Wellington, February 15, 2016. Members of the Rotary Club in Plimmerton and Lower Hutt showed satisfaction at the prospect of expanding their knowledge on Cuba, a geographically distant country that nevertheless shares with New Zealand several common elements, given by their island nation condition.

The opportunity was the result a couple of presentations by Cuban ambassador, Mario Alzugaray, which covered the central elements of the history of his country, as well as the current situation and development prospects of the Caribbean nation.

Kuala Lumpur, February 15- Cuba's ambassador to Malaysia, Ibete Fernández hosted a working lunch to welcome the new General Secretary of the Chancellery, Dato Ramlan Ibrahim, on behalf of GRULAC.

At the meeting the Secretary General thanked the initiative and offered his collaboration to work closely with the group of Latin American and Caribbean countries to strengthen their country's relations with the region. He also commented on the new work styles that the Malaysian Foreign Ministry will adopt to become an effective ally of the work carried out by the heads of missions.

Kuala Lumpur, February 15- The Cuban Ambassador to Malaysia, Ibete Fernandez, paid a courtesy call to the Director General of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN), Mr. Samuel Jojie.

During the meeting Mr Jojie explained about the successes and challenges facing the organization as well as the actions that its members are currently carrying out to strengthen it. He also commented on the activities that will be organized to celebrate this year the 50th anniversary of its establishment.

In her welcome remarks, Alvarez Núñez thanked the audience for accepting her invitation, subsequent to which she enumerated the successes and hurdles her beloved country, Cuba, faced during the course of 2016. Ambassador Soraya Alvarez Núñez also paid homage to the departed leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. 

Full text of the Special Declaration 4 on Nuclear Disarmament adopted by the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean States (CELAC) during the Fifth Summit of CELAC held in the Dominican Republic, on January 25th, 2017

In order to pay a courtesy call, Cuban mission chief, Yordenis Despaigne Vera, was received at the headquarters of the ruling party of that country, Unity Party, by several official of this organization. The Liberian delegation was headed by Mr. Eugene Lenn Nagbe, current Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Liberia and secretary general of UP, accompanied by Isaac F. Mannah, national vice chairman for government relations, among other leaders of the organization. The Chargé d'Affaires was accompanied by the Second Secretary Carmen Maury.

Cutting edge pharmaceutical production and scientific research in Cuba

To supervise clinical evaluations required to register patents, and distribute pharmaceuticals and biotechnology produced in Cuba, the National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center was established in 1991, and has been involved in more than 150 such projects over the years

The World Peace Council, the Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, with co-sponsorship of the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL, Spanish acronym), the Martin Luther King Jr.