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Fire in Matanzas demonstrated Cuban unity and international solidarity
By: Yoel Almaguer de Armas – From Africa, including Gambia, there were numerous messages of condolences and encouragement to Cuba Havana, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The sad story of the fire at the Supertanker Base in the city of Matanzas evidenced the unity of the Cuban people and the imprint of this nation in the Continue reading
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Cuba pays tribute to firefighters who lost their lives in Matanzas
Havana, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba pays tribute to those who died fighting the large-scale fire in the Industrial Zone of Matanzas. In the Firefighters Museum of the city, the population will be able to express their respect and gratitude for the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the attempt to quell the Continue reading
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Tribute to Fidel on his 96th birthday this August 13th
By Patricio Montesinos Cubans pay special tribute these days to the historic leader of their Revolution, Fidel Castro, whom they speak of with a mixture of admiration, respect and longing, but they always do so in the present, despite his physical departure. For the millions of admirers in the largest of the Antilles of the Continue reading
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Sanctions fuel the fire
August 9, 2022 Dear President Joe Biden, Now more than ever, it’s time to write a new page in U.S.-Cuban relations. We are making an urgent, public appeal to you to reject the cruel policies put into place by the Trump White House that have already created so much suffering among the Cuban people. On Friday, August Continue reading
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Fourth day of fire confrontation of great proportions in Cuba
Matanzas, Cuba, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The fourth day of fighting the fire at the Super Tanker Base in this provincial capital began today with the return of the helicopters that dumped water in the area of the incident. They are Air Force aircraft that hang a kind of basket with 2,500 liters of water Continue reading
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The Gambia and Cuba will sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the area of Higher Education
Banjul, August 6th. – The Gambia and Cuba will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Higher Education with the purpose of further strengthening the links of collaboration between the two sister countries. To that end, the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology of this West African nation, Pierre Gomez, Continue reading
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Cuba reaffirms its unreserved support to the “one China” principle
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Havana.- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba states its firm rejection to the actions aimed at harming the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China; condemns interference in its internal affairs, and emphasizes its concern over the increasing tensions and further deterioration Continue reading
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New young people from the US, the Caribbean and Africa graduated as doctors at the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba
Havana, July 31st. (Agencies) A new group of young people from the US, the Caribbean and Africa graduated as doctors from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), an institution that aims to train health professionals from developing nations. More than 800 new doctors will join to strengthen the health services of a dozen countries Continue reading
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Cuba is an alternative to the exclusive order, affirmed President Díaz-Canel
Cienfuegos, Cuba, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuba represents an alternative to the exclusive order that prevails in the world, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said today, speaking at the celebrations for the Day of National Rebellion. In the act celebrated for the 69th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks with Continue reading
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Tribute to Cuba from all corners for the National Rebellion Day this July 26
– Gambian doctors who are studying specialties in Cuba joined the solidarity with the Caribbean island. Havana, Jul 25 (Agencias) Voices of solidarity with Cuba were heard this weekend on all continents at the gates of the celebration of the 69th anniversary of the attack on Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks. On July Continue reading
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Declaration of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Gambia on the occasion of July 26
Our principles will never be negotiated. We will defend our Revolution in all scenarios. On July 26th, 1953, young people led by Fidel Castro proposed, at the risk of their lives, to rewrite the political and social history of a Cuba that was oppressed by the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. The justness of his Continue reading
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Cuban vaccine against lung cancer makes its way into the US
– Collaboration is beneficial for both countries Havana, July 20 (Agencies) The Cuban therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, Cimavax-EGF, the result of more than two decades of research, with satisfactory results in people with advanced stages of lung cancer, conquers the US scientific community and its population, based on the achievements shown in the studies Continue reading
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Solidarity of Pastors for Peace, from the USA, again in Cuba
Havana, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) About hundred people are today in this capital in the XXXII Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan, an emblematic movement of solidarity between the peoples of the United States and Cuba. The group is made up mostly of young people between 18 and 30 years old who are visiting Cuba for Continue reading
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Mandela the Indomitable
By Patricio Montesinos – On the occasion of this July 18 International Nelson Mandela Day Certainly, Nelson Mandela was indomitable, as former Bolivian President Evo Morales described him, shortly after the physical disappearance of the historic South African anti-apartheid leader, an irreparable loss for humanity and for the most dispossessed in this world. According to Continue reading
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Caravan of Pastors for Peace of the USA defies blockade against Cuba again
Washington, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) In a new challenge to the US blockade against Cuba, the members of the XXXII Friendship Caravan of Pastors for Peace will arrive in Havana next Monday. More than 20 cities traveled the «caravanistas» on three routes that merged last Monday in Jacksonville, Florida, and then headed to the last Continue reading
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There is no greater pride than serving the motherland!
By Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) That July 26, 1953, with the assaults on the Moncada garrison in Santiago de Cuba, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo, on the morning of Santa Ana, the right way to victory in Cuba began. That day not only gave its name to the July 26 Revolutionary Movement, Continue reading
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Pope Francis affirms that Cuba is a symbol
Rome, Jul 12 (Agencies) «Cuba is a symbol, Cuba has a great history,» Pope Francis told the media. The Supreme Pontiff added that “I love the Cuban people very much. I had good human relations with Cuban people and also, I confess, I have a human relationship with Raúl Castro”. Francisco pointed out that «I Continue reading
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They ask to remove Cuba from the unilateral US list on terrorism
Washington, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba does not sponsor terrorism but global well-being, said an article on the Peoples Dispatch website on Monday, which urges President Joe Biden to remove the island from that unilateral list of the United States. Biden can eliminate this designation with a stroke of the pen, affirmed the text signed Continue reading
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From the Gambia, the Cuban Medical Brigade in defense of its Revolution
More than two decades have passed since the first Cuban doctors arrived in the Gambia to give rise to what would be the birth of the Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) in this sister nation of West Africa. Many years have passed, and the good work done by our collaborators has been felt throughout the geography Continue reading
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Cuba with first place in the world for anti Covid-19 booster doses
– State of Bayelsa, Nigeria, interested in vaccines from Cuba Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is today the nation with the most anti-Covid-19 booster doses administered to its population worldwide, thanks to a staggered vaccination campaign with nationally produced immunogens. China, Italy, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Brazil, United States, India, Russia Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent"
"The greatest crime that can be committed against this continent today is neocolonialism, the attempt to establish capitalism in the peoples of Africa." Fidel Castro
"An Island on a Continent" 