CUBA

Starting December 18th, the airline WestJet will inaugurate a new direct route between Canada and Cuba, thus strengthening air connectivity and creating new opportunities for the national tourism sector.

This air bridge will facilitate the flow of visitors from one of our main source markets, increasing flight capacity and access to emblematic destinations such as Varadero, Cayo Coco, and Havana. The connection will have two weekly flights every Thursday and Sunday.

Harare, November 3, 2025 – The Volunteer Troops for Sustainable Development (VTSD) of Zimbabwe today urged the youth of the African nation to join the recovery efforts in Cuba following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

A statement from the youth organization expresses deep solidarity with the people and government of the island for the destruction caused by the storm in the eastern part of the country.

Bindura, Zimbabwe, October 31, 2025 – Cuba's collaboration in the training of Zimbabwean professionals was recognized today during the 24th Graduation Ceremony of Bindura University of Education and Sciences (BUSE), in the presence of the President and Rector, the Honorable Dr. Emerson D. Mnangagwa.

Some two thousand students graduated from various faculties of the prestigious institution, whose origins lie in the educational assistance provided by the Caribbean nation since the late 1980s, following Zimbabwe's independence.

The Vietnam-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group called the United States government to put an end to the economic, financial, and commercial blockade and remove the island from Washington's State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list. In a message of greeting and solidarity sent to the Cuban National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament), the group also urged the US administration to “take the necessary steps to normalize relations” with the Caribbean nation. High-level Vietnamese leaders have repeatedly reaffirmed this stance, the letter underscores, and cited speeches delivered before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) by To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), last year, and current President Luong Cuong a few days ago.