THE BAHAMAS, 24 April 2017. -Cuba participated in the third IAAF World Relays held in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 22 and 23 April.

With the presence of 9 young athletes, the Cuban delegation was inserted in the modalities of 4x100 and 4x400 meters of men's relief.

In the men's 4x100 category, Cuba was left to reach the thirteenth place with a time of 39.67 seconds.

The Second Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Liberia, Carmen Maury Toledo, was received at the headquarters of the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC), by its Secretary General OR 'Neal Passawe.

The executive expressed his willingness to work with Cuba, mainly in areas such as the training and preparation of young people in the health sector, able to cover the deficit of health personnel in rural areas of the country. He thanked the visit and offered some elements about the work projections of the political organization, in view of the October electoral process.

New Delhi, April 24, 2017. The Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry of India, in charge of Latin America and the Caribbean, Ms. Anita Praveen welcomed the Cuban Ambassador in a cordial meeting where it was  reiterated  the Minister Malmierca's invitation to the Minister of Trade and Industry of India to participate in FIHAV 2017 leading a delegation of businessmen.

During the meeting they also discussed the possibilities of strengthening the exchange between the two countries (Embassy of Cuba in India).

New York, 25 April 2017.  Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Organization attended the launching of the book “Cuba-US Relations: Normalization and its challenges”, at Columbia University. The book results from the joint work of the US academician Dr. Margaret Crahan, Director of the Cuba Program at the Institute for Latin American Studies of this higher-level study center and the Cuban researcher Soraya Castro, from the International Politics Study Center (CIPI), associated to the Higher Institute for International Relations.

As of April 15, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) Pastors for Peace, commenced a tour of a number of important communities in the United States to speak about the Cuban factual reality and demand the lifting of the blockade imposed on the Island. 

New York, 24 April 2017. As part of the 16th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, expressed today that ten years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and despite the goals achieved, many indigenous communities around the world still face situations of violence, racism, marginalization, major economic and social disadvantages, extreme poverty and plunder of their lands.

The Minister of Eradication of Poverty and Social Welfare of Namibia, Bishop Zephania Kameeta and his delegation, began an official visit to Cuba today. The Minister complies with an invitation made by his homologue, Margarita González, Minister of Labor and Social Security.

Cuba welcomes the 20th anniversary of the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction" (Convention on Chemical Weapons), whose full, effective and non-discriminatory application is strongly committed.

Cuba was one of the original signatories states of this instrument and ratified it on 29th April, 1997, the date of its entry into force.

Comrade Alexander Nyarko-Opoku, First Vice Chairperson of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana arrived in Havana to participate in the 2017 May Day Celebrations in Cuba.

The TUC´s leader was chosen by the Committee Executive of his organization to represent Ghana in the XII International Brigade May Day 2017. He is an enthusiastic member of the Solidarity Campaign to Cuba in Ghana.

Copenhagen- The International Day of Mother Earth "Pachamama" was celebrated on April 22nd in Copenhagen between traditional ceremonies, speeches and cultural performances of indigenous people. The Ambassadors of Bolivia, Venezuela and Cuba to Denmark attended to the celebration, where they strongly called for global solidarity and unity to save humanity.