They demand at Unesco to remove Cuba from the terrorism list.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Group of 77 and China, Unesco Chapters, requested the exclusion of Cuba from the list of nations sponsoring terrorism, drawn up by the United States.
According to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the organizations announced the request in a joint communiqué at the Paris headquarters of that specialized agency of the United Nations.
U.S. workers demand from California the exclusion of Cuba from the terrorist list.
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) of the State of California, approved a new resolution in favor of Cuba. The initiative, certified in the plenary session of the recently held convention of that movement, demands that the government of President Joe Biden remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT).
Cuba's economic priorities focus National Assembly debates.
The progress of the Cuban government's action plan to correct distortions and boost the economy will open today the agenda of the National Assembly of People's Power, which will begin the third session of its ninth legislature.
Gathered in the capital's Palacio de las Convenciones, the deputies will learn on Wednesday about the state of the Caribbean nation's economy at the end of the first half of the year.
The parliamentarians will also receive an update on the progress of the execution of the State budget for 2024 and the liquidation of the budget for 2023.
Infant mortality figures decrease in Cuba in first half of the year.
Cuba's Ministry of Public Health authorities today reported a drop in infant mortality figures so far this year.
This was made known on Tuesday during the debates of the Health and Sports Commission, which is in session as a prelude to the third ordinary period of the National Assembly of People's Power (parliament).
It was reported in the exchange that up to July 11, the number of deaths in children under one year of age was reduced by 82 cases, from 340 to 258.
President of Cuba participates in parliamentary committee debates.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participates in the debates of the Permanent Working Commissions (CPT) of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, parliament) scheduled for today and tomorrow in this capital.
Some 11 CTPs of the ANPP will analyze in the Convention Palace more than 90 topics of interest to the citizens, after an intense stage of tours and exchange with labor collectives.