Havana, Cuba.-The role of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in strengthening the relationship between his nation and the Caribbean has been highlighted here in the context of the celebration for the Cuba-CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Day. During a special reception held in this capital, regional diplomats stressed the legacy of the recently […]
Havana, Cuba.-This year”s International Crafts Fair Crafts (FIART) has now opened at the PABEXPO exhibition hall, in western Havana. The fair features crafts from Cuba and other parts of the world and this year welcomes exhibitors from Portugal and Haiti, along with participants from 18 other nations such as Spain, Italy, Canada, India, Argentina and […]
Mexico City, Mexico.-Political and social figures, artists and friends of the Cuban revolution paid tribute to Fidel Castro in Acapulco, at the Mexican state of Guerrero. Dozens of people recalled at the sea drive in Acapulco, in front of the Zopcalo, main square in that port and tourist city, to the Cuban revolutionary man, with […]
Havana, Cuba.-December is a month of particular significance for Latin American and Caribbean integration, as the legacy of regional unity from Commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez will be highlighted, the Venezuelan ambassador here, Rafael Ramirez, said on Wednesday. In an interview with Prensa Latina, the diplomat recalled the birth of the Bolivarian Alliance for […]
Havana, Cuba.-The company directed by star dancer Carlos Acosta will carry out a tribute performance today to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, to thank his constant support to the arts of the country. Acosta Danza, name of the company, will perform at the Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro in Havana’s Garcia Lorca […]
Havana, Cuba.-Delegations of Cuba and the United States will meet here today to carry out the fifth version of the bilateral commission between these two nations, confirmed today the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry (Minrex). According with the note, Josefina Vidal, general manager for the United States for Minrex, will preside the local delegation, and Mari […]
Havana, Cuba.-The combination of two great leaders, Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez has allowed the creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), an integrated mechanism with enormous value for the poor and needy, according to Jose Luis Merino, who is a member of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Lizt Alfonso Ballet of Cuba, a ballet group recently awarded with the International Spotlight Award in the United States, announced that it will close its 2016 performing season with a show called ”1..2…3…Everybody to Stage” in Cuba. All the generations of the ballet company including its professional current staff will take part in […]
Brussels, Belgium.-The 28 countries of the European Union (EU) today approved at the level of their ambassadors the signing of a political agreement and cooperation between that bloc and Cuba to normalize their relations. According to the official EU website, the provision – which is still awaiting approval – was taken today by European officials […]
Mexico City, Mexico.-The demonstration made by millions of Cubans in a tribute to Fidel Castro was amourning, but also, it was a sample of hope, said an article written for Mexican newspaper La Jornada Sunday. The endless rows by people of all kinds in Cuba, reflect sorrow, concern, seriousness, before the death of a man […]
Santiago de Cuba, CUba.-President Raúl Castro deposited today the funerary urn with the ashes of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in his last resting place at the St. Ifigenia cemetery of this city. The sorrowful and emotional moment was accompanied by Dalia Soto del Valle, wife of Fidel, relatives and more […]
New York, United States.-Cuban ambassador, Ana Silvia Rodriguez, has thanked today the examples of sorrow, admiration and solidarity received from the five continents at the island”s Permanent Mission to the UN on the death of Fidel Castro. The interim charge d’affaires told Prensa Latina that representatives of more than 140 UN members, senior officials of […]
Rome, Italy.-The Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today paid tribute with a minute of silence to the memory of the Cuban Revolution”s historic leader, Fidel Castro. The tribute, paid at the opening of the 155th regular meeting of the executive body of FAO’s top management body, was a […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-Cuban President Raul Castro highlighted today Fidel Castro”s visionary capacity enabling him to see the future. In the political ceremony of posthumous tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, in the Square Antonio Maceo of this city, he recalled that the president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, referred that Fidel had […]
Havana, Cuba.-News media and personalities of the continent continue highlighting today the significance of Fidel Castro for the region, the multitudinary good-bye of his people and the funeral service of the historic leader whose decease is not only mourned in Cuba but in many other parts of the world. Argentinean media reflect today the multitudinary […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-The first secretary of the Union of Young Communists, Susely Morfa, affirmed today that the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is passing towards immortality, while the new generations follow his legacy. We will not defraud the confidence that he always deposited in the youth and as in that moment […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-A solemn, private ceremony was held Sunday morning in Santiago de Cuba, as the ashes of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro were being placed in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery — Fidel’s final resting place — near the Mausoleum that keeps the remains of another universal Cuban — National Hero José Marti. On […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-Cuba rides today with Fidel and the song of Raul Torres is catching on deeply in thousands of persons who already look for it over the radio or television and memorize its beautiful lyrics of high poetic value. Accompanied by images of the Commander in Chief in his innermost link with Cubans, […]
Havana, Cuba.-The company directed by star dancer Carlos Acosta said today that next performances will be dedicated to Cuban Revolution”s historic leader Fidel Castro, to thank him for his constant support for Cuban arts. Acosta Danza, name of the company, will perform on December 7th at the hall Garcia Lorca of the Gran Teatro de […]
New York, United States.-Ambassadors and officials accredited to the United Nations (UN) continued signing today the condolence book, opened by the Cuban Permanent Mission”s headquarters here, to honor the recently deceased revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Permanent and temporary representatives for countries in the five continents went to the Cuban diplomatic mission in New York, during […]
