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First Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, Kim Jong Un, welcomed Cuban First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is on an official visit to that nation on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of relations between both countries.
The vice president of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, highlighted here the friendship relations with the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Cuban Embassy here said on Saturday.
The source told Prensa Latina that Diaz-Canel, who is visiting Pyongyang, met on Friday at the Mansudae Palace of Congresses with Yang Hyong Sop, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
The Russian social movement Venceremos has joined the global solidarity campaign for an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba for more than five decades.
As every fifth day of the month in the traditional international campaign for the release of the five Cubans who were held in US prisons for fighting terrorism and were finally released in December 2014, Venceremos activists gathered in front of the US embassy in Moscow to demand the end to the blockade and the aggressions against Latin American peoples.
Cuba said here that politicization, double standards and selectivity can not continue gaining ground in the works of the Human Rights Council.
This will only lead to failure and will not contribute to the promotion and protection Anayansi Rodriguez, permanent representative of the island, said when speaking at the general discussion with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The upcoming presence in Cuba of Pope Francis will confirm the good state of relations between the Government and the Holy See, stresses today an editorial by Granma newspaper about the visit titled: "Welcome Pope Francis."
The note states that since his arrival to this capital, His Holiness will receive a warm welcome from Cuban authorities and people, and will also see the "respect, affection and hospitality that we all will provide him during his stay in our Homeland".
The 70th anniversary of the admission of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, at the University of Havana will be held today throughout the country, mainly by higher level students.
Jennifer Bello, president of the Cuban Federation of University Students (FEU), stated that the students will celebrate the date in every higher education institution, faculty and subsidiary of the country that, to their eyes, becomes the revolutionary leader an eternal classmate.
Political, commercial and economic relations between Cuba and China are at a high level, said here today the first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Caribbean country, Miguel Diaz-Canel.
In statements to Prensa Latina minutes before leaving this ancient nation, the Cuban vice president expressed his satisfaction at having participated in events to celebrate the Day of Victory of China on September 3.
Chilean Foreign Minister, Heraldo Muñoz, continues today his visit to Cuba, along with a large government and business delegation from his country.
As part of his agenda, Muñoz will offer a news conference at the emblematic Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
The South American foreign minister met yesterday with his peer from the Caribbean island, Bruno Rodriguez.
Representatives of different denominations and creeds from Cuba, stressed today the significance and importance of the visit Pope Francis will carry out here from September 19 to 22.
In statements to Trabajadores newspaper, the executive secretary of the Cuban Council of Churches, Damaris Gonzalez, stated that the papal visit is an opportunity for the country, the churches and the fraternal movements. This is a door to open to the world and reveal the daily life of the people, she said.
The Miracle Mission of the Cuban collaborators in Paraguay surpasses today about 5,520 eye surgeries performed in the course of this year.
Their work in 2015 began on January 26 for being the staff on holiday and closed on September 1 with 5,521 surgeries, of which 1,605 were of cataract, totaling 25,655 operations in eight years.
This is another contribution to the effort the brigade is making towards the eye health of the Paraguayan people, said Carlos Alberto Perea, head of the group of collaborators.
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