ELAM: 20 years true to Fidel’s humanist thought
Granma, November 14, 2019. President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated José Miyar Barruecos for his Honoris Causa. Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presided the 20th anniversary celebration of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), which he described as “a visionary project founded to improve the quality of life of those who were born and died without having the opportunity to see a doctor.”
ALBA-TCP Political Council condemns coup and calls for the defense of Bolivia
Granma, November 15, 2019. Member countries of the regional bloc adopted a Final Declaration that categorically condemns the coup against the government of Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Conference, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism opens in Havana
Granma, November 1, 2019. The gathering opened with the presence of more than 1200 delegates from around the world.
With the presence of José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee; Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly of People’s Power and Council of State; Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla; Ulises Guilarte, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Workers; among
The world reaffirms support for Cuba, demands an end to US blockade
United Nations, 7 November 2019. With the support of 187 of its member states, 3 against (US, Israel and Brazil), two abstentions (Ukraine and Colombia), the UN General Assembly adopted on Thursday a new resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.
Statement by the Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba on the occasion of the Day of the Southern African Development Community against sanctions on Zimbabwe
Havana, 25 October 2019. Cuba and the African countries are united by historical ties which have always been ruled by mutual solidarity and collaboration. In the case of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), we have very positive relations with its 16 Member States and within its sub regional organization where we have an accredited Ambassador.