Jair Bolsonaro, president elect of Brazil, who has made direct, contemptuous and threatening comments against the presence of our doctors, has declared and reiterated that he will modify the terms and conditions of the More Doctors program , disregarding the Pan-American Health Organization.

The Vice-President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP, by its Spanish initials), Noemí Rabaza Fernández arrived in Vienna as head of a delegation from ICAP to carry out an extensive working program in Austria and to participate in the European Solidarity Meeting with Cuba to be held from 23 to 25 November in Bohinj, Slovenia.

On her arrival in Austria she was received by the Ambassador of Cuba, His Excellency Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios and by the General Secretary of "ÖKG", the Austria-Cuba Friendship Association, Hermann Pernestorfer.

The Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, the Honourable Cynthia Forde, evaluated with Cuban Ambassador Francisco Fernández the possibility of implementing a technical assistance project with Cuban experts to deal with Alzheimer's disease, for which there is available the financing of the Pan American Health Organization´s office for the Eastern Caribbean. Accompanied by Deputy Minister Carolyn Springer and other senior officials of her team, the Minister expressed her satisfaction at having the experience and willingness of cooperation of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, as it has been historically, and highlighted the value of this action because both countries have a large segment of their population over sixty years of age, but in the case of Barbados it is necessary to carry out a study on the ground as proposed in order to elaborate a Strategy and a National Plan to determine more precisely the steps that must be followed to face that disease more effectively.

New York, November 21, 2018. The Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations paid tribute this evening to the immortal figure of Fidel Castro Ruz, Historical Leader of the Cuban Revolution, who died on November 25, 2016, at age 90. It was a simple but profound and full of love ceremony attended also by members of the solidarity movement with Cuba in this city.

Dear brothers and sisters of the solidarity movement with Cuba,                                                

Allow me first of all to sincerely thank you, on behalf of the Permanent Mission of Cuba and the Cuban people, for your presence on this occasion to honor the memory of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz. 

New York, November 21, 2018.With the introduction of the slave trade in the Western Hemisphere, the former colonial European powers, committed a crime against humanity that is not time-barred and whose oblivion or ignorance would become an unforgivable historical error, said Ambassad

Beirut, November 22 2018. The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, sent a congratulatory message to his Lebanese counterpart, General Michel Aoun, on the occasion of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the independence of the Lebanese Republic. 

Meanwhile, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla also congratulated the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, the Cuban diplomat ratified the will of Cuba to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

Derry, November 2018. Dr. Aleida Guevara March during her stay in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland, had the opportunity to visit the Museum of "Free Derry", an institution that gathers important passages of the recent history of the city and the social struggles of his people, among which the so-called "Bloody Sunday" stands out.

Derry, November 2018. As part of the program of activities developed in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland, Aleida Guevara March, was welcomed by a large group of friends from Cuba in the center "Rath Mor", which manages "Creggan Enterprises "

The Honorable Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, received the Ambassador of Cuba, Carmelina Ramírez, bearer of a congratulatory message from the President of the ANPP, comrade Esteban Lazo Hernandez.
During the meeting the Ambassador took the opportunity to thank Zimbabwe for its support in the recent United Nations vote against the blockade imposed by the US on Cuba, as well as to inform about the Constitutional Reform process that is taking place in the country.