Information note from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, on channeling donations for victims in Havana.

New York, January 31, 2019. In the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba held on January 30, 2019, to evaluate the progress on the recovery of Havana after the passing of the devastating EF4 tornado, the Cuban President, Miguel Díaz Canel, indicated to channel donations for the victims in Havana.

Increase travel of Azerbaijani tourists to Cuba

Alfredo Nieves Portuondo

With the management of the wholesale tour operator Daytours Caribbean, Azerbaijani tourism began to increase its presence in Cuba since the beginning of this year 2019.

In conversation between the Cuban ambassador and the directors of this agency based in Istanbul and Havana, Altug Ugurola and Dayana Barreiro, it was learned that with the promotion held in Baku, in the fall of 2018, an interest has been awakened in this Caucasian nation for the Island.

Statement by the Cuban Ambassador to Canada, Josefina Vidal January 30, 2019

Cuba understands the obligations of the government of Canada to protect its diplomatic personnel posted anywhere in the world and to try to find answers to the health symptoms reported in Cuba, however, it considers that Canada´s decision made public today is incomprehensible.

Cutting Canada´s staff at its Embassy in Cuba and adjusting the mission´s programs are actions that do not help find answers to the health symptoms reported by Canadian diplomats, and which will have an impact on the relations.

Cuban children living in Lebanon paint and declare Martí on the 166th Anniversary of his birth

Beirut, January 27, 2019. Cuban children and young people living in Lebanon paid tribute in this capital to the National Hero José Martí on the 166th Anniversary of his birth.

The presentation of drawings, the declamation of poems, songs and the representation of a fragment of the play Abdala was the way to show the respect and admiration that all Cubans feel for the apostle.

The attending mothers read the well-known poetry Los zapaticos de rosa, while a girl dressed in the image and likeness of the protagonist of that work, made evolutions in synchrony with each fragment.

Minister of Health of Jamaica expresses his sympathies to the Cuban Ambassador for the consequences of the tornado that struck Havana last Sunday

Minister of Health of Jamaica expresses his sympathies to the Cuban Ambassador for the consequences of the tornado that struck Havana last Sunday.

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 January 2018. The Minister of Health of Jamaica, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, expressed his grief and the condolences of his government for the consequences of the tornado that struck Havana last Sunday January 27th, in a letter sent to the Cuban Ambassador.

He also stated the commitment of Jamaica to help in any way possible to alleviate the impact of this natural disaster.

STATEMENT BY THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO CANADA, JOSEFINA VIDAL JANUARY 30, 2019

STATEMENT BY THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO CANADA, JOSEFINA VIDAL JANUARY 30, 2019

Cuba understands the obligations of the government of Canada to protect its diplomatic personnel posted anywhere in the world and to try to find answers to the health symptoms reported in Cuba, however, it considers that Canada's decision made public today is incomprehensible.

Cutting Canada´s staff at its Embassy in Cuba and adjusting the mission´s programs are actions that do not help find answers to the health symptoms reported by Canadian diplomats, and which will have an impact on the relations.

Statement by the Cuban Ambassador to Canada, Josefina Vidal January 30, 2019

Cuba understands the obligations of the government of Canada to protect its diplomatic personnel posted anywhere in the world and to try to find answers to the health symptoms reported in Cuba, however, it considers that Canada´s decision made public today is incomprehensible.

Cutting Canada´s staff at its Embassy in Cuba and adjusting the mission´s programs are actions that do not help find answers to the health symptoms reported by Canadian diplomats, and which will have an impact on the relations.

Lighting the night to recall Martí.

For 66 years now, one of the last nights of January is lit up with torches to recall Martí.

In Havana last night, a sea of youth advanced down University Hill to the Fragua Martiana, near the city’s waterfront, to celebrate a date all Cubans know: the birth José Martí. On January 28, 1853, the most universal of all Cubans was born “in a modest house on Paula Street, where the wall overlooked the port,” as writer Jorge Mañach describes it.

Revolutionary Government Declaration: Aggression against Venezuela must cease.

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns and energetically rejects the attempt to impose a coup d’etat, a puppet government at the service of the United States, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and expresses its unwavering solidarity with the government of Constitutional President Nicolás Maduro Moros.

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