Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka was received at Parliament
Colombo, August 11, 2025. The Cuban Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, was received at Parliament by the Honorable Leader of the House of Parliament and Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, and the Honorable Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage, President of the Sri Lanka-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Association for the Tenth Legislature.
Call for leftist events in Cuba released in Sri Lanka
Colombo, August 6.- The Sri Lankan newspapers Lanka Leader and Colombo Times today announced Cuba's invitation to participate in an international festival to address the multiple challenges facing peace and social justice.
Organized by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC, for its acronym in Spanish) in collaboration with its Young Communist Union, the event is titled the Granma Rebelde International Festival and will take place from October 17 to 20 of this year in Havana.
Sri Lankan group lauds Fidel’s influence on current anti-imperialism
Colombo, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The Sri Lankan Bolivarian Solidarity organization highlighted Fidel Castro's influence in the resurgence of the anti-imperialist trend sweeping Latin America and the rest of the world.
In a statement sent to Prensa Latina, its secretary Jeewantha Jayatissa, who recently traveled to Venezuela to witness the recent elections there, stated that Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, is one of the beacons of ideas for Venezuelan leaders.
Sri Lankan Student Grateful for Opportunity to Study in Cuba
Sonal Madhuwantha Subasinghe Mudiyanselage, a young student from Sri Lanka, expressed his gratitude today for the opportunity to pursue medical studies in Cuba.
Subasinghe Mudiyanselage shared his appreciation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrés González at the Cuban mission in Colombo.
The Sri Lankan student is set to travel soon to the Caribbean nation, where he will begin his studies in September at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).
Sri Lankan Student Received Scholarship to Study Medicine in Cuba
Colombo, July 30, 2025. As part of a scholarship program that Cuba offers to Sri Lanka, Ambassador Andrés Marcelo González Garrido welcomed Sonal Madhuwantha Subasinghe Mudiyanselage, a Sri Lankan student selected to travel to Cuba shortly to begin her training at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in September.
The student expressed his satisfaction at having the opportunity to study medicine in Cuba. Other Sri Lankan students are currently at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM).