The Cuban Ambassador, along with representatives of the medical and educational collaboration and workers of the Cuban Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, placed a bouquet of white roses in front of the bust of the National Hero, José Martí, located in the diplomatic mission headquarters.

IDEAS and works of the celebrated Cuban 'son of the soil' Jose Marti are reflected in the book Trinidad y Tobago/Cuba Historia, Lengua y Literatura.

The book is not only important because of the contents within, but also due to the possibilities it opens for future research to enhance and deepen our understanding and knowledge about Caribbean societies and their outstanding men and women.

During last Monday´s morning, Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People´s Power (ANPP), held a cordial meeting with Thomas Tavares-Finson, president of the Senate of Jamaica, who travelled to Cuba following an invitation to participate at the official unveiling of Jose Marti´s equestrian statue in Havana.

New York, 30 January 2018. Ambassador Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, deposited today the Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on behalf of the Republic of Cuba, in a ceremony held at the UN headquarters in New York. This action shows Cuba´s commitment to the promotion of nuclear disarmament, to which it gives the highest priority in the field of disarmament. Cuba has been the fifth country to ratify the Treaty.

New York, 30 January 2018. Today, the Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, deposited the Instrument of Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury at a ceremony held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

New York, 30 January 2018. Cuba participated as a sponsor in the event "Achieving Poverty Eradication by Sustainable Health, Well-Being and Education: the Case of Ebola in West Africa and Other Epidemics around the World", in the framework of the 56th session of the Commission for Social Development, held at the United Nations headquarters.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Cuba condemns the terrorist attack perpetrated in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, and expresses its solidarity with the government of this sister country and its people.

The Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Cuba wishes the victims of these acts a rapid recovery and reiterates our firm rejection and condemnation of all terrorist acts, methods, and practices, in all forms and expressions, regardless of their motivation.

The Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Slovenia, Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios had meetings with the highest authorities of this country: President, Borut Pahor; Prime Minister, Miro Cerar; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karl Erjavec and other representatives of the State and Government in the margins of the New Year´s reception held in the Congress Center of Ljubljana, the capital of the European country. It was a suitable opportunity to reaffirm the good state of the bilateral relations and the willingness to continue strengthening them.

Islamabad, January 30, 2018. Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination of Pakistan, Saira Afzal Tarar, received today the ambassador of Cuba, Gabriel Tiel Capote, who presented her a letter of invitation from his Cuban counterpart to participate in the International Public Health Conference "Cuba Salud 2018" that will take place in Havana from April 23 to 27 of this year.

HOMAGE TO MARTI IN CYPRUS.

Cyprus, January 30th, 2018. - On the occasion of the 165th Birth Anniversary of José Martí, an act to remember such an important date was celebrated at the place of his monument in Nicosia where members of the Cyprus - Cuba Friendship Association, executives and officials of the Workers' Progressive Party (AKEL), of the Pan-Cypriot Labor Federation, of the EDON Youth organization, as well as Cuban residents, members of the Cuban Embassy, ​​among other friends were gathered.