Cork, October 2018. The Cuban poet Alexis Diaz Pimienta in his recent work visit to the University of Cork to participate in the Latin American Days, wanted to leave as a gift one of his poetic improvisations to this house of higher education and its professors, students and friends who received him.

The beautiful garden of the University, its many colors and the warmth of its people inspired the poet, who left this gift in verses, within the framework of the Cuban Culture Day.

We invite you to listen to it:

Brussels, October 20, 2018. (CUBAN CULTURE DAY). A representation of the Association of Cubans residing in Ireland "Ernesto Che Guevara” is already in Brussels to participate in the debates of the XIII Meeting of Cubans Resident in Europe (ECRE).

Under the emblem "The Cuban culture sword and shield of our nation", the 7th Cuban Meeting of Cuban Living in Ghana and the 3rd Meeting of Children and Youth were held at the T-Havana Parks, on the "Cuban Culture Day". The meeting was attended by 52 people, including Cuban residents, children and other relatives.

The meeting was conducted by Yovanna Cobas and Beatriz Roll, Coordinator and Vice-Coordinator of the Association of Cubans Living in Ghana, who emphasized the importance of both meetings in a month where important historical dates are celebrated.

Monrovia, October 20th, 2018-, On the occasion of the celebration for the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the independence struggles, on Saturday, October 20, the Second Secretary of the diplomatic mission of Cuba in Liberia, Carmen Maury Toledo, intervened in the morning program "What's going on" from the radio station Radio ECOWAS.

In the activity to celebrate the Day of Cuban Culture, Arianna Taylor Israel, the President of the Association of Cubans living in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "Juan Almeida Bosque", read a Declaration issued by that organization in which it demanded the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba and the return of the territory, illegally occupied by the Guantánamo Naval Base.

During the celebration in the Embassy of Cuba, the day of the National Culture and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the wars of independence, Renwick Rose, President of the Friendship Association Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba, read a Declaration, issued by that organization, a few days before, on the occasion of the anniversary and pondered the historical coincidence that, at this time, the Vincentian people are preparing to celebrate a new anniversary of its existence as an independent State.

The young generation of Cubans living in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was present at the Embassy of Cuba to participate in the celebration of culture day, with their own contribution of talent and patriotism.

With their virtuoso performances of the Bayamo Hymn and other Cuban melodies on Steel Pan, the children Mathew Ernesto Ralph Israel and Michel Enrique Israel, made a substantive contribution to the celebration of Cuban National Culture Day.

With a patriotic and colorful political-cultural activity at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the day of Cuban national culture was celebrated and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the wars of independence was commemorated.

In her speech, Cuban Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino, referred to the historical context, in which this ephemerid, so special for the nation, takes its origin and stressed that culture, rebellion and independence are the basis of Cuban identity.

Ratifies Cuba will continue to strengthen and strengthen ties with Cubans living abroad.

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Intervention of Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, director of Consular and Cuban Affairs Resident Abroad of MINREX, during the XIII Regional Meeting of Cubans in Europe

Good morning, compatriots,

Islamabad, October 20, 2018: Pak-Cuba Social Forum (PCSF) has condemned and call for the withdrawal of all sanctions imposed on Cuba for the last five decades by US. In 2017, UN voted overwhelmingly to condemn the “aberrant blockade” for the 25th time on resolution, stated by Ramzan Mughal President of Pak-Cuba Social Forum while chairing the meeting here in Islamabad. The forum has demanded that Trump’s administration should pull out the embargo, which has become a symbol of U.S. hostility toward Cuba. Mr.