Declaration of the 11th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of ALBA-TCP
Monday, August 26, 2024
We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), committed to the founding principles and values of solidarity, social justice and cooperation, and in adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the international law, meeting on August 26, 2024:
Cuban ambassador and Sri Lankan foreign minister met
Colombo, August 23, 2024. At Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, H.E. Ali Sabry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Cuban ambassador Andrés Marcelo González Garrido, who delivered him a congratulatory letter from his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In the letter, the Cuban foreign minister reiterated his unwavering willingness to continue working to strengthen the historic ties of friendship and cooperation between Cuba and Sri Lanka.
Over 50,000 Cuban women are engaged in science and technology
Havana, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) More than 50,000 Cuban women were engaged in science and technology activities in 2023, the National Statistics and Information Bureau (ONEI) informed on Thursday.
An estimated 50,633 women, the largest number in the last three years, held technical, administrative, service, and other related jobs, ONEI announced in its latest yearbook edition, Granma newspaper reported.
Ambassador met with President of SriLankan Graduates Association in Cuba
At the Cuban Embassy in Sri Lanka, Ambassador Andrés González Garrido held a meeting with Ciththadhamma Rathnamudali, President of the Association of Sri Lankan Graduates in Cuba, where they discussed the upcoming Asia Pacific regional meeting to be held in Beijing next October and other activities of the Association.
In Sri Lanka, more than 100 professionals studied in Cuba and are active defenders of Cuban causes and its revolution.
Cuba, from the Global South, denounced the coercive measures impacting development
Havana, august 19, 2024.- The impact of the suffocating economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States Government on Cuba, which the people have been enduring for over six decades, was the main denunciation made by the member of the Political Bureau of the Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, at the Third Summit of the Voice of the Global South.