Fidel
Soldado de las Ideas
The 16th ExpoCaribe International Trade Fair, which will last until Saturday with the participation of more than 20 countries, opened on Wednesday with a tribute to Fidel Castro at Santa Ifigenia cemetery.
Foreign and national delegations will recognize the contributions of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution in pursuit of the Caribbean and Latin American integration, of which Cuba's collaboration in health, education and other sectors of the economy and the society has been an exponent.
The restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration on Cuba are having a negative impact on the non-state sector of Cuba.
Nearly 900,000 tourists visited the island on cruise ships last year, according to official figures, and the country was heading towards record numbers with a quarter million tourists arriving in the first four months of 2019 alone, double the rate of the previous year.
Renowned Argentine intellectual and political scientist Atilio Borón called on the international community on Monday to reject the new US escalation against Cuba, which seeks to intensify the economic, financial and commercial blockade.
In statements to Prensa Latina, the professor and writer rejected the resurgence of the US blockade on Cuba and its constant aggression, after the activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Law.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that honoring the legacy of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti is to defend Latin America's independence and sovereignty.
"Let us work for Latin American integration and unity. Let us denounce imperialist domination. This will be our just homage to Jose Marti," he wrote onTwitter -- on the occasion of the 166th anniversary of Marti's birth.
Life seems short to humans. We are but specks of light in the infinity of history. Death puts an end to material existence and inexorably arrives for all.
Defeating it, despite all the efforts of those have tried for centuries, can only be accomplished two ways: leaving love, sowed with kindness and devotion, or by developing ideas that surpass the personal to become shared property.
A heartfelt homage under the title ''The legendary Fidel Castro'' pays tribute to the leader of the Cuban Revolution for his 92nd birthday this Sunday in the Dominican digital daily Hoy.
In a leading article signed by Manuel Cruz, the publication considers that it would be a kind of culturicide against historiography not to write and to highlight every August 13 the birth of Fidel Castro, who must be called a legendary and immortal figure.
The 300 members of the 13th International May Day Brigade are expected to arrive in Cuba on Monday. The members of the solidarity group hail from some 30 countries and will join the parade on Jose Marti Revolution Square in Havana on the occasion of International Worker´s Day.
A statement from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) says that the group will attend the traditional Cuba solidarity meeting, scheduled for May 2 at the Convention Center of Havana.
With a week to go before the final stage of Cuba’s general elections, which will take place on March 11, around 200,000 electoral authorities participated in the dynamic test (mock election) to confirm that everything is in place to guarantee the necessary conditions for the vote.
A journey from grief to hope is offered through the pages of the book Hasta Siempre Fidel, according to Cuban Minister of Culture, Abel Prieto. The volume bears testimony to the Cuban people’s pain during the nine days of national mourning following the death of the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.
Edited by the Council of State Publications Office, the book was recently presented at the island’s International Book Fair in Havana, along with an accompanying multimedia CD-ROM produced by the University of Computer Sciences (UCI).
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday February 15, received her Excellency Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, who is making an official visit to our country.
The two leaders held a friendly conversation discussing the excellent relations shared by their peoples and governments, and reaffirmed their intention to work on strengthening these ties. They also addressed a variety of issues on the current international agenda.
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