The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, starts a three-day official visit to Washington, the first of a foreign leader under the administration of Donald Trump, who was in Paris last July on the occasion of the French national day.
The President of the Councils of State and of Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received in the Palace of the Revolution of Havana Bolivian President Evo Morales, who pays an official visit on the island.
The United Nations Security Council is conducting an open debate on youth, peace and security, just at a time when the multilateral organization focuses on enhancing the participation of the new generations.
The director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Issa Etienne, at the head of the Pan-American Health Organization, cut the inaugural ribbon at the fourteenth Health for All Trade Fair, dedicated to Fidel´s legacy, to Raul and to the Cuban people.
In the company of the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Bolivian President Evo Morales toured the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), in Havana.
In assuming the mandate of the people as President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel dedicated his first thought to the historical generation that with humility and consecration accompanies this hour of pressing challenges.
The head of State of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced this Wednesday he will visit Cuba soon to ratify his support to the Caribbean nation and saluted the nomination of Miguel Diaz-Canel as President of the State and Ministers Councils.
On the day of the victory in Playa Giron 57 years ago, it will be announced today the conformation of the Council of State elected by the deputies in the constitutive session of the National Assembly of Popular Power, attended by Cuban President Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Party.
Nicaragua commemorates today the 57th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution in Playa Giron, a feat that slowed in less than 72 hours an invasion of the island organized by the United States.
The Venezuelan Minister of Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, Nestor Reverol, reported on the neutralization of a terrorist cell that planned violent actions to prevent the elections next May 20.
The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, called for an end to military interventions following the attack on Syria by the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
The lawmakers conforming the People”s Power National Assembly took the oath today to their responsibilities, to constitute the Ninth Legislature of that entity.
Esteban Lazo has been re-elected Wednesday as Speaker of the 9th Legislature of the Cuban Parliament that was inaugurated today.
Cuban lawmaker Gerardo Hernandez deemed today that the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of People”s Power (Parliament) will have among its main tasks to maintain the principles of the Cuban Revolution.
The National Candidacy Commission proposed Wednesday Esteban Lazo as Speaker of the 9th Legislature of the newly-inaugurated Cuban Parliament, nomination that will have to be ratified by direct and secret vote by the 605 lawmakers.
The Government of Canada has taken the decision to designate its Embassy in Havana as an unaccompanied family mission; as a result, it has been stated, of the symptoms of health problems reported by some of its diplomats in 2017.
The IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) was constituted today in solemn session in this capital, with the oath of the deputies who will represent the people during the next five years.
