Ottawa, June 4, 2018.- The building of the Embassy of Cuba in the federal capital of Canada was filled this morning with the voices and laughter of 50 children attending 5th and 6th grades at Hopewell Avenue Public School, which belongs to the community in which the diplomatic headquarters is located.
A representation of specialists of the National General Staff of the Civil Defense of Cuba and the Cuban Environment Agency, successfully completed a work program with the Vincentian authorities in the framework of the "Project to strengthen early warning systems for risk reduction of disasters, through knowledge and the transfer of methodological tools ", sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The Cuban Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino received the Vice President of the Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senator Carlos James.
Senator James, who is also the assistant to the Secretary General of the ULP, recently led a delegation from his Party to Cuba, on an update visit.
Toronto, May 28th, 2018. Organized by the Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association (CCFA-Toronto) the "Bravo" Cuban Film Festival was exhibited during last weekend in Toronto.
Helsinki, May 29, 2018. During her visit to Finland, Cuban deputy Mariela Castro Espín held a meeting on May 28 with H.E Mr. Jukka Pietikäinen, Finnish Ambassador to Cuba, resident in Helsinki, who was accompanied by Ms. Anu Korppi, deputy director of the Unit for Latin America and Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreigns Affairs of Finland; Mrs. Janina Hasenson, deputy director of the Unit in charge of the Human Rights Policy and H.E Mrs. Anne Meskanen, Ambassador for Equality Affairs at the Ministry.
Helsinki, May 28, 2018. Cuban Deputy Mariela Castro Espín was received on Monday, May 28, at the Parliament's headquarters by Mrs. Jaana Pelkonen, deputy for the National Coalition Party and Deputy Chair of the Finland-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Helsinki, May 28, 2018. Dr. Mariela Castro Espín, deputy and director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) of Cuba, gave a lecture at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Helsinki, attended by the former President of the Republic of Finland, H.E. Mrs. Tarja Halonen, who delivered a closing speech.
Helsinki, May 28, 2018. Former President of Finland, Mrs. Tarja Halonen, held a meeting on Monday, May 28, with Dr. Mariela Castro Espín, director of the National Center for Sexual Education of Cuba (CENESEX), after the conference given by the Cuban parliamentarian at the University of Helsinki.
Helsinki, May 26, 2018. The prestigious Åbo Akademi University, in the city of Turku, Finland, conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Psychology to Dr. Mariela Castro Espín, director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) of Cuba, in a solemn ceremony held on Friday, May 25, in the Concert Hall of the historic city, located in the southwest of the country.
Ottawa, May 24, 2018- Matt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, met Thursday morning with H.E. Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, on Parliament Hill.
