The march celebrating International Workers Day begins in Havana with President Raúl Castro on hand.

The march celebrating International Workers Day begins in Havana with President Raúl Castro on hand 

Today May 1, a march celebrating International Workers Day is taking place in Havana, with Army General Raúl Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, on hand.

Fifty thousand youth led the parade of workers in the capital on May Day which was dedicated to them this year, as the present and future of the homeland.

The march celebrating International Workers Day begins in Havana with President Raúl Castro on hand.

Kuwait, May 1, 2017.The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a message of condolences to the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, for the tragic An accident on Saturday, April 29, of an AN-26 aircraft belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces, In which eight soldiers on board died, including crew members. The Emir extended his condolences to the families of the victims.

Former premier Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin Spencer exchanged with Fernando González Llort, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), on his visit to that institution.

Both Baldwin Spencer and the delegation that accompanied him received extensive information from Fernando related to the work of ICAP and the struggles in which the Cuban social institution accompanied by the International Movement of Solidarity with Cuba is immersed.

The Pesident of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) George Mavrikos condemns U.S. blockade to Cuba , during an interview in Havana,  where he attends the activities of May First, (Labour day), the international solidarity meeting with Cuba  and the Annual Presidential Council of WFTU.

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Declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba: We have once again witnessed another infamous and immoral decision by the discredited OAS, against the Bolivarian Revolution; a repetition of the shameful pages written against the Cuban Revolution in the 1960s.

Ottawa, April 28, 2017. The Tourism Counselor of the Cuban Embassy in Canada, Carmen Casal, held a meeting with the Montreal journalists invited by MINTUR to participate in the 37th edition of the International Fair of Tourism FITCuba 2017.