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).
President of the Sri Lanka-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Association greeting the 72nd Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks
Colombo, July 26, 2025. The President of the Sri Lanka-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Association, Hon. Sunil Kumara Gamage, who is also the Minister of Sports and Youth, visited the Cuban Embassy in Sri Lanka to convey his greetings and solidarity with Cuba on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks assaults this July 26.
Statement from the Cuban Alumni Association of Sri Lanka On the 72nd Anniversary of the Attack on the Moncada Barracks
Today, July 26, 2025, we join the Cuban people in in solemnly commemorating of the 72nd anniversary of the historic assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks— an event that marked a turning point in Cuba's revolutionary struggle for justice, sovereignty, and social dignity.
Message from General Secretary of Communist Party of Sri Lanka to the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the historic attack on the Moncada Barracks
Comrade Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
President of the Republic of Cuba