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The II Latin American Progressive Meeting, ELAP 2015, ended Wednesday in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital. For three days, representatives of 60 Left and progressive organizations from 30 countries met in Quito.
On the last day of the event, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa addressed the gathering. The topics of Latin American integration and solidarity with Palestine, Puerto Rico and the Malvinas Islands were also discussed on Wednesday during the final plenary session.
The Cuban people paid posthumous tribute to the dedicated revolutionary fighter Jorge Risquet Valdes-Saldaña. The Veterans Pantheon at the Colon Cemetery in Havana was the scene yesterday of a heartfelt tribute by families, friends, comrades and important government and Communist Party leaders.
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang concludes an official visit to Cuba on Wednesday, during which he held talks with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro and was awarded the Jose Marti Order, the top distinction granted by the Cuban Council of State.
Truong Tan Sang and his delegation also paid homage to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti and to Vietnam's Ho Chi Min.
Presidents from Latin America and Africa demanded at UN General Assembly the lifting of the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade on Cuba.
During the first day of the high-level segment of the Assembly, which concluded late Monday, the calls to end a Washington's policy Barack Obama himself acknowledged in front of 193 UN member countries that it should cease because "it has no place," were expressed.
The Presidents of Cuba and United States, Raul Castro and Barack Obama, respectively, talked today at the UN headquarters, where they attended high-level events.
The meeting, the second official one they held after that carried out in April in Panama, is part of the process of rapprochement announced by both leaders on December 17, that led two months ago to the restoration of diplomatic relations and the reopening of embassies.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, sent congratulations to the CDR leadership and all members across the country to mark the 55th anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, founded on September 28 by the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz.
In his message sent from New York, where he is undertaking an intensive agenda at the United Nations, Raúl recognized the work of the largest mass organization in the country.
The U.S.-Cuba Business Council was inaugurated on September 25 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters, in Washington D.C. The body aims to foment a strategic trade relationship between the two countries, establish business sector ties and promote the identification of business opportunities for both nations, according to the Cuban Embassy in Washington’s website.
Thomas Donohue, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, noted that the Council will work to ensure that both countries benefit from trade, investment and economic cooperation.
On Sunday, September 28, President Raúl Castro Ruz spoke at the United Nations during the Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, which for the first time saw heads of state and government meeting at the UN headquarters to make tangible commitments to eradicating discrimination. During his speech, the Cuban President highlighted the profound advances made by Cuba in this crucial area.
After listing some of the achievements of the Revolution, he noted that much remains to be done and work continues to change cultural norms.
China and Cuba celebrated today in this capital the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, ties both sides considered are in excellent condition.
During a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country, Cuban ambassador to this nation, Alberto Blanco, thanked the parties involved for the launch of the commemorative envelope in evocation of that event.
Cuba reiterated today here the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States to the island for more than 50 years.
Despite the measures implemented by Washington to change the application of some aspects of the blockade and its calls to the Congress to eliminate it, the laws and regulations supporting this policy are still in force, a diplomatic source stressed.
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