Jakarta, November 22nd- An image of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz integrates from today the gallery of personalities who had been awarded with the “Star of Soekarno” distinction.

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the death of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, H.E. Nirsia Castro Guevara, Ambassador of Cuba in Indonesia, handed the iconography to Mrs. Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, Founder of the Soekarno Educational Foundation.

Under the provisions of the current Cultural Cooperation Agreement two specialists from the "Restaura" Design Company of the Office of the Historian of Havana (OHC) were invited by the National Cultural Foundation (FNC) of Barbados, to make a technical evaluation of three centenary buildings of Bridgetown to be repaired and preserved, since they belong to the international heritage site recognized by UNESCO. The Minister of Culture, John King, exchanged with the architect Anibal del Prado and the engineer Rolando Salazar at the beginning of their intense and fruitful advisory work in the island and described as excellent and very timely this collaboration, which took place just before his planned official visit to Cuba next January, aimed at to exploring new avenues of bilateral cooperation.

BANGKOK, November 23, 2018.- At the Cuban Embassy in Thailand, an emotional tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz took place two years after his physical disappearance on 25 November 2016.

The event, which featured the screening of the film "The Four Years that Shaken the World" and artistic presentations by Cuban musicians, was attended by the Cuban community in Thailand and representatives of Thai institutions and counterparts.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 22 November, 2018.- Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health of Jamaica, Sancia Bennett Templer, highlighted the important work carried out by Cuban medical collaborators in this sister Caribbean nation.

During a meeting with the Cuban Ambassador, Inés Fors Fernández, held at the Ministry of Health in this capital, the senior official reiterated the appreciation of her government for the permanent cooperation of Cuba that contributes to the betterment of the health care servies in the country.

Nassau, November 22, 2018. In the morning the Minister of Education of the Bahamas, Honorable Jeffrey Lloyd, M.P., received at the headquarters of this institution the Ambassador of Cuba, Ismara M. Vargas Walter and the representative of the Ministry of Education of Cuba, José Reinel García Sánchez.

During the development of the Meeting both parties recognized the importance of cooperation in educational matters, which has been maintained for fifteen years. They also coincided in the mutual benefit that this exchange represents for our two small Caribbean nations.

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To commemorate the second anniversary of the eternal presence of the Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, the Cuban Embassy in Austria, "ÖKG", the Austrian-Cuba Friendship Association and "CubaVa", the Association of Cuban Residents brought together in Vienna friends of Cuba, members of the accredited Diplomatic Corps, Austrian authorities and Cuban residents, in a heartfelt event of homage and remembrance to his fruitful life and work. 

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Ottawa, November 20, 2018.- Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, began on Tuesday an intense official program in Canada´s capital.

In the morning, Minister Malmierca met with the Hon. Francois-Phillipe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, to discuss the existing potentials for Canada to expand its participation in the development of this sector in Cuba. Afterwards, Minister Malmierca and the Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade, held a productive meeting in which they addressed issues of mutual interest at the bilateral level.

On Tuesday afternoon, after paying a courtesy call to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Hon. Geoff Regan, Minister Malmierca was received at Global Affairs Canada by the Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development.

The Ambassador of Cuba in Azerbaijan, His Excellency Mr. Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, paid a working visit to the State University of Culture and Arts of Azerbaijan.

During the day, the Cuban diplomat held a working meeting with the rector of the institution Jeyran Mahmudova with whom he analyzed future cooperation actions between homologous institutions of Cuba and Azerbaijan.

Subsequently, the ambassador, accompanied by the deputy - rector, Gulsan Aliyeva, toured the university and held meetings with students and professors.