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.

As in the Third Extraordinary Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Councils of the United States and Ministers, which is impossible to do. Constitution.

He quoted Marti when you wrote about the glorious days in the history of the country, and recognizing that it is impossible to find the most perfect things that the apostle to talk about this event.

Speech delivered by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, during the Second Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the People's Power Ninth Legislature, on the occasion of the proclamation of the Constitution of the Republic, in the Convention Center, April 10, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution.

On the occasion of the visit as Non-resident Ambassador paid by His Excellency Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios, Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Croatia,  to the capital of this European country; he held a working meeting at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of that country, with Mrs. Nina Morana Soljan, Director for North, Central and South America and with Mr. Boris Bartulin, Head of the Division for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Granma, April 11, 2019. As he did in 1976, Raúl Castro Ruz, first Party secretary again had the honor of proclaiming Cuba’s new Constitution in an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power, yesterday April 10. Also in attendance were President of the Councils of Ministers and State Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; José Ramón Machado Ventura, Party second secretary; and National Assembly President Esteban Lazo.