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Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hitoshi Kikawada, will arrive today in Cuba to pay an official visit, during which he will meet with authorities of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
According to Cuban Foreign Ministry's website, Kikawada will meet with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra, as part of the different activities he will develop in the country.
The persistence of the U.S. blockade on Cuba hinders today the progress of the process to normalize bilateral relations, the general director of the United States Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Josefina Vidal, said.
In interview with Granma newspaper, the official stated that after one year of the restoration of diplomatic relations, the deterrent and punitive blockade components, and its extraterritorial reach, still have negative consequences for the island.
First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, leads his country delegation to attend the celebrations for the 37th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, Granma newspaper reported today.
According to the newspaper, the delegation is also comprised of Deputy Foreign Minister, Ana Teresita Gonzalez, and Havana ambassador to Nicaragua, Eduardo Martinez.
The main event for the Nicaraguan anniversary will take place tomorrow in Managua, capital of the country.
The 27th Pastors for Peace Caravan will travel to Cuba today and is composed of 41 activists showing solidarity with the Cuban people.
The contingent is comprised of Americans, Europeans and Mexicans led by Gail Walker.
She is the executive director of Pastors for Peace and the daughter of the late Reverend Lucius Walker.
Lucius Walker founded the Caravan in 1992.
Half a century has passed. The conquests of Cuban sports have been many. But one stands out, forever etched in popular memory: the Cerro Pelayo, a refurbished merchant marine ship that carried a delegation of 351 Cuban athletes to Puerto Rico to participate in the 10th Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966, despite obstacles mounted by the U.S. government to prevent their participation.
Cuba and the United States assessed the scope and impact of changes introduced by Washington in the implementation of some aspects of the blockade in the bi-national ties, the island Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
During this third meeting of the Dialogue on Regulatory Issues, held on July 12 and 13, representatives from both sides discussed the limitations and persisting obstacles for the implementation of those measures.
The 12th International Early Childhood Education and Preschool Conference, opened July 12, in Havana, dedicated to the 90th birthday of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, who played a key role in establishing early childhood programs in the country.
The House of Representatives approved new restrictive measures against Cuba, a clear evidence that the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the US against the island remains in effect.
A set of measures were included in the draft budget for financial services, which was approved in the lower house of Congress.
The increase and democratization in the access to health are features of the program More Doctors, which only in the Brazilian state of Bahia provides some five million people with health care.
That was stated by the state secretary of health Fabio Villas-Boas during the ceremony to celebrate the third anniversary of the program held last weekend at the Institute Anisio Texeira, which was attended by Governor Rui Costa and Cuban general consul for northeast Brazil Laura Pujol, among others.
The signing of the bilateral and definitive end of hostilities between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) shows today that Cuba is an inspiring island for global peace.
As the venue of negotiations between the parties of the oldest armed conflict in Latin America, the Caribbean nation registered another historic event with the signing of the important agreement in Havana.
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