Archivo de October, 2019

17 October, 2019 Cuba and Mexico Ratify Willingness to Keep Ties

The governments of Cuba and Mexico confirmed the desire to continue to develop diplomatic political dialogue, and to expand economic-trade relations, investment and cooperation.

17 October, 2019 President of Mexico Welcomes Diaz-Canel

The President of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador received this Thursday at the National Palace his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel, who pays an official visit, aimed at strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

17 October, 2019 President of Cuba Regrets Alicia Alonso´s Death

he President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel lamented in a message on his Twitter account the death today in Havana of Alicia Alonso, founder and director general of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and one of the most relevant personalities of dance in the world.

17 October, 2019 Raul and Diaz-Canel welcome Russian Security Council secretary

The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raul Castro, and President Miguel Diaz-Canel received Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on Tuesday, on an official visit to the island.

17 October, 2019 Cuba’s president pays state visit to Mexico

President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived here today to begin a state visit to Mexico, a country with which the island has maintained uninterrupted diplomatic relations for 117 years.

16 October, 2019 Spanish Chancellor Pays Tribute to Jose Marti

Spanish Chancellor Josep Borrell paid tribute to the National Hero of Cuba, Jose Marti, at the Memorial of the same name located in Havana, as part of his visit to Cuba.

16 October, 2019 Unions Call for General Strike Day in France

The General Confederation of Workers, France’s main trade union, announced together with three other trade union organizations the call for a general strike day against the pension reform project.

16 October, 2019 UN Speaks Out against Global Hunger

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Qu Dongyu, alerted at the World Food Day ceremony about hunger and the different forms of malnutrition suffered by millions of people.

16 October, 2019 Cuba Denounces Blockade at Inter-Parliamentary Union

The Vice-President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, Ana Maria Mari Machado, denounced to the parliamentarians of the world the upsurge of the hostile policy of the U.S. government against Cuba.

16 October, 2019 King of Spain to Visit Cuba on November

Felipe VI, King of Spain, will travel to Cuba in November, in the context of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of Havana, chancellors Bruno Rodríguez and Josep Borrell confirmed, and referred to the favorable state of bilateral relations.

16 October, 2019 Cuba condemns genocidal US blockade in Russia

Cuba condemned this Tuesday in this capital the damages of over $138 billion caused by the genocidal US economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for nearly six decades.

16 October, 2019 No one and nothing will stop Cuba’s socialist project

Cuban Ambassador Oscar Leon, speaking on Tuesday before the UNESCO Executive Board, stressed that the Caribbean island will not renounce the socialist project chosen sovereignly by its people, despite increasing hostility on the part of the United States.

16 October, 2019 Cuban government to announce new economic measures

The Cuban government will announce today new economic measures following those adopted in the face of the fuel shortages caused by the tightening of the US blockade that has been imposed on the island for over 60 years.

16 October, 2019 Cuba: Measures to boost national industry and domestic consumption

Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdés, said the eve in the TV program Round Table, that new measures related to domestic trade, aim to strengthen national industry, order imports, while reducing costs and sales prices to the population.

15 October, 2019 Symposium on Revolution History Is Dedicated to Fidel

To Fidel Castro Ruz´s work and thought and its importance to peoples in the conquest of their sovereignty, is dedicated the third International Symposium The Cuban Revolution: Genesis and Historical Development, to be held in Havana.