that the so-called BBJN “agreed after complex discussions preceded by 10 years of negotiation, is the historic text that marks a milestone […]

6 March, 2023 UN General Assembly president receives Cuban delegation in Doha

Doha, the United Arab Emirates.- The president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Csaba K?rösi, received on Sunday the Cuban delegation to the Fifth Conference of the Least Developed Countries, which is being held in this capital. The Caribbean representation, headed by Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca, discussed issues of […]

2 March, 2023 US blockade affects Cuba’s clinical engineering

Havana, Cuba.- In Camagüey, one of Cuba’s provinces with the largest hospital infrastructure, the Center for Clinical Engineering and Electromedicine is currently seeking alternatives to overcome the negative effects of the United States blockade. Founded in 1987, the institution currently relies on the work of its 170 workers, who are affiliated with the National Association […]

27 February, 2023 Cuban health and scientific delegation arrives in Belarus

Havana, Cuba.- On Sunday, a Cuban medical and biotechnology delegation arrived in Minsk to participate in a business forum of producers and exporters, Ambassador Santiago Perez announced. In statements to Prensa Latina, he said that the Cuban delegation is headed by First Deputy Minister of Public Health Tania Cruz, and includes BioCubaFarma Vice President Eulogio […]