Ottawa, December 3, 2025 – At midday today, the Assembly of the Canada-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group of the Canadian Parliament, established for the current Legislature, convened.
Between November 18 and December 2, Leima Martínez Freire, North America Director for the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), undertook a working visit to Canada, taking her to the cities of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Vancouver.
In Toronto, the ICAP North America Director participated in and spoke at a symposium held at the University of Toronto, marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Carlota. The event included the participation of intellectuals and friends of Cuba.
Lebanon's Minister of Education and Higher Education receives invitation to participate in the 15th International University 2026 Congress and the ISRI 2026 International Seminar
Lebanon's Minister of Education and Higher Education, Rima Karami, received Ambassador Jorge P. León Cruz, who presented her with a letter of invitation from the Minister of Higher Education of Cuba, Walter Baluja García, to participate in the 15th International University 2026 Congress, to be held from February 9 to 13, 2026, at the Convention Center in Havana, Cuba.
Building on the long-standing and special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba, Ho Chi Minh City is proud to be a pioneering force in actively strengthening ties with Cuba, Nguyen Van Duoc, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee, affirmed at a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic relations (1960-2025) on December 2.
Duoc stated that 65 years ago, Cuba was the first country in the Western Hemisphere to recognise and establish full diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). This was an inevitable outcome stemming from the strong connection between the two nations, who were both pioneers in the struggle against colonialism and imperialism.
Canberra, 3 December 2025. The ambassador Gilma Moreira Lino presented Jonathan Muir, Chief of Protocol at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the copies of her credentials, which will accredit her as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Commonwealth of Australia.