RAUL Castro says the Venezuelan government and the Chavista people are writing admirable chapters of resistance. The Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary asked Cubans to remain alert and aware that “we could face additional difficulties and that the situation could worsen in coming months” in view of US aggression against the island.

The Mast, 14 April 2019. RAUL Castro says the Venezuelan government and the Chavista people are writing admirable chapters of resistance. The Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary asked Cubans to remain alert and aware that “we could face additional difficulties and that the situation could worsen in coming months” in view of US aggression against the island.

Pretoria, April 15, 2019.- The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stated in his Twitter account that "Cuba is tirelessly working for the safe return of Assel (Herrera) and Landy (Rodríguez), our doctors kidnapped in Kenya . With them and their loved ones we share the certainty that their humanitarian mission will be respected and recognized. We believe in the power of solidarity ».

Pretoria, April 15, 2019.-  The XIII Biennial of Havana was officially inaugurated on Friday morning, an event sponsored by the National Council of Plastic Arts and the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center.
Under the general theme "the Construction of the Possible" the present edition of the Biennial was presented by its organizers as a space for those typologies of contemporary art that understand creation as a "living event".

New York, 15 April 2019. In his statement at the Tenth Session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Aging, Jorge Luis Cepero Aguilar, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, stated that in the island the increase in the quality of life of the elderly has been possible thanks to the political will of the Government and to the efforts and participation of the people.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Pedro Luis Despaigne González attended the tribute organized in Accra, by the Embassy of the Republic of Angola to Captain (r) Kojo Tsikata, and to whom the Angolan Ambassador, Mr. Augusto da Silva Cunha, decorated for his contribution to the liberating national struggle in that Southern African country.

New York, 15 April 2019. The United States announced that the Acteon Group, a British subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, will have to pay 227,500 dollars for alleged violations of the blockade on Cuba.

As reported by the Department of the Treasury, its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reached an agreement for that amount with the company and several subsidiaries to 'settle the possible civil liability for seven apparent violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR).'

Westmoreland, Jamaica, 13 April 2019. For the twelfth occasion, the Westmoreland Chapter of the Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association organized the national act in celebration of the Anniversary of the Victory of Playa Girón, this Saturday April 13th, in the afternoon.

The Petersfield Institute served as the venue for the event, chaired by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández, Berthel Moore, Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, and Mathias Brown, President of the Chapter.

New York, 14 April 2019. British bank Standard Chartered will pay 1.1 billion dollars for allegedly violating U.S. blockade on Cuba and sanctions against other countries, the US Treasury Department reported.

The London-based institution agreed to pay 947 million dollars to US entities, including 639 million to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury department.

The Executive Deputy Director of the National Ballet of Cuba, Redento Morejón, presided over the Cuban delegation at the Cultural Summit that was held in Abu Dhabi between April 7 and 11, 2019, which brought together more than 450 participants from 90 countries.

The representatives of the arts, heritage, the media, museums, public policies and technology, debated in seminars and panels to identify those formulas in which culture can build bridges and promote mutually beneficial cooperation.