20 February, 2018
U.S. Congressional delegation visits Cuba
A U.S. bicameral Congressional delegation is visiting Cuba, headed by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt). during the congressional recess.
A U.S. bicameral Congressional delegation is visiting Cuba, headed by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt). during the congressional recess.
The Namibian Prime Minister, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, paid tribute here today to Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, José Martí, Mariana Grajales and Fidel Castro, in the patrimonial cemetery of Santa Ifigenia.
Thirty-six countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean participate in a meeting that will contribute to the Global Pact on Refugees, which the United Nations should adopt in September.
Opposition sources reported that terrorist groups Ahrar al-Sham and Harakat Nur al Din al Zenki, which operate against the Syrian army in the province of Idlib and other areas, decided to merge as a single command under the name of Front for the Liberation of Syria.
Conservative Peruvian analysts recognized the inability to prevent the participation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in the Summit of the Americas next April.
The military intervention in Rio de Janeiro ordered by President Michel Temer, virtually buries the government’s intention to approve before the end of February the challenged retirement reform promoted by him.
The epicenter of an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude was registered this Friday afternoon in Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, and also wreaking havoc in the states of Mexico, Jalisco and Guerrero, according to the National Seismological Service.
The internationalization of the curriculum and the pedagogical models will be issues to debate today during the third day of the International Congress of Higher Education, Universidad 2018, taking place in this capital.
Cuba has condemned declarations against Venezuela issued in Lima, Peru, by a group of governments of this hemisphere and rejected attempts to exclude president Nicolas Maduro from the coming Summit of the Americas,the Foreign Ministry stresses in a statement.
A cigar store named La Estrella opened its doors in the eastern Cuban city of Camagüey, a place that currently receives many foreign visitors, it was officially reported today.
The recognition given to Habanos S.A. as Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), shows the Cuban commercial panorama reinforces its development model.
Parliamentarians of Europe ratified this Wednesday in Havana their willingness to strengthen actions to contribute to the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.
Jacob Zuma announced his resignation as President of South Africa last Wednesday, after several days of constant pressure from his African National Congress Party, which issued an ultimatum for his departure, local media reported.
The Electoral Register of Venezuela has reported to date some 180 thousand movements since the beginning of a special day of registration and updating with a view to the presidential elections next April.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba strongly condemns the pronouncement of a group of countries in the hemisphere issued on February 13 in Lima, which constitutes an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, while categorically rejects the decision to reconsider the participation of the Venezuelan Government in the eighth Summit of the Americas to be held next April in Peru.
The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) has announced that it will perform the classics Giselle and Don Quixote in a tour of the United States, in the coming months of May and June. The company led by the legendary dancer Alicia Alonso will present Don Quixote in Chicago on May 18, 19 and 20, and on the 29 and 30 at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez met with the minister of Education and Higher Education of the State of Palestine, Sabri Saidam, in this capital yesterday night, according to an official report in Granma newspaper. Saidam is visiting Cuba as a special envoy and brought a message from Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to the president of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, the official press release says.
Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of Namibia, starts on Wednesday February 14 an official visit to Cuba, where she will review the bilateral relations.
Representatives of Cuba and the United States exchanged in Washington on human trafficking, at the fifth bilateral meeting on the subject, which weighed progress, experiences and discussed the challenges in prevention and confrontation with that crime.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the telephone with his similar Ukrainian, Petro Poroshenko, addressed cooperation to investigate the accident of an AN-148 aircraft and the possibility of continuing the exchange of prisoners in Donbass.