Belgium
Party Award Goes to Solidarity-with-Cuba Organization
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 1 (acn)
The Friends of Cuba solidarity organization received the Nie
Pleuje award by the Workers Party of the province of Western
Flanders in recognition of its outstanding humanitarian work.
Mexican Political Leader
Reiterates Support of Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 30 (acn)
The General Secretary of the Mexican Democratic Revolution Party
(PRD), Dolores Padierna, said that an eventual electoral victory
of this political organization would represent a positive change
for Mexicans, for Latin America, and, particularly, for Cuba.
ALBA Nations Celebrate
Mutual Achievements in Ecuador
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 25 (acn)
The embassies of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua jointly
with the Ecuadorean Government celebrated in Quito mutual
transcendental events such as the 23rd anniversary of the Cuban
Revolution.
U.S.
Republican Candidates Charge at Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 25 (acn)
Two of the U.S. Republican candidates running for the
presidential nomination Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are all
out for winning the votes and money of the Miami-based extreme
right.
Paraguayan
President Met with Cuban Ambassador to Asuncion
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 24 (acn)
President Fernando Lugo met on Monday in the seat of the
Paraguayan government in Asuncion with the Cuban ambassador to
that South American nation, Bernardo Guanche.
Cuba Denounces Increase of
U.S. Radio and Television Aggressions
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (acn)
Cuba denounced on Monday the increase of U.S. radio and
television broadcasts against the island at the World
Radiocommunications Conference held in Geneva.
UN Commissioner Disturbed at
U.S.’ Failure to Close Guantanamo
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 23 (acn)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, urged
Washington to close the prison maintained at the naval base of
Guantanamo Bay, in an illegally-occupied territory of Cuba.
“Cuba is Not Alone” Campaign
Launched in Madrid
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 21 (acn) Spain-based
organizations in solidarity with Latin America denounced in
Madrid on Saturday the use of public funds and spaces in the
Iberian country to slander the Cuban Revolution.
Cuba
Slams U.S.'s Failure to Comply with WTO’s Dispositions
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 21 (acn)
Cuba denounced before the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body the
United States’ failure to recognize the international
organization’s decision regarding Section 211 of the U.S.
Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998 which infringes Cuba’s
intellectual property rights.
President
Abdelaziz Bouteflika Met with Visiting Cuban Health Minister in
Algiers
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn)
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika met on Thursday in
Algiers with Cuba’s Public Health Minister Roberto Morales
Ojeda, who is visiting that African nation as part of several
activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic
relations between Cuba and Algeria and bilateral cooperation in
the health sector.
U.S Government Urged to
Remove Cuba from State Sponsor of Terrorism List
HAVANA, Cuba, Journalist
Jeffrey Goldberg has urged the U.S. Government to remove Cuba
from the State Department’s annual State Sponsor of Terrorism
List alleging that the Caribbean nation’s inclusion undermines
the seriousness of this list.
Cuban Literacy Method
Benefited Almost Six Million People around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn)
Almost six million people in 28 countries all over the world
have learned to read and write thanks to the Cuban literacy
method ‘Yo si puedo’ (Yes, I Can).
Cuba-Venezuela Cultural
Festival to be Held in Caracas
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 18 (acn)
The Cuba-Venezuela Cultural Festival will be held in Caracas
starting Saturday, on the occasion of the 159th anniversary of
the birth of Jose Marti and the
131st of his arrival in that South American country.
Cuba
is not Alone, Say Solidarity Activists in Madrid
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 17 (acn)
Solidarity-with-Cuba organizations in Madrid will begin on
January
20 the campaign “Cuba is not alone,” in response to defamatory
actions carried out by right-
wing groups in Spain and the United States.
Brazilian FM Announces Visit
of Dilma Rousseff to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (acn)
Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Federative Republic of Brazil, currently in this capital,
announced on Monday that the
president of his country, Dilma Rousseff, will soon pay a visit
to the Caribbean island.
Cuban Delegation Ends Visit
to South Africa
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 16 (acn)
The Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC),
Gwede Mantashe, bid farewell to a delegation from Cuba that
participated in festivities for the South African political
party’s centenary.
