Nairobi, April 8. Dr. Amina Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Kenya, during a graduation in Nairobi of cadets from the Foreign Service Academy of that country, praised the trajectory and results of Cuban diplomacy.

Discussions and expressions of support for the Cuban Revolution and against the Blockade continue in the working sessions of the 8th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba in Manila, Philippines. Lao People's Democratic Republic is represented in the meeting.

Embassy of Cuba in Laos PDR

The Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, paid a visit to the city of Ho, capital of Volta Region, where he checked the state of the Cuban health collaboration in that region of the Ghanaian geography.

During two days, the Cuban Ambassador developed a program of work that included meeting Dr. John Tampouri, Medical Director of Volta Regional Hospital, meetings with the two members of the Cuban Medical Brigade that work at Ho, and encounters with the Cuban community that lives there, as well as with Ghanaian trained in Cuba.

Port of Spain, April 8, 2017. On the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Dr. Eric Williams, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in a ceremony organized by the Committee that bears his name,  Fidel Castro was awarded posthumously  with the Gold Medal of Honor "Father of the Nation", for his contribution to the peoples of the Caribbean and of Trinidad and Tobago.

Port of Spain, April 8, 2017. The second edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival will be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 18 to 30 April, with the participation of accredited Latin American and Caribbean Embassies in Trinidad and Tobago. This Film Festival is part of the Literary Festival of Trinidad and Tobago, which include also with participation of the  Cuban poetess Nancy Morejón, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Cuba will be represented with the films "Ciudad en Rojo" and "Hello Hemingway".

The METRO KINO Viennese movie-theater was the location for a luxurious night (6 April) to open the retrospective of the outstanding Cuban filmmaker´s work, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea with the presence of the Cuban actress and filmmaker, Mirtha Ibarra, Titón´s wife. 

Attached you could find an article that explains the Main Results of Cuban Foreign Policy in 2016.

Ottawa, April 6, 2017.- Tania Larroque López, Cuba's consul general in Toronto was received this week by the President of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, the Honorable Dave Levac.

The Special Rapporteur of the Organization of United Nations on the human rights of victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, will make an official visit to Cuba , from 10 to 14 April, responding to an invitation from the Cuban Government.