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 […]
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 […]
Camaguey, Cuba.-On the day that marks the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Granma yacht, the funeral cortege that carries the ashes of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro departed for eastern Cuba. The Caravan of Freedom, as the cortege is known, spent the night at the Ignacio Agramonte Revolution Square […]
Sao Paulo, Brazil.-Brazilian leaders Dilma Rousseff and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva will participate in the funeral homage to Fidel Castro on Saturday and Sunday in Santiago de Cuba. Rousseff called that the Cuban leader one of the most important figures of contemporary politics and “a visionary who believes that a fraternal and just society, […]
Santa Clara, Cuba.-The caravan that carries the ashes of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, resumed its march today to Santiago de Cuba from this central city. After stopping one night in the same place where the remains of the Heroic Guerrilla, Ernesto Ché Guevara, rest, the funeral procession continued this morning its […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Director General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Michael Moller, has expressed his condolences on the death of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. Moller visited the Cuban embassy in Geneva to sign the book of condolences opened after the death of the leader, who passes away on November […]
Havana, Cuba.-Three decades after the first program of prevention against HIV / AIDS, Cuba has achieved a low prevalence of the disease, health authorities stressed today during the World Day of response to this pandemic. Speaking to the press, Maria Isela Lantero, head of the National Program for the Prevention and Control of STDs/HIV/ AIDS, […]
Santa Clara, Cuba.-Under the cheers of ”I am Fidel” and ”Long Live Fidel”, the ”Commander Ernesto Che Guevara” Revolution Square in this city has received the caravan that carries the ashes of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution. Thousands of people, mostly young students, gathered from some hours before on the grounds of the […]
Paris, France.-UNESCO Executive Council President Michael Worbs has said that Fidel Castro was one of the most emblematic statesmen of the 20th century and given his condolences on the death of the historic leader of the Cuban revolution. ‘The Cuban revolutionary leader has been, for more than 50 years, one of the most emblematic statesmen […]
Havana, Cuba.-Bolivian President, Evo Morales, has said here that the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, will live forever in the history of humanity and his supporters. Fidel and Cuba changed the world: now, as long as there is a socialist person standing and fighting, Fidel will be forever among us, Morales said in […]
Havana, Cuba.-Presidents and personalities from the five continents arrived here on Tuesday to participate in the posthumous tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. At the José Martí International Airport, South African President Jacob Zuma assured that Fidel’s death caused sadness and consternation in his country. Namibian President Hage Geingob, speaking […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro has reaffirmed here the Cuban people”s willingness to continue the ideas and work of the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolution, Fidel Castro. Raul Castro recalled in his speech last night at the posthumous tribute to the historical leader, who passed away on November 25th, that Fidel Castro devoted his life to solidarity […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Caravan of Liberty, with the ashes of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, left today for the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba, as close as possible to his original route in January Of 1959. The funeral procession covered several streets in Havana, where the capital city gave the […]
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