Inauguration of the First Cuban Film Festival in Washington D.C.
The screening of the film “Cuba Libre” inaugurated the I Cuban Film Festival in Washington D.C. on October 13. This event is being held as part of the celebration of Cuban Culture and will run until October 16, 2024.
The film selected for the opening of the festival is a fiction feature film by Jorge Luis Sánchez, based on the events following the U.S. intervention in the war of independence of Cuba VS Spain.
Other films to be screened in the following days include: “Hermanas del Corazón”, “El Benny” and “Maisinicú, Medio Siglo Después”.
Michael Moore calls for end to Cuba blockade in list to Biden.
In the fifth of a long list of wishes: 'Free Cuba, free our souls', the award-winning documentary filmmaker made it clear that “it is time to normalize all relations with Cuba, end all sanctions against Cuba, end the embargo (blockade) and fully recognize the Cuban people's right to self-determination”.
With his characteristic style, the director of “Fahrenheit 9/11” called on Biden to while he is (supposedly) “in Havana at the signing ceremony, announces that he is also returning Guantanamo Bay to the Cuban people since we do not need it because it is their land”.
Cuba participates in the 41st Meeting of the Assembly of Parties to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.
The 41st Meeting of the Assembly of Parties of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) was held in the United States from October 8 to 10. Among the participants were officials from the Cuban Embassy in that country, Yuliet Tain and Anabel Serrallonga. During the event, the Cuban delegation issued the following statement:
Director General, Chairman, ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen representatives of the Parties:
Group of 77 demands immediate removal of Cuba from the list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism
On September 27, the 48th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 and China was held in New York.
For the first time, the Group adopted a Ministerial Declaration condemning the inclusion of Cuba in the arbitrary list of States that allegedly sponsor terrorism and requested the immediate exclusion of the country from this spurious list.
Cuba holds its first “Cubanos TIC” Business Forum to boost digitalization.
This Wednesday held the first Business Forum, “Cubanos TIC”, an event organized by the Ministry of Communications (Mincom) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (Minrex). The forum, which was held through the TrueConf platform, brought together 172 participants from more than 30 countries to promote the exchange of experiences and initiatives in digital transformation.