Wednesday 18 October 2017 | 02:30:13 pm.
SOCHI, Russia.—It could have been a premonition of José Martí when, he highlighted the willpower and bravery of the “people from the Kingdom of Anam”, today Vietnam, in his book the Golden Age for children, since that nation and Cuba are united by a past of struggle and resistance and the permanent fight for preserving their conquests.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:44:33 pm.
SOCHI, Russia, Oct. 16 (ACN) A day filled with signs of infinite love, admiration and respect for Cuba was experienced at the XIX World Festival of Youth and Students underway here, a day in which many ratified their condemnation of the unjust US blockade against Cuba.
In a workshop on solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela, and by panelists from both countries, the auditorium was full, with the presence of Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Ernesto Che Guevara, who expressed her pride in being invited to the international forum and narrated her experiences, as pediatrician, on how the blockade affects Cuban children.
Aleidita, as Che called her affectionately, said that the blockade cannot be quantified in material damages, since these are immense and it harms the Cuban people to a great extent; even those who do not yet have a political thought or criterion, such as children, she said.
Out of the 10 new drugs that hit the markets every year, eight come from US companies and sometimes Cuba must have go through several intermediaries to acquire them; not to mention that sanctions range from millions of dollars in fines to a ban on selling them to the Cuban nation.
Referring to everything Cuba does for humankind, Guevara affirmed that if she feels useful is because she was raised as a woman of the Revolution, to which the public responded with an effusive applause, a sign of that affection and respect towards her father, who is also dedicated to the world.
Rafael Bogoni, Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students, stressed that Cuba's resistance to the blockade for more than half a century is an example for the world and, at the same time, a political beacon of struggle.
He reiterated that the small Caribbean nation represents a model to be followed by all and therefore deserves many signs of solidarity; while adding that the fact that the world event is dedicated to Fidel and Che shows what Cuba is for those who struggle for sovereignty.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:25:42 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 17 (ACN) The people and government are grateful for Cuban assistance to the island of Dominica, which was devastated in September by Hurricane Maria, said Mathew Walter, the Dominican ambassador to Cuba.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:24:10 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 12 (ACN) Cuba called on the United Nations on Thursday to make a real commitment to the goal of eradicating poverty on the planet, a phenomenon that plagues hundreds of millions of human beings, Prensa Latina reported.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:21:42 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 5 (acn) The largest tribute in history to Ernesto Che Guevara in Bolivia began on Thursday in the province of Vallegrande, department of Santa Cruz in honor of the presence of Che in the South American nation when he fell in combat 60 years ago.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:19:55 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 3 (ACN) US Senator Patrick Leahy rejected on Tuesday through Twitter Washington's decision to expel 15 Cuban diplomats from its Embassy in DC, action which he characterized as a reprisal.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:18:19 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 4 (acn) The Cuban government is waiting for a response from Puerto Rican authorities to offer solidarity to the people of that Caribbean island, hardly hit by Hurricane Maria two weeks ago.
Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban Foreign Minister, said last Tuesday that the Cuban government offered a field hospital and 41 health specialists, experts in disaster situations, to assist the victims in Puerto Rico, at a time when, according to official figures, only one in 69 hospitals are working.
Likewise, Cuba is ready to provide the services of engineers and electricity personnel to assist in the restoration of that vital service that today has affected more than 90 percent of the Puerto Rican population.
Rodriguez reiterated on behalf of the Cuban Government and people the condolences to Puerto Rico for the deaths caused by Maria on that island and the immense losses in all sectors.
Two weeks after the hydro-meteorological event, half of the island still has no water service, with virtually no infocommunications and the press shows bleak images caused by coastal flooding.
US President Donald Trump visited the island on Tuesday and unleashed controversy by saying that what Maria caused is not a real catastrophe like that of Hurricane Katrina, also when highlighting the low death toll, and he boasted of the multimillion-dollar aid his government is providing to the Caribbean island.
Some nine thousand people remain in shelters, and although many more have lost their houses, most are staying in homes of relatives or friends.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 06:16:29 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 26 (ACN) Upon his arrival in Luanda for the inauguration of the president-elect of Angola, Joao Lourenço, Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel said all Angola needed to develop was to have peace.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 03:35:55 pm.
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | 03:30:58 pm.
