The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, left for Havana to fulfill the invitation received from the First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa.

The Dr. Bawumia will be the Special Guest of Honour at the Graduation Ceremony of the 232 new Ghanaian doctors, who completed their training in Cuban classrooms in a successful way.

Namibia, July 14th, 2019- The Founding Father and First President of Namibia, H.E. Sam Nujoma, strongly condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States government against Cuba. The ex-president was the guest of honor to the annual meeting of the Namibians graduated in “la Mayor de las Antillas”, which is carried out under the organization of the Namibia-Cuba Friendship Association.

We in the Jamaica Peace Council are saddened by the loss of Ambassador Elinor Felix who was devoted to the Vision and Mission of a peaceful world. Elinor, the shortened French version of Eleanor,  is an uncommon name for a most uncommon human being. It is uncanny how much she embodied the meaning of her name which we came across on two websites.

Whatisthemeaningofname.com defined Elinor as one with a friendly nature and a desire to please. The website also says, among other things that Elinor is expressive, diplomatic and easy-going.

The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Environment  of St. Vincent and the Grenadines commemorated the first anniversary of the Modern Georgetown Medical and Diagnostic Center with a ceremony for a year of medical excellence.

Luke Browne, Minister of Health, referred to the permanent expansion of the services offered by the Center, to the process of improvement of medical care and equipment, and at the same time he praised the performance of the 22 Cuban health professionals who work there.

Pretoria, 12 July, 2019.- The Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) joins millions of people around the world to condemn the latest Trump Administration aggressive measures towards Cuba which aims to extend its illegal blockade against Cuba. The Helms Burton Act of 1996 is now being codified by the Trump Administration to permit lawsuits to be filed in USA courts against Cuban entities.

Words are inadequate to express the deep sense of personal loss and regret that we feel, at the passing of Elinor Felix, former ambassador to Cuba, consummate public servant and a devout servant of humanity.

Our hearts are deeply saddened, as although we were very aware of her courageous battle against the dreaded disease, the finality of not having her around to use a cricket analogy, ‘hit us for six’.

CUBA, July 10, 2019.- Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday afternoon received the Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, on an official visit to our country.

The Bahamas, 10 July 2019. As an expression of the strong ties in the field of culture and in the context of the 45th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and The Bahamas, four Cuban artists were invited by the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to participate in the Cultural Gala for the 46th anniversary of the independence of this Caribbean nation.