Eventos
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Gambia Assumes ECOWAS Commission Presidency
The Gambia’s candidate to occupy this high profile position is Dr. Omar Touray. It is the first time in the history of the ECOWAS Commission that The Gambia will occupy the presidency. The position rotates among the member states of the organisation. President Adama Barrow received the news today with delight, saying it is a Continue reading
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They will celebrate African Continental Virtual Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba
– Africa for Cuba Oct 5 – With the aim of continuing to strengthen relations between Africa and Cuba, to raise our voices in defense of truth, unity, peace and in rejection of imperialist threats, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) will celebrate this Thursday, October 7, an African Continental Virtual Meeting Continue reading
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Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, at the General Debate of the Seventy-Sixth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, at the General Debate of the Seventy-Sixth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly. September 23rd, 2021. Mr. Secretary General; Mr. President; We are living uncertain times. Under the Continue reading
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CONVOCATION : African Continental Virtual Event of Solidarity with Cuba
Dear friends, The effects of the pandemic prevent the holding of the Seventh African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, which was agreed to take place in the sisterRepublic of Mozambique from November 23 to 25, 2021. In the face of this situation, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples invites you to participate Continue reading
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Heirs of Fidel in the Gambia
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay. On August 13th, 1926, in Birán, the former Cuban province of Oriente, a man worthy of enormous personality was born, the most emblematic, transcendent and outstanding of the entire 20th century and part of the 21st. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Revolutionary leader who positively transformed the lives of millions Continue reading
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Appeal of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Cuba to the parliamentarians of the world
The International Relations Committee of the National People’s Power Assembly of the Republic of Cuba wishes to thank all parliaments, parliamentary groups, organizations, entities and persons from all corners of the world who have raised their voice in the last months in favor of the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Continue reading
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Gambia-Cuba: 42 years of solidarity and mutual cooperation
By Rubén G. Abelenda (*) On May 19th, Gambia and Cuba will celebrate 42 years of the establishment of their diplomatic relations, based from the beginning on the precepts of friendship, solidarity and mutual cooperation. While it is true that Cuba has selflessly collaborated with the Gambia in the health spheres, in the training of Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Havana, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) elected this Monday the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as the first secretary of the leading political formation of the Caribbean nation. In its first plenary meeting, the new Central Committee voted by the delegates to the 8th Congress Continue reading
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Raúl Castro announces his retirement, but ready to always defend Cuba and just causes
– Raúl ratified Cuba’s solidarity with Africa and the Caribbean Havana, Apr 18 (Agencies) No one doubts it, that as long as I live, I will be ready to defend the Homeland, the Revolution and Socialism, said Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, who announced the conclusion of his task as First Secretary of the Communist Continue reading
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A Giron just the same but different
By MSc. Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) «That the tanks do not stop until the mats are wet with the water from the beach, because every minute that these mercenaries are on our soil entails an affront to our country.» Fidel Castro Between April 17th and 19th , 1961, troops from the 2506 brigade under Continue reading
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Cuba will virtually celebrate International Workers’ Day
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina)- The Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) and its national unions convened this Monday the virtual celebration of the upcoming May 1 with the slogan United: We do Cuba. The International Workers’ Day, preceded by the days of the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, will focus its activities on Continue reading
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Como Girón, los candidatos vacunales cubanos son otra gran victoria
Por Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Como el triunfo alcanzado en Girón, en 1961, frente a la invasión mercenaria de EE.UU., los proyectos de fármacos cubanos contra la Covid19 son hoy ya otra gran victoria del pueblo de la mayor de Antillas, en medio del arreciado bloqueo que le mantiene Washington desde hace 60 años. La Continue reading
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Thousands of people in some 60 cities around the world expressed their rejection of the US blockade against Cuba
– The president of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association, J ModouPeh Grant, wrote: «We unite with all peace-loving people in the world to fight together with them against the blockade.» Havana, March 29 (Agencies) Neither the language, geographic or health barriers caused by Covid-19 prevented activists from building Bridges of Love in some 60 cities around Continue reading
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Massive Caravan in Cuba for global solidarity against the US blockade
– The world demanded this weekend the end of the Washington blockade to the dignified and supportive island of the Caribbean. Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who participated this Sunday in the caravan against the economic blockade of the United States, thanked the expressions of solidarity with the island received Continue reading
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From Europe, they announce actions in 40 countries of the world against the US blockade to Cuba
Paris, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) The Europa for Cuba channel announced activities in some 40 countries as part of the global caravans against the US blockade to the island, scheduled for March 27 and 28. In its 23rd broadcast, the moderators José Antonio Toledo and Michele Mesagna specified that the number of nations could grow Continue reading
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Woman, flower with soft petals and powerful roots
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay «A tasty mix of cultures, with a pinch of sugar, were the ingredients that created the Cuban Woman!» José Marti This March 8th, the women of the beautiful island dress up to intoxicate with the sweet scent of her tenderness and infect with the powerful spirit of tireless fighters. The Continue reading
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Women who make history
By: María Inés Álvarez Garay March 8th was formalized by the United Nations in 1975 as International Women’s Day, in recognition of thousands of textile workers who, in the mid-nineteenth century, a day like this but in 1857, decided to take to the streets of New York, In the middle of the industrial revolution, with Continue reading
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Caravans in the US and Canada against the blockade and for Cuban families (+Video)
Ottawa, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Associations of Cubans residing in Canada and the United States demanded this Sunday the lifting of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba. In the cities of Miami, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Minneapolis, Ottawa and Montreal, groups of protesters spoke out against Washington’s policies that Continue reading
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Merecido honor para una “Rosa Roja” cubana
Por Rubén G. Abelenda (*) Fue José Martí quien dijo que “Honor para quien Honor merece”, pero el Apóstol nunca pudo imaginarse que la distinción más alta que se otorga a los periodistas en Cuba llevaría su nombre, tras el triunfo de la Revolución en la isla caribeña el 1 de enero de 1959. Este Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 