With the conviction that the Homeland is one and that wherever we are we will be part of it, several topics of great interest were debated this weekend in a meeting with a representation of the Cuban community residing in St. Kitts, Ambassador David Rivero and Ivón Tomé, Counselor in charge of consular affairs in this Federation.
On the occasion of the 171st anniversary of José Martí, Cubans and Vietnamese joined together today in the central park-garden Tao Dan, in Hanoi, to pay tribute to Cuban heroe, “an extraordinary politician, ideologist and man of culture of Latin America”.
These are the words that define the National Hero of Cuba on the plaque placed on the bust that perpetuates his memory here, and where the ambassador of Cuba, Orlando Hernandez, recalled the most relevant aspects of the revolutionary trajectory of the pro-independence hero.
As usual, every year the Embassy of Cuba in St. Kitts and Nevis organizes a meeting with the young people of this Federation who benefitted from the Scholarship program that the Cuban government grants as part of the cooperation agreements between Cuba and CARICOM member countries. On this occasion, four medical doctors who graduated in Cuba will soon begin a new period of studies on the island. They will study the medical specialties of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gastroenterology and Radiology, starting in February.
Two new health cooperators from #Cuba arrived in St Kitts this weekend to join the Medical Brigade that has been providing its services in this Federation for more than two decades. With these new additions there are 16 professionals who, with a humanistic vocation and unwavering commitment, continue to give life to this sister Caribbean nation.
Leaders of the Vietnamese Party, State, Government and National Assembly on December 31 cabled messages of congratulations to their Cuban counterparts on the 65th National Day of Cuba (January 1, 1959 - 2024).
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong extended their congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
The Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Association's chapter in Ho Chi Minh City (VCFA HCMC) will continue to promote people-to-people diplomacy activities to increase understanding between the people of Vietnam and Cuba as well as between Ho Chi Minh City and Cuban localities in particular, contributing to further intensifying the special relations between the two countries. This orientation was approved at the 3rd congress of the association for the 2023-2028 tenure held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 28.
Colombo, November 25, 2023. Organized by the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates in Cuba and the Cuban embassy, an event of remembrance and tribute to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, was held on the seventh anniversary of his death, which is commemorated this November 25.
At the event, headed by the Cuban ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés González Garrido, and by Chiththadhamma Rathnamudali, President of the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates in Cuba, a well-deserved tribute was paid to Fidel's legacy and his historical relevance.
For the fourth time, Cuba is presenting a report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council. The national report that we are presenting today is the result of a broad and participatory process of consultations with government institutions and organizations of our civil society. Of the 226 recommendations accepted during the former Universal Periodic Review, 215 -that is, 95 per cent- have been implemented. We are making progress in the implementation of the other 11.
Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has joined those of other countries in opposing the US’s economic and trade blockade on Cuba, emphasising that these measures violate international law and run counter to the fundamental principles and norms of the UN Charter.
Resounding Support of Cuba at UNGA against US Blockade
Havana, November 1, 2023.- UN member nations strongly condemned the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba at Wednesday’s plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
