Toronto, October 19th- With 150 Tourism Professionals in attendance, including Travel Agents, Touroperators, Suppliers and Media, the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Cuba in Toronto launched its annual Travel Industry Event at Palais Royale Ballroom.
Guyana, October 20th, 2016. Local mass media provided coverage to the press conference by the Cuban Ambassador to the country, Julio César González Marchante, on the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the Cuban people by the US Government for more than five decades, and the resolution on this regard that Cuba will present to claim and end to this policy next October 26th, 2016, in the framework of the 71st Period of Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Guyana, October 20th, 2016. As part of the celebration of the Day of Culture in Cuba and as a tribute to his 90th birthday, the Cuban State Mission inaugurated a photo gallery with images of the historic leader of the Revolution, "Fidel Among Us".
New York, 20 October 2016. At the General Assembly Plenary, under Agenda item: “Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade”, the Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, noted that slave trade and the legacy of slavery are the root causes of profound social and economic inequalities, hatred, fanaticism, racism and prejudice that today continue to affect people of African descent.
Kuala Lumpur, October 20- The plastic artist, AyméeGarcía exhibit first her art work in Malaysia for first time, as part of the exhibition of art of this country, inaugurated today by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dato Seri Ong KaChuan .
Art Expo Malaysia held annually since 2007 and is considered the largest international exhibition of art in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
In this edition artists from Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Mongolia, Italy, Philippines, Brazil, Iran, France, Romania and Cuba participate.