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Foreign Minister Tangara bids farewell to Cuban ambassador
BANJUL, 7th February 2023: The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara on Friday 3rd February 2023 received in audience the out-going Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to The Gambia His Excellency Sr. Rubén García Abelenda, at the Ministry’s offices in Banjul. In the presence of the Permanent Continue reading
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Cuban Foreign Minister denounces growing inequality in the world
Havana, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the growing inequalities that affect the planet and the poverty that affects millions of human beings. In his Twitter account, the Minister of Foreign Affairs appealed to data provided by the non-governmental organization Oxfam, revealing that «since 2020, for every dollar earned by a Continue reading
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Celac and a resounding no to US blockade on Cuba
Buenos Aires, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) expressed today its rejection of the United States blockade against Cuba and requested its exclusion from the unilateral list of nations that allegedly sponsor terrorism. In a document adopted in the Buenos Aires declaration, the Heads of State and Government Continue reading
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Vice Prime Minister of Cuba signs book of condolences for the death of the Gambian Vice President
Havana, Jan 25 (RHC) Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz attended Tuesday the signing of the book of condolences opened by the Gambian Embassy in Havana, on the occasion of the death of its Vice President Badara Alieu Joof , on January 18th . The senior leader conveyed the deepest condolences on behalf of Continue reading
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Cuba mourns physical loss of Vice President of The Gambia
Havana, Jan 19.- Cuba mourned the death of the Vice President of the Gambia, Badara Alieu Joof, and expressed its solidarity for the unfortunate event, reported on Wednesday by the authorities of that West African nation. The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, released a message on Twitter in which he expressed his deepest Continue reading
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Unity and multilateralism, Cuba’s call at the UN for G77+China
United Nations, Jan 15 (Agencies) The pro tempore presidency of Cuba in front of the G77+China called for unity and multilateralism as a priority for the bloc, made up of 134 countries from Africa, Latin America and Asia, of the 193 that are UN members. This was stated during the ceremony of the transfer of Continue reading
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Cuban President reiterates invitation to his Gambian counterpart to visit the island
Havana, Jan 12.- The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reiterated a recent invitation to his Gambian counterpart, Adama Barrow, to visit the Caribbean island soon. On Wednesday receiving the credentials of Sheikh Tijan Hydara, the new ambassador of this West African nation in the largest of the Antilles, Díaz-Canel also reciprocated a greeting received from Continue reading
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Cuba will assume the Presidency of the G77+China at the UN
United Nations, Jan 11 (Agencies) Cuba will take possession, this Thursday, of the pro tempore Presidency of the G77+China, the largest and most diverse concerted group in the multilateral arena, with 134 member states, which represent two thirds of the members of the United Nations system and 80% of the world’s population. It is the Continue reading
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The Truth Behind the film ‘Cuba in Africa’
By Kester Kenn Klomegah (From Gambian newspaper The Voice) In this snapshot WhatsApp interview, Negash Abdurahman, producer of the the film ‘Cuba in Africa’ which won several prestigious international awards, narrates his experiences. Abdurahman is an Ethiopian-American filmmaker and an educational technology specialist. He is also the Founder of RI Systems Inc. His award-winning film Continue reading
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Lula’s government will resume the More Doctors program in Brazil with Cuban health professionals
Brasilia, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary of Primary Care of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, Nesio Fernandes, affirmed that the More Doctors program, extinct during the administration of the defeated president Jair Bolsonaro, will be resumed. «The agenda to resume More Doctors is immediate. We want to place doctors in all Brazilian municipalities in Continue reading
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Congratulations from the world to the Cuban Revolution for its 64th anniversary this January 1st
– From The Gambia they also congratulate Cuba on its National Day The Cuban Revolution once again received this January 1st the congratulations and recognition of millions of people around the world who continue to find in it an example of resistance. The expressions of affection and respect came through social networks, public events, demonstrations, Continue reading
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64 years of Revolution, of struggles and victories
Statement of the Cuban Medical Brigade in The Gambia on January 1st Sixty-four long years defending our conquests, resisting the cruel and ruthless blockade imposed by our neighbors to the north, putting our limitless creativity and our fertile intellect to overcome each crisis and each difficult period. Here we are with our feet in the Continue reading
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Yes, I Can, the Cuban method that literate millions?
Havana, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) More than 10 million people in some thirty countries learned to read and write with the Cuban method, Yes, I can, which is now spreading to Honduras with the arrival of a group of pedagogical advisers. THE METHOD Conceived between 2001 and 2002 by the impulse of the historical leader Continue reading
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Gratitude and much affection in The Gambia towards the Cuban health professionals
Banjul, Dec 18th.- Moving words of praise received from the management of the Central Hospital of Banjul a group of members of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) who successfully concluded their mission in The Gambia. In an act chaired by Dr. Ammar Al Jafari, director of the main healthcare center of this West African nation, Continue reading
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ALBA-TCP Statement confirms commitment to regional unity
Havana, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The Heads of State and Government of ALBA-TCP ratified in Cuba their commitment to strengthening the regional mechanism, as an instrument of union between peoples, based on the principles of solidarity. In the final Declaration of the XXII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Continue reading
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Caribbean Summit calls to end the US embargo on Cuba
Bridgetown, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The VIII Caricom-Cuba Summit adopted this Tuesday the Bridgetown Declaration, which calls for an immediate end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo of the United States against that island, announced Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez. This was indicated by Rodríguez in his account on the social network Twitter, in Continue reading
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Emotional tribute to Fidel in The Gambia
Banjul.- Ten-line stanzas, poems and beautiful prose texts were dedicated this November 25 to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, in an emotional tribute activity for the VI anniversary of his physical disappearance, organized by the Medical Brigade of the Caribbean Island (BMC) in The Gambia. After listening to and singing the Continue reading
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Fidel in the hearts of the people
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) In these sad days, as the sixth anniversary of the departure of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution approaches on November 25th, I heard an African friend say that he would have given more than 20 years of his life for Fidel Castro to be physically among us. These Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel reaffirms will for dialogue between Cuba and the US
Havana, Nov 15 (PL)) Cuba has the will to, with all due respect and the ability to be on equal terms, to establish dialogues with the United States that bring both countries closer, President Miguel Díaz-Canel assured this Monday. After a tour of the exhibiting companies from the United States at the Havana International Fair Continue reading
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Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Cuba turns 23
– ELAM has graduated 30,636 students from 120 countries, including Africans and Americans. Havana. – The Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba (ELAM) celebrated this November 15, 23 years since it was founded by the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, who is considered a promoter of the training of human resources in this Continue reading
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