Attention!
Users are advised that the eVisa platform for applying for electronic visas to enter Cuba will be temporarily unavailable from October 29 through November 2 due to system updates and the addition of new features.
We recommend that individuals planning to travel to Cuba during this period submit their applications well in advance to avoid any potential inconveniences.
We appreciate your understanding.
The beautiful city of Montreal was the scene of a demonstration against the United States blockade of Cuba, a cruel and genocidal policy that has inflicted harm on the Cuban people for more than six decades.
Ottawa, October 23, 2026. Ottawa City Councillor Riley Brockington visited the Embassy of Cuba in Canada, where he met with Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz and presented the Mayor’s Proclamation declaring October 20 as Cuban Culture Day in Ottawa.
The document highlights Cuba’s rich cultural heritage, history, traditions, arts, music and cultural identity, as well as the valuable contributions of Cuban residents to Ottawa’s cultural diversity.
Ottawa, October 20, 2026. — The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Canada celebrated Cuban Culture Day with a cultural ceremony and the opening of the exhibition “Miradas de Cuba: una travesía por su pintura” a journey through the richness, diversity, and enduring relevance of the island’s visual arts.
By Julio Marcial Martínez Hidalgo.
What it means to be Cuban defies almost every definition, because its very core has been shaped by the coming together of disparate singularities, sometimes reluctant to be confined between lines on a page.
It is illuminated by a rainbow that has colored the centuries-old histories, not only since Columbus first set foot on these shores, but even before that, when the famous Account of the Admiral’s Voyage had not yet been written at the gates of this land: in the age of the areítos, rock engravings, and gathering rituals.