Georgetown, 26-08-2018. On Saturday, August 25, 2018, the graduation of 19 doctors trained in Cuba took place at the Convention Center, Arthur Chung, of them 11 Guyanese, 4 from St. Kitts and Nevis, 3 from Saint Lucia and 1 from Malaysia.

The graduation was presided  by the Guyanese representative of the Department of Public Services, Vincent Alexander, who urged the graduates to cultivate the spirit of service, avoid individualism and provide excellent health services to communities in need.

During an evening activity at the "T-Havana Park" Recreation Center, a representation of the Ghanaian graduates in Cuba, paid tribute to the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro.

Mr. Philip Arthur, President of the Program Organizing Committee for the 30th Anniversary, and also member of the management of the Association of the Ghanaian Trained in Cuba (ESBECAN), presented to the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Cuban Embassy, Julio César Sánchez Martínez, a cadre of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, and whom the ESBECAN consider as their second father.

NIGERIA, August 25, 2017. The Director of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Richards Adejola, received the second secretary, Leydis Bernal Suárez, Chargé d'Affaires at the Embassy of Cuba.

The meeting was held in a cordial and friendly environment, in accordance with the existing relations between the two countries, and aspects related to the state of bilateral relations of Cuba and Nigeria were discussed.

The Cuban Embassy hosted a farewell event for students who are leaving Belize to pursue studies in Cuba. The students were selected from a pool of about seventy applicants to form a part of this y ear’s cohort of the CUBA-CARICOM programme through which Cuba provides scholarships to citizens of its sister nations of the Caribbean Community. Students from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean have benefitted from this program.

Uganda, August 25, 2017.- Nearly a hundred members of the Solidarity Movement (Pan-African Movement and Uganda-Cuba Friendship Association), students of Kyambogo University and other universities in the country, as well as officials of the Cuban diplomatic mission in Kampala and other friends of Cuba, met yesterday afternoon in the conference room of the Business Management Faculty of the University of Kyambogo, where they paid tribute to the eternal Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, on the occasion of his birthday on August 13.

Jakarta, August 25, 2017. An Ibero-American Film Festival in Indonesia with the presence of Cuban films is held between July and October under the auspices of the "Komunitas Salihara" Arts Center and "KINEFORUM".

The Cuban films to be projected are:

- Kangamba, September 23, at 5:00 pm in: Komunitas Salihara, Jl. Salihara 16, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.

Synopsis: Africa, People's Republic of Angola. August 1983.

THE CUBAN CONSULATE IN DENMARK WILL BE CLOSED FROM JULY 3 AND IT WILL RESUME THE SERVICES ON AUGUST 25.

FOR TOURIST VISA, PLEASE CONTACT THE TRAVEL AGENCIES:

ALT REJSER A/S - https://altrejser.dk/travel/11-visum-til-cuba/
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IN VERY URGENT CASES, PLEASE CONTACT THE CUBAN CONSULATE IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

Email: konsulat@kuba.se
Tel: (46-8) 545 83 277 / (46-8) 545 83 264
http:// www.kuba.se

Ireland, 24 August 2017. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland has confirmed the completion of the corresponding internal processes for the entry into force on 9 August 2017 of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Cuba and the Government of Ireland signed in Havana by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona and the Minister of State for Justice of Ireland Deputy David Stanton.

Organized by the Cuban Institute of History, the Second International Symposium “The Cuban Revolution: Origins and Historic Development” will take place in the capital’s International Conference Center October 24-26. According to MSc René González Barrios, president of the organizing committee speaking to Granma, the event seeks to encourage the exchange of ideas and knowledge from within the fields of social sciences and humanities toward better understanding this historic process in its complexity.

The Cuban Embassy offered a farewell activity to a new group of Vincentian youths, benefiting from scholarships, granted by the Cuban Government from the 2017-2018 academic year.

These young people, who will study medicine, health technology and computing, travel with the firm commitment to prepare themselves as highly qualified professionals to serve their country and their compatriots in the spirit of humanism, altruism and responsibility.

This commitment was adopted before their parents and other relatives, present at the meeting.