Cuban Ambassador to Thailand visits Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen, October 10 and 11, 2019.- The Cuban ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, Héctor Conde Almeida, gave lectures at the Faculties of Humanities and Medicine of “Khon Kaen University” of the Kingdom of Thailand. The presentations were attended by students of the Spanish and Political Sciences Sections and the Primary Health Care Attention Department of the respective Faculties, the Deans, authorities and professors of the renowned higher-education center.
Díaz-Canel: No one is going to take from us the confidence in the future which we owe our children
Inaugural speech by President of the Republic Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, in the National Assembly of People’s Power, yesterday October 10
Speech by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel M. Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his inauguration for this position, in the Fourth Extraordinary Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power, in Havana’s Convention Center, October 10, 2019, Year 61 of the Revolution
(Council of State transcript - GI translation)
Miguel Diaz-Canel elected President of the Republic of Cuba
Havana, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Miguel-Diaz-Canel was elected President of the Republic of Cuba this Thursday, by absolute majority of National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, Cuban Parliament) members, in a free, direct and secret vote, during the Fourth Extraordinary Session of this legislative body.
In the parliamentary session, held in Havana's International Conference Center, Salvador Valdes was also elected Vice President of Cuba.
Both leaders thus received a mandate through 2023, when the current legislature of the Cuban Parliament ends.
Cuban president: The Revolution is a struggle for the future
Havana, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Revolution is a struggle for the future of Cuba, stated Miguel Diaz-Canel today, on being elected and proclaimed President of the Republic of Cuba by the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP).
Diaz-Canel's speech was largely addressed to Cuban youth, who represent the future of the nation, he said.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel thus offered his inauguration speech for a term of office through 2023, which could be renewed for another five years, according to the Constitution approved in April.
151 years of October 10, 1868 - founding event of the National Liberation Revolution of Cuba
On October 10, 1868, the patriot lawyer Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874) freed his slaves and took the Cubans into arms, the first founding event of the #Cuba National Liberation Revolution.
The ringing of the bell of his sugar-cane factory "La Demajagua", Manzanillo, in the east of the country, meant 151 years ago a triumph of the independence ideas, against the Hispanic fundamentalism and the reformist and annexation movements.
In the words of Céspedes that day: "The soldier of duty must not allow the aurora to surprise him in his bed."