Havana, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez expressed gratitude on Saturday for the latest show of solidarity from the Indian Government with the Cuban people and authorities.
“We thank the Government of India for sending a shipment of medicines for the areas hit by Hurricane Rafael in Cuba,” the foreign minister wrote on his X profile.
“This solidarity aid is an example of the friendship that exists between the two nations,” he added.
On Friday, precisely, India reaffirmed its ties of friendship and cooperation with Cuba in the context of the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of good official relations between both States.
India was one of the first countries to recognize the Cuban State after the revolutionary victory in 1959, Ambassador in Havana Armstrong Changsan said at a ceremony at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
In statements to Prensa Latina, Changsan confirmed that a first shipment of medicines had left for Havana to help the victims of the two hurricanes that hit Cuba’s eastern and western regions at the end of last year.
Havana, Jan 13 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Immunoessay Center signed an agreement for Cooperation in Scientific Research with the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), it was revealed today.
According to several publications in the official profile of the Cuban institution in X, the agreement is focused on obtaining products that are priorities for medical, sanitary and public health care in both countries.
In this regard, the president of BioCubaFarma, Mayda Mauri, commented that the consolidation of these agreements is the expansion of the internationalization in the research-development activity, which constitutes a