The Ambassador of Cuba, Vladimir González Quesada, held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC), Prof. Saeed Sarkar. The Cuban diplomat was accompanied at the gathering by the Second Secretary of the Embassy, Norberto Escalona Carrillo.
CUBA, October 26 2016.- The Cuban resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba" received at United Nations today, a historic support to get 191 votes in favor, none against and only 2 abstentions (United States and Israel).
Kuwait, Oct. 26, 2016. Andres Gonzalez Garrido, ambassador of Cuba in Kuwait visited the headquarters of the weekly magazine The Times of Kuwait, where he held a meeting with his editor in chief Reaven de Souza.
During the meeting they discussed various international issues of interest, including the vote of the Cuban resolution against the blockade, that to be held this October 26 during the sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
New Delhi, 25 October 2016. From 23 to 24 of this month was held in the capital of India an International Conference entitled "Focus Latin America: the Need for an Effective Program," which was sponsored by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA ) with the participation of a group of personalities, academics and former diplomats from Latin America and India to propose ways to approach the Indian subcontinent to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The people of Cuba continue their centuries’ long struggle in the reconquest of full justice. Along this road they have given ample proof of their capacity for resistance in the face of enormous challenges. One such challenge is the economic, commercial and financial blockade which has been imposed by the United States of America and has remained in place for over fifty years.
Kuwait, October 22, 2016. A group of 10 bachelors in nursing arrived to the capital of Kuwait to begin Cuban cooperation in the area of nursing health sector.
The group was received by Cuban ambassador Andres Gonzalez Garrido at Kuwait International Airport.
Nurses will offer their services in the Dasman Diabetes Institute as a result of an agreement signed between this institution and Medical Services Enterprise of Cuba, CSMC.
By: Nino Pagliccia, 20 October 2016
Originally posted at http://www.cubasolidarityincanada.ca/2016/10/21/open-letter-to-mr-barak-...
Dear Mr. President:
Re: Your October 14, 2016 Presidential Policy Directive – United States-Cuba Normalization
First of all I would like to acknowledge the decisive change in your Cuba policy by re-establishing a diplomatic relationship with the Island that was broken for way too long. I would also like to recognize the positive developments in areas such as telecommunication, transportation and travel, and some aspects of trade and commerce since December 17, 2014.
Kuwait, October 21, 2016. On the occasion of the October 20, Day of Cuban Culture, the Embassy of Cuba in Kuwait recalled this important date.
Cuba's ambassador in Kuwait, Andres Gonzalez Garrido stressed the significance for all Cubans this day, in which the date of October 20, 1868 is remembered, when Cuban independence achieved their first victory against to Spanish colonialism to take the city of Bayamo and the people sang for the first time Cuban National Anthem at theSquare.
The Revolutionary National Police General Division, the International Relations and Collaboration Division and the Minors Division of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cuba, with the sponsorship of UNICEF announce the “3rd. International Conference on Minors Protection” to be held at Palco Hotel, Havana, Cuba, from May 24th to 26th, 2017. It will gather professionals and technicians interested on the topic, aimed at promoting the exchange of experience.
