President of the Senate travel to Cuba

The President of the Zimbabwe Senate, Hon. Mabel Chinomona, left to Cuba on Saturday, August 31, leading a parliamentary delegation that includes senators and officials of Parliament. During the visit, which will run until September 6, the delegation of the Parliament of Zimbabwe will be received by the National Assembly of People's Power, will visit different historical places and deepen the inter-parliamentary relations between the two countries.

The Cuban first deputy minister of industries strengthens economic ties with Turkey.

Istanbul, September 2, 2019. The first deputy minister of the Ministry of Industries of Cuba, Eloy Álvarez Martínez, began a working visit to Turkey to exchange with Turkish economic-commercial authorities and business leaders, and participate in the high-level segment of the 88th Izmir International Fair, the most important trade fair event in the Eurasian country, that begins on September 6.

Successful participation of Cuba in the International Festival "Art Alive" in South Africa

Pretoria, September 1st, 2019.- The talented Cuban saxophonist Michel Herrera, at the head of the Madre Tierra group, was in charge of putting the international “Art Alive” festival held on September 1 in the South African city of Johannesburg.

Cuba was represented for the first time in “Art Alive”, as a special guest country to this great cultural event that starts in spring every August and brings together the most prominent local young talent and musicians of the international scene.

Denunciation to the US blockade against Cuba in the Press Festival of the Communist Parties in Vienna

The traditional scenario of the VolksstimmeFest, annually organized by the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ, by its German initials); held from 31 August to 1 September in Vienna, was an appropriate occasion to denounce the illegal economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by US against Cuba and its tightening by President Trump Administration.

Pope Francis appoints New Cardinal in Cuba.

Vatican City, September 2, 2019. The Archbishop of San Cristobal de La Habana, Monsignor Juan de la Caridad Garcia Rodriguez, will be proclaimed Cuba's new cardinal on October 5, announced Pope Francis.

The Supreme Pontiff reported on the upcoming College of Cardinals in the Vatican and announced the names of the new Cardinals this Sunday, after the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square.

Garcia Rodriguez replaced Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who recently passed away, as archbishop of the archdiocese of San Cristobal de La Habana in 2016.

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