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Jul

17

2024

Cuba's economic priorities focus National Assembly debates.

The progress of the Cuban government's action plan to correct distortions and boost the economy will open today the agenda of the National Assembly of People's Power, which will begin the third session of its ninth legislature.

Gathered in the capital's Palacio de las Convenciones, the deputies will learn on Wednesday about the state of the Caribbean nation's economy at the end of the first half of the year.

The parliamentarians will also receive an update on the progress of the execution of the State budget for 2024 and the liquidation of the budget for 2023.

Jul

16

2024

Infant mortality figures decrease in Cuba in first half of the year.

Cuba's Ministry of Public Health authorities today reported a drop in infant mortality figures so far this year.

This was made known on Tuesday during the debates of the Health and Sports Commission, which is in session as a prelude to the third ordinary period of the National Assembly of People's Power (parliament).

It was reported in the exchange that up to July 11, the number of deaths in children under one year of age was reduced by 82 cases, from 340 to 258.

Jul

15

2024

President of Cuba participates in parliamentary committee debates.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participates in the debates of the Permanent Working Commissions (CPT) of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, parliament) scheduled for today and tomorrow in this capital.

Some 11 CTPs of the ANPP will analyze in the Convention Palace more than 90 topics of interest to the citizens, after an intense stage of tours and exchange with labor collectives.

Jul

12

2024

International League of People's Struggle passed a resolution against the Blockade and the inclusion of Cuba in the List of Countries Sponsoring Terrorism

The participants of the Seventh International Assembly (7IA) of the International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) approved the resolution entitled "Campaign to Lift the US Blockade and Remove Cuba from the US List of States Sponsoring Terrorism".
The 7IA assembly, which was held in Penang, Malaysia, was attended by 535 participants from 44 countries, representing the different member organizations, as well as guests, including the Cuban ambassador, Florentino Batista González.

Jul

12

2024

Cuban President sends message to high-level meeting in China.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message to the second high-level meeting of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development, which is being held in China, the Cuban Foreign Ministry informed today.

At the opening of the event, a video message from the President was presented, in which he calls for promoting development as the central axis of the system of international relations, to coordinate efficient cooperation to reduce inequality gaps and to advance in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

Jul

09

2024

Cuban delegations to the Olympic and Paralympic Games were flagged to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The delegations that will represent Cuba at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were flag bearers today in this capital in a ceremony held at the Plaza de la Revolución.

At the base of the monument to National Hero José Martí, four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Mijaín López, escorted by archer Hugo Franco and swimmer Andrea Becali, received the national ensign from the hands of the President of the Republic, Miguel Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Jul

08

2024

Cuba calls for a World Peace Race.

The Cuban Sports Institute (Inder) and the South African Embassy in Cuba today called for the Mandela and Fidel Race for World Peace, to be held on July 20.

According to the digital site Jit, this event that pays tribute to the main political figures of both nations will be run in the facilities of the capital's Sports City and will be a qualifier for the Marabana 2024.

The director of the National Commission of Marabana-Maracuba Races and Walks, Carlos Gattorno, told Inder's official media that the 10-kilometer circuit will start and finish at the Sports City.

Jul

05

2024

Argentine intellectuals and activists call for an end to aggressions against Cuba

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and several intellectuals and human rights defenders in Argentina today backed the international call for Cuba's exclusion from a U.S. list of alleged sponsors of terrorism.

Jul

04

2024

Cuba celebrates anniversary of the Community of Caribbean States.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs releases a congratulatory message on the occasion of today's 51st anniversary of the creation of the Community of Caribbean States (Caricom).

Published on X (formerly Twitter), accompanied by the hashtag #CaribeUnido, the text assures that the occasion is "propitious to reaffirm solidarity and maintain the spirit of unity and brotherhood of our Caribbean nations".

Jul

03

2024

ALBA-TCP agreed on a roadmap for the creation of a Cooperation Agency

The member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) agreed on the route for the creation of the Cooperation Agency for Development, it was announced here today.

The information was disclosed last night on his account on the social network X, by the executive secretary of the regional integration bloc, Jorge Arreaza.

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