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Speech by Jose Luis Ponce, Ambassador of Republic of Cuba in Bahamas. August 18, 2010
Today is an important day in the history of the bilateral relations between Bahamian and Cuban Peoples. With us, there are 21 Cuban teachers who will begin working in the Bahamian public schools in a few days, according to the Educational Collaboration Agreement signed recently by the Ministry of Education of the Bahamas and the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogical Institute of Cuba. More...
Call in Peru to strengthen support for the Cuban Five
CUBA, August 18th, 2010.- A group of prominent personalities convened in Lima (Peru) to maximize solidarity with the Cuban Five, unjustly imprisoned in U.S. for almost 12 years. More...
President of Indonesia thanks the congratulations for the 65 Anniversary of the Independence.
INDONESIA, August 18th, 2010.- The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, thanked the congratulations on the commemoration of the 65 Anniversary of the Independence of Indonesia that were offered by Jorge León, Ambassador of Cuba and Dean a.i. of the Latin-American and Caribbean Group of the Head of Mission in Jakarta, during the Official Reception offered in the Palace of Government on 17 August 2010. More...
Cuban Ambassador to Grenada met with the Minister of Agriculture
GRENADA, 17 August 2010.- The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Grenada, Honourable Michael Lett, and the Cuban Ambassador to this island, Angel Reigosa de la Cruz, met today. More...
Grenadian´s Foreign Minister met with Cuban Ambassador to Grenada
GRENADA, 17 August 2010. - Grenada’s Foreign Minister, Peter David, and the Cuban Ambassador, Ángel Reigosa de la Cruz, held a meeting at the Head Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this country in order to review aspects of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. More...
Forum of Sao Paulo Highlights Example of the Cuban Revolution
CUBA, August 17th, 2010.- The example of the Cuban Revolution for the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean is highlighted in the main document of the 16th Meeting of the Forum of Sao Paulo (FSP) that begins on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More...
The Cuban Five Present at Dolores Huerta's 80 Birthday Concert Celebration
EE.UU., August 17th, 2010.- Under the theme "Weaving Movements Together," a benefit concert honoring the 80th birthday of long time civil rights activist Dolores Huerta took place on Friday, August 13th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California. Her idea for the celebratory event was to build a space that would make available a progressive agenda. More...
Russian Friendship Society Congratulates Fidel on his Birthday
RUSSIA, August 17th, 2010.- The Society of Friends of Cuba in the Russian city of Sayangorsk congratulated the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on his 84th birthday, organizers reported. More...
Cuban Minister of the Interior in Vietnam
VIETNAM, August 16TH, 2010 .- Army Corps General Abelardo Colome Ibarra, the Cuban Minister of the Interior, arrived in this capital to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam. More..
Thoughts of Fidel Castro Underlined in Bolivia
BOLIVIA, August 16th, 2010.- The validity of the thoughts of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, was highlighted today at a workshop on the imprint of the Caribbean state on the processes of change like that Bolivia. More...
Fidel and Colombianos por la Paz Meet in Havana
CUBA, August 15th, 2010.- A group of members of Colombianos y Colombianas por la Paz, headed by Senator Piedad Cordoba, met with Commander in Chief Fidel Castro on Sunday morning in Havana, the Cubadebate Web site reports. More...
Spanish Communists Congratulate Fidel on His Birthday
SPAIN, August 14th, 2010.- The Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) has sent its congratulations to the Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, who is celebrating his 84th birthday, reports Prensa Latina. More...
Birthday of Commander- in-Chief celebrated in Saint Lucia
SAINT LUCIA, August13TH, 2010.- A Central Activity was held by all of the Cuban Collaborators to celebrate Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz´s 84th Birthday celebration at their place of residence. More...
The South African Communist Party congratulates Fidel
SOUTH AFRICA, August 13TH, 2010.- The South African Communist Party, sent to Comrade Fidel a congratulatory message on the occasion of his 84 birthday. The message highlight the figure of the Comander in Chief as an inspiration to the progressives people all over the world that is still fighting for justice, peace, equality and socialism. More...
Solidarity Movement Calls to Use Social Networks in Fight for the Cuban Five
CUBA, August 12th, 2010.- The Cuba-Venezuela Mutual Solidarity Movement called to make better use of modern information technologies, particularly social networks, in the campaign for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in the United States. More...
Activity in Favor of the Cuban Five in New York
EE.UU., August 12th, 2010.- Among other activities in favor of the freedom of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly imprisoned in US jails since 1998, on September 3, an exhibition of the artistic work of Antonio Guerrero—one of them—will be inaugurated in New York. More...
Ecuadorean Ambassador Expresses Backing of Fidel’s Call
CUBA, August 11th, 2010.- Ecuadorean ambassador to Cuba, Edgar Ponce, backed on Tuesday in this capital the call made by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to prevent a nuclear war, resulting from the US and Israeli war threats against Iran. More...
