Embassy of Cuba in Lebanon congratulates TeleSur on its 15th Anniversary
Beirut July 24, 2020. The group of the Cuban Embassy in Lebanon added to the congratulations to the news channel TeleSur, on the fifteenth anniversary of its foundation. It has been 15 years of struggle, always on the side of the truth of the peoples, and being an alternative voice to the information transnationals at the service of imperial interests.
TeleSUR is that counter-hegemonic and integration space that Our America needs to promote a new communicational order, ”Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla wrote this Friday on his Twitter account.
Embassy of Cuba in Lebanon congratulates Prensa Latina on its 61st anniversary
Beirut, June 16, 2020. The Cuban Embassy in Lebanon congratulated the Latin American Information Agency Prensa Latina on the 61st anniversary of its founding. The diplomatic mission thanked Prensa Latina for upholding the prestige of committed and revolutionary journalism.
The Embassy sent a special greeting to the correspondent of Prensa Latina in Lebanon, Armando Reyes and paid a heartfelt tribute to Ulises Canales, an excellent professional who had the honorable task of reopening the agency's correspondent in Lebanon in 2014 and who unfortunately recently passed away .
Cuba and Lebanon united by history
Beirut, April 18, 2020. The historic brotherly relations between the peoples of Cuba and Lebanon are known to all. This time we want to share a passage from our history that proves it.
After Batista's coup d'état on March 10, 1952, Fidel was forced to leave his apartment in Vedado and take refuge with friends and acquaintances. One of the places where he lived was a house in Guanabo, owned by a member of the Cuban People's Party (Orthodox). Fidel was in a difficult economic situation and had loans in various establishments in the area.
Cuban Ambassador participates in the meeting of Latin American Heads of Mission with Prime Minister Hassan Diab
Beirut, March 12, 2020. The Cuban ambassador, Alexander Pellicer Moraga, participated together with Latin American Heads of Mission, in a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
The officials discussed the situation in Lebanon and the government plans to get out of the current crisis and revitalize the country's economy. Also was discussed about the economic potentialities in Latin America and the Caribbean for the development of economic and commercial relations.
Cuba and Lebanon expressed their interest in establishing cooperation in the field of health
Beirut March 11, 2020. At the headquarters of the Ministry of Health of the Lebanese Republic, Minister Hamad Hassan received the Ambassador of Cuba, Alexander Pellicer Moraga.
At the meeting was ratified the interest in establishing mutually beneficial cooperation mechanisms in the health sector and the production of medicines. The possibility of exchanging experiences between professionals from both nations was also analyzed.