Cuban Delegation Attends
Swearing-In of New Guatemalan President
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 14 (acn)
Comptroller General and Vice President of the Cuban Council of
State Gladys Bejerano attended the swearing-in ceremony of the
new President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, which took place
on Saturday in Guatemala City.
Euro MP Requests Top EU
Official to Press the US so it Closes the Guantanamo Prison
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13 (acn) Willy
Meyer, Spanish Euro MP for Izquierda Unida (IU), requested a top
official of the European Union (EU) on Thursday to press
Washington so it closes the high
security prison in Guantanamo.
Cristina Fernandez Shows
Marked Signs of Recovery, Asserts Vice-president
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11, 2012 (acn)
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez continues recovering
from the thyroid operation she underwent a week ago, Vice-president
Amado Boudou asserted on Wednesday.
Haiti Assesses Entry into
the ALBA as Full Member
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 11 (acn)
Haitian President Michell Martelly announced on Wednesday to the
TeleSur Television network that he’s assessing the possibility
for his country to enter into
the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) as full member,
and stop being an observer.
Cuba and Belarus Pave the
Way for Strengthening Communications Bonds
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 10 (acn)
The Cuban ambassador to Belarus, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo,
discussed in Minsk with the general director of the State-run
Radio and Television Company, Guennady Davydko, perspectives for
collaboration between the two countries in the communications
field.
Ramiro
Valdes Heads Cuban Delegation to Daniel Ortega’s Swearing-In
Ceremony in Nicaragua
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 10 (acn)
Commander of the Revolution and vice president of the Councils
of State and Ministers Ramiro Valdes Menendez heads the Cuban
delegation that traveled to Nicaragua to participate on Tuesday
in the swearing-in ceremony of Daniel Ortega.
Foreign
Ministers of CELAC Troika to Meet in Chile
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 9 (acn) The
Foreign Ministers of Chile, Cuba and Venezuela, which make up
the troika of the recently created Community of Latin American
and the Caribbean States (CELAC) will have their first meeting
in Santiago de Chile, reported Prensa Latina news agency.
Cristina Fernandez
Discharged from Hospital: Thyroid Cancer Ruled Out
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 7 (acn)
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez was discharged from
hospital on Saturday after a 72-hour admission and undergoing
total thyroidectomy, announced
the Public Communication Secretary Alfredo Scoccimarro.
CELAC: Foreign Ministers of
Chile, Cuba and Venezuela to Meet on Monday
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 7 (acn) The
foreign ministers of Chile, Cuba and Venezuela will meet in
Santiago on Monday to make progress in the organization of the
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
Venezuela to Premiere Film
on Terrorist Posada Carriles
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) The
State Villa del Cine Foundation of Venezuela will premiere in
March the film Alias Bambi C-4, which reveals the activities in
Latin America of terrorist
Luis Posada Carriles, protected by Washington.
Argentinean
President’s Surgery Successful
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 5 (acn) The
operation carried out on Wednesday on Argentinean President
Cristina Fernandez for her thyroid cancer was successful,
according to the local Cronica TV
television channel.
Cristina Fernandez Undergoes
Surgery for Papillary Carcinoma
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn)
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez will be operated on for
a
papillary carcinoma on the thyroid gland’s right lobe on
Wednesday, which was detected on
December 22 during a routine medical checkup.
Marthe Rosine Voisin, a Very Dear Friend of Cuba, Passed Away
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn) Marthe
Rosine Voisin, widow of scientist Andre Voisin, united to
Cuba by bonds of friendship and love for almost half a century, died
at age 105, as informed
in Paris on Tuesday.
Thousands of Uruguayans
Learn How to Read and Write with the Help of Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn)
Thanks to the program “In Varela’s Country, Yes, I Can,” over
5,200 people have learned how to read and write in Uruguay over
the last four years with the help of Cuba.
Hugo Chavez Sent
Congratulations to Cuban Health Workers in Venezuela
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 30 (acn) “You
are, indeed, worthy children of (Jose) Marti and Fidel (Castro).
Happy new year 2012, comrades,” reads a message of
congratulations sent by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the
Cuban health professionals who are currently making their
contribution in the South American country.