Congolese Ambassador Thanks Cuba and Fidel for their Solidarity
CUBA, August 11th, 2010.- Pascal Onguemby, ambassador of the Republic of the Congo to Havana, expressed on Wednesday in this city his gratitude for the island’s solidarity and for that of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro towards that African nation. More...
International Youth Day Festivities will honor Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela
CUBA, August 11th, 2010.- To Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro, to our Five Heroes Prisoners of the Empire, and the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students will be dedicated the activities arranged for the International Day of Youth on August 12, said Osnay Miguel Colina, member of the National Bureau of the Young Communists Union (UJC), in a press conference held Tuesday in this capital. More...
Gerardo Hernández thanks Danny Glover for visit him in jail
EE.UU., August 10th, 2010.- Cuban antiterrorist fighter, Gerardo Hernandez, unjustly imprisoned for over a decade in the United States appreciated the gesture of solidarity of renowned American actor Danny Glover, who visited him last Sunday in the federal prison of Victorville, California State. More...
EmbaCuba Zimbabwe and Zimbabwean Friendship Association celebrate July 26.
ZIMBABWE, August 9th, 2010.- The Cuba-Zimbabwe Friendship Association, ZICUFA, and the Cuban Embassy in this African nation, held the 57 Anniversary of the Attack to the Moncada and Carlos Manuel of Céspedes Barracks. More...
Notimex and ACN Sign Collaboration Agreement
CUBA, August 6th, 2010.- Mexican news agency Notimex and the Cuban News Agency ACN signed a collaboration agreement Friday in Havana for the exchange of news and editorial services.
Notimex and ACN’s General Directors Sergio Uzeta Murcio and Esteban Rairez Alonso, respectively, signed the agreement that will allow the exchange of graphic, radio and text services between the two agencies. More...
Spanish Senator Highlights Example of the Cuban Five
CUBA, August 4th, 2010.- Spanish Senator Joan Josep Nuet said on Wednesday in this eastern city that the five Cuban heroes, unfairly imprisoned in the United States, are a real example of struggle against terrorism. More...
More Aid to Rebuild the Haitian Health System
CUBA, August 4th, 2010.- The 4th Haiti-Brazil-Cuba Tripartite Meeting, which wound up on
Wednesday in this capital, gave a boost to a project for the reconstruction of the Haitian
health system, dismantled by the January 12 earthquake. More...
MERCOSUR Condenms US Blockade Against Cuba
ARGENTINA, August 3RD, 2010. — At the closing act of the 39th Summit of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) , its member countries "expressed their rejection toward the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba with the conviction that it is contrary to the principles of the UN Charter", stated the final declaration of this event, reported ANSA. More...
Solidarity with Cuba Event Planned in Berlin
CUBA, August 3RD, 2010.- The Solidarity Network with Cuba in Germany will begin preparations for a Europe-Cuba solidarity event planned for 2012, which will occur in Berlin, the capital of Germany. More...
Guayasamín Foundation Requests Support of the Cuban Five from U.S. Church
CUBA, August 3RD, 2010.- The Guayasamín Foundation, from Ecuador, published a letter to a priest from a Church in Washington D.C., Peitro Sambi, requesting efforts in support of freeing the Cuban Five, imprisoned unjustly in the United States for fighting terrorism. More...
Ratified solidarity with Cuba in the celebration of July 26 in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA , August 2ND, 2010.- The chapter of the Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) in the province of Gauteng and the members of the Cuban Embassy in South Africa, celebrated the 26 July in the municipality of Ekhuruleni in a political-cultural event. More...
Nadine Gordimer and Ariel Dorfman expressed solidarity with Gerardo Hernández
SOUTH AFRICA, August 2ND, 2010.- The Nobel Literature Laureate Ms. Nadine Gordimer signed the urgent appeal of the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Free the Five requesting the immediate end of the cruel and inhuman treatment currently imposed on Gerardo Hernández. More...
Seminar on the Cuban Revolution in Limpopo
SOUTH AFRICA, August 2ND, 2010.- The Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) in the province of Limpopo, celebrated the 57 Anniversary of the attacks to the Moncada and Bayamo barracks with a seminar on the achievements of the Cuban Revolution. More...
Exhibition on OSPAAAL’s posters opened in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA, August 2ND, 2010.- On the occasion of the 26 July, it was opened at the University of Cape Town (UCT), the exhibition of posters from of the Organization of Solidarity among the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL) entitled “Humanity has move on”. More...
Cuban Foreign Ministers Receives his Chinese Counterpart
CUBA, Jul 31, 2010.- Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla received in Havana his Chinese Yang Jiechi counterpart, who arrived in Cuba yesterday on an official invitation. More...
South African Minister ff International Relations And Cooperation meet The Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
SOUTH AFRICA, July 29, 2010.- As culmination of the visit to South Africa of the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Marcelino Medina, the Cuban official meet with the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. More...
