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The President of the Russian State Duma, Serguei Naryshkin, will visit today in Cuba the Mausoleum of the Soviet Internationalist Soldier.
The visitor gave a lecture yesterday on the Soviet participation in the World War II.
In the event, the leader of the State Duma stressed the important Soviet role in that conflict and recalled the West attempts to distort the history to counteract importance to Russia's determinant role in defeating Nazism.
Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca and his Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng signed a document in Beijing on Wednesday on the development of bilateral economic, commercial relations for the 2016-2020 period.
The two sides expressed satisfaction about the upcoming opening of a direct flight by Air China between Beijing and Havana, and Cuba announced its willingness to begin using the Chinese currency in bilateral trade relations in 2006.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, says that the U.S. blockade on Cuba hinders the development of that island nation, although it noted that some advancements taking place in the Caribbean country despite the economic sanctions.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena said in Santiago de Chile that although some opening has taken place in sectors like tourism and trade, the truth is that the U.S. blockade continues to increase financial costs for Cuba.
Hillary Clinton, pre-candidate for the U.S. presidential elections, will call on Congress to lift the economic blockade against Cuba during a visit to the city of Miami, scheduled for Friday.
Clinton's campaign team said that the former secretary of state will give a speech at Florida's International University and participate in a forum of the National Urban League, an organization in the Black community of Fort Lauderdale, north of Miami.
Panamanian Minister of Social Development Alcibiades Vasquez has recognized the advantages of the Cuban literacy method "Yo sí puedo" (Yes I Can), implemented in the country to learn how to read and write.
"This method, which includes seven weeks of continuous lessons and 65 video conferences, allows people to meet those goals easily," the minister said.
Malaysian biotechnology firm BIOVEN, which is developing a cancer drug discovered in Cuba, is planning a stock market flotation in London, the Financial Times reported.
According to Bioven’s CEO Stephen Drew, the start-up aims to raise US$30-35 million by the end of this year or early 2016 on the junior AIM market in London.
Bioven has put the drug -- targeted at non-small cell lung cancer -- into a larger late-stage trial and Drew said a stock market flotation would help accelerate the push to market.
Members of the 26th Pastors for Peace Caravan have confirmed that they will continue the struggle to lift the unjust blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over half a century.
Speaking to reporters in the central province of Sancti Spiritus, the director of the solidarity organization, Gail Walker, welcomed the restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana, but added that the blockade must end in order for relations to be fully normalized.
With the introduction of the project ´Friends of a Friend´ at the ALBA Cultural House in Havana, the Young Communist League (UJC) recalls the Eternal Comandante Hugo Chavez on this July 28th, when we commemorate the 61st birthday of the leader of the Bolivian Revolution of Venezuela.
According to organizers, the meeting will provide an opportunity for younger generations to talk about the legacy of Hugo Chavez, his human values, his identification with the poor, his charisma in dealing with people and the scope of his political thought.
The resumption of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States opens the door to hemispheric ties based on respect for the autonomy and self-determination of peoples, said today Parlasur.
A statement from the Presidency of the Parliament of the Southern Common Market (Parlasur, in Spanish), signed by the holder Saul Ortega, welcomes this event, which marks a new and positive step forward in relations between these two nations.
Hundreds of Uruguayans commemorated the 62nd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks and reaffirmed their solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.
Authorities, diplomats, students and workers of different ages attended the iconic theater El Galpon to recall, with several artists, the beginning of the revolutionary struggle in Cuba on July 26, 1953.
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