Canada

Ottawa - This Friday, October 17th, at the Southminster United Church, Cuban composer, director, and pianist José María Vitier offered the concert "Ibero-American Visions," within the framework of the celebrations for Hispanic Heritage Month in Canada and Cuban Culture Day.

The Consulate General of Cuba in Toronto participated, on October 10th and 11th, 2025, in the 1st Festival dedicated to the "trova" musical style held in Toronto, "Cuba sings and blossoms."

Organized by Nancy Quetzal and Ernesto Espinoza, the event featured the Cuban "trovadores" (troubadours) Raul Torres, Fidel Diaz Castro, and Erdwin Vichot, accompanied by a group of artists of different nationalities who joined together, armed with guitars, violins, saxophones, flutes, and poetry to represent the ultimate expression of Cubanness through music.

This October 9th, the Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, was received at the House of Commons by Member of Parliament Don Davies, interim leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP).

In a very interesting meeting, described as such by the Cuban Ambassador on social network X, both parties exchanged views on the international situation and the potential development of relations between Cuba and Canada.

Ottawa - On the afternoon of September 29th, Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz received the CEO of "Diplomat & International Canada" magazine, Abdel Karim Awwad, at the Embassy of Cuba.

Karim Awwad explained in detail the purpose of the magazine, the type of articles that is published in it, and took the opportunity to praise Cuban culture, its traditions, its people, which is - he pointed out - among the best that a visitor to the Island can find, beyond sun and beach tourism, tobacco, and rum.