The Deputy President of South Africa meet with the Cuban First Deputy Minister Of Foreign Affairs
SOUTH AFRICA, July 29, 2010.- The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, meet with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Marcelino Medina on the occasion of his visit to South Africa. More...
Cuba and South Africa celebrate Political Consultations
SOUTH AFRICA, July 29, 2010.- The Deputy Minister of Internati
onal Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Ebrahim Ebrahim and the Cuban First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina lead in this capital the 8th Meeting of the Cuba-South Africa Consultative Mechanism, on the occasion of the visit of Mr. Medina to this African country. More...
Pastors for Peace Exchange with Cuban University Students
CUBA, July 29, 2010 .- The members of the 21st US-Cuba Friendshipment Caravan attended on Wednesday night a cultural gala at the House of the Federation of University Students (FEU) located in downtown Havana. More...
Cuban embassy promotes cooperation tourism in Lampung, Indonesian.
INDONESIA, July 29, 2010.- On the occasion of the 20 Festival of the Karakatau 2010, in the province of Lampung, Indonesia, and complimenting invitation of the Governor of Lampung, Mr. Sjachroedin ZP, during the 24 and 25 of July, 2010, the Ambassador of Cuba Jorge León, attended the opening ceremony of the Festival, the carnival of representation of the provinces of Indonesia and performed a visit to the volcano Karakatau. More...
Chilean Activists Ask U.S. President to Release the Cuban Five
CUBA, July 29, 2010.- Members of the ¨Movimiento Pueblo Sin Techo,¨ or ¨Population without a Roof Movement,¨ from Chile, asked U.S. President Barack Obama to free the Cuban Five, who are unjustly imprisoned in U.S. jails. More...
Machado Ventura Reiterates Cuba´s Solidarity with Venezuela
CUBA, July 27, 2010.- José Ramón Machado Ventura, first vice-president of the State and Ministry Councils, reiterated the un-limited support of Cuba for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, whose peace and sovereignty have been threatened by Colombia. More...
Raul Castro: Cuba and Venezuela are Moving Towards the Economic Union
CUBA, July 26, 2010.- “We are moving towards the economic union between Cuba and Venezuela” said Cuban President Raul Castro to close the first summit of both nations this Monday. More...
Cuban Medical Brigade in Zimbabwe held Cuban July 26th.
ZIMBABWE, July 26, 2010.- The Cuban Medical Brigade that works in Zimbabwe began its festivities for July 26th, with a party and political act in the Parirenyatwa Hospital, located in Harare. More...
The 26 of July lets us irrevocably think back to that day in 1953 when one brave group of Cuban brothers, together with the Cuban people where fed up with the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, and took the decision to free the Cuban People of this yoke. More...
Dominican Republic against US Blockade of Cuba
CUBA, July 22, 2010.- The Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Morales, stated on Thursday that his country is in favor of the US lifting its blockade against Cuba. More...
Dominican FM Signs Accord with Cuba, Announces Others
CUBA, July 22, 2010.- Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales on Thursday signed an agreement with his Cuban peer, Bruno Rodriguez, exempting diplomatic and official passports from visas, and announced that the countries will sign other agreements in the near future. More...
Pastors for Peace Crosses US Border into Mexico
CUBA, July 22, 2010.- Ellen P. Bernstein, member of Pastors for Peace’s board of directors, said in Havana that the 21st friendshipment caravan heading to Cuba crossed the U.S. border into Mexico . More...
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez Delivers Keynote Speech in Havana
CUBA, July 22, 2010.- President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez Reyna delivered a keynote speech in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, where he predicted the possibility of social protests and revolutions in the next three decades, as a result of the current international financial crisis. More...
Raul Castro Receives Dominican President Leonel Fernandez
CUBA, July 22 (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the official welcoming ceremony in Havana to Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic.
After the two countries national anthems were played, Raul and Leonel Fernandez reviewed the troops from the ceremonial unit of the General Staff of the Cuban Revolutionary Army Forces. More...
Minister of Health of Indonesia attend the Cuban Film Festival in Jakarta
INDONESIA, July 22, 2010.- The Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Dra. Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, attended the projection of the Documentary "Afro-Cuban Legends", in the second day of the celebration of the Cuban Film Festival that takes place in the Arts and Cultural center "Bentara Budaya", of the newspaper KOMPAS. More...
March in Solidarity with Cuba Held in Argentina
CUBA, July 22, 2010.- Members of political, social, community, labor and student organizations from Argentina walked down the main streets of Buenos Aires in a march called South American March to demand the end of the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba. More...
Statement made by Marcelino Medina Gonzalez, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba and Dead of the Cuban delegation to the African Union Summit.
Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and authorities of the sister nations of the African continent;
Distinguished guests;
On behalf of the people and the government of Cuba, we would like to thank the President of the African Union, His Excellency Bingu wa Mutharika, as well as the President of the African Union Commission, Mr. Jean Ping, for having given us the opportunity to address this Summit of the African Union, whose motto is “Maternal and Child Health and Development in Africa”. More...