Kuala Lumpur, October 20- The plastic artist, AyméeGarcía exhibit  first her art work in Malaysia for first time, as part of the exhibition of art of this country, inaugurated today by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dato Seri Ong KaChuan .

Art Expo Malaysia held annually since 2007 and is considered the largest international exhibition of art in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

In this edition artists from Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Mongolia, Italy, Philippines, Brazil, Iran, France, Romania and Cuba participate.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, H.E Pedro Luis Despaigne González was received by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare in the Headquarters of the Ministry.

The Cuban diplomat highlighted the existing cultural ties between Cuba and Ghana. Both parties made an assessment of the state of the Bilateral Cultural Agreement, signed in 2008 and ratified in 2013. The Minister expressed her support to the exchange of cultural delegations and as first action invited to a Cuban delegation to participate in the Carnival of Ghana.

Banjul, October 19, 2016 Honorable Fatou Mbye, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia, reiterated today in the Gambian Parliament her support to the struggle for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Wellington, October 20, 2016. -Members of the Cuba Friendship Society in Dunedin, New Zealand, issued a statement denouncing the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, demanding its immediate end. The document was published in the Otago Daily Times, one of the majors newspaper of this southern region.

The Ambassador of Cuba H.E. Jose Manuel Galego Montano denounced the United States blockade against the Island, in a recent event held at the Embassy of Cuba in Canberra and which was  attended by a number of Ambassadors, Local Authorities, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, and Friends of Cuba.

New York, 19 October 2016. “The threat of an arms race in outer space and its militarization increases with the continuing development and improvement of space weapons, the presence of war materials in space such as military satellites, and the absence of a legally binding framework preventing weapons from been deployed in outer space.”, noted Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Versón Representative of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when addressing the Thematic Debate of the First Committee on “Outer Space”.

New York, 19 October, 2016. Within the U.S. society there has always been an important number of sectors that have been opposed to the absurd policy of the Embargo against Cuba. The U.S. press has echoed these claims: The New York Times and Bloomberg have spotlighted the growing bipartite support and that of U.S. society in general in favor of lifting the Embargo against Cuba. They have even issued appeals to the U.S. Congress supporting a new policy towards Cuba based on the fact that most of U.S. political and civil sectors, including those having Cuban origins, are in support. 

New York, 19 October 2016.

New York, 19 October 2016. The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cuba, extended this afternoon his warmest congratulations to Mr. Antonio Guterres on his election as Secretary-General of the United Nations, as part of the Informal Session of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly with Designate Secretary-General.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Pedro Luis Despaigne González was received at the Ghanaian Parliament by its Speaker, Rt. Hon. Edward K. Doe Adjaho.

The Cuban diplomat transmitted to the higher parliamentarian of Ghana greetings sent by the President of the Cuban National Assembly of the People Power, Esteban Lazo Hernández. He explained the composition of the Cuban parliament, as well as the percent of female presence in it. He also reported on the existence of the Cuba-Ghana Parliamentary Friendship Group and the will of strengthen the relations with the Ghanaian counterpart.