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Brigades and solidarity groups will visit Cuba this summer.

The president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando Gonzalez, announced Wednesday the visit of several solidarity groups to the island during the summer.

Gonzalez announced at a press conference that the XXXII Juan Rius Rivera Brigade from Puerto Rico; the XXVIII Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of volunteer work and solidarity with Cuba and the Caravan of Brazil will arrive in the Caribbean nation on July 13, 17 and 18, respectively, and will carry out activities in several provinces.

Cuba will participate in the NAM coordination meeting.

Cuba's First Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver heads the delegation that will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the Foreign Ministry informed today.

 The meeting, to be held on July 5 and 6 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will make it possible to continue advancing in the process of revitalizing the NAM as a forum for political coordination, and to exchange views on other relevant issues on the international agenda.

Cuban music makes the public dance in the United States.

To the rhythm of the best Cuban salsa, residents of Virginia, United States, made the dance floor shake.

Locos por mi Habana, El Águila, among other well-known songs by Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco were played during the concert offered this Sunday at The Palace cultural center by the Cuban band.

The presentation is part of the tour that Manolito and his orchestra are carrying out in several U.S. cities, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the group.  

From Connecticut to Havana, opening doors to Cuba.

The more than 2,000 kilometers that separate Connecticut from Cuba seemed to be shortened this week with the visit of legislators from that U.S. state determined to extend a hand to the Caribbean country.

Geraldo Reyes Jr., James Sánchez and Anabel Figueroa, members of the House of Representatives of the Connecticut General Assembly, and Edwin Vargas Jr., a former member of that body, stayed in this capital from June 25 to 29 with a clear objective: to seek ways to help lift the blockade imposed by Washington on the Antillean nation more than 60 years ago.

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