The Embassy of Cuba presents its Current Affairs publication issue No. 8, which contains updated information on Cuba.

Raúl Castro Ruz, President of Cuba's Councils of State and Ministers, has extended his condolences to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, APA reported. The letter reads as follows: “Dear Mr President, I’m deeply saddened by the news of the death of people as a consequence of a fire at the drug abuse rehabilitation center in Baku. I extend my heartfelt condolences to You and the families of the victims. Please accept my highest respect and esteem.”

President of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has also sent a letter of condolences to Azerbaijan’s head of state.

Helsinki, March 13th, 2018. The Ambassador of Cuba to Finland, H.E. Mr. Eduardo Lazo Pérez, shared today in this capital information about business and investment opportunities in Cuba to representatives of several companies and institutions that attended the event "Yours to Discover-Seminar on Central America and the Caribbean", organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Finland, in association with Business Finland, FinnCham and the Finnish-Latin American Trade Association.

The Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, paid a visit to the headquarters of the newspaper Ghanaian Times. He was received by its Chief Editor, Mr. David Agbenu, who in his welcoming words, explained that the newspaper was founded in 1957 by the then Prime Minister, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, with the purpose of showing to the world the voice of the new country.

The 61th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) the main body in charge of policy-making of the UN narcotic drug control system is being held from 12 – 16 March 2018 at the Austrian capital.

New York, 13 March 2018.“In our efforts to achieve full gender equality and women's empowerment, the existence of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba remains an obstacle to the country's full development and the advancement of women.

New York, March 13, 2018. In its capacity as Deputy Chair of the Special Committee on the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, better known as the C-24 or UN Committee on Decolonization; Cuba participates from March 12 to 19 in a visiting mission to New Caledonia.

Dublin, March 12, 2018. The Cuban Ambassador to Ireland Hugo René Ramos Milanes held an interview with Micheál Mac Donncha, Mayor of Dublin. The meeting that took place in the "Mansion House", official residence, took place in a cordial atmosphere, in tune with the diplomatic relations between Ireland and Cuba that will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year.

The Minister of State for the Government Scholarships in the Office of the President and the Cabinet, Dr. Christopher Mushohwe, received the Cuban Ambassador Carmelina Ramírez in his office in Harare today. During the meeting, the Zimbabwean Minister assessed positively the good relations of cooperation that exist between his country and Cuba, and reiterated the will to continue expanding these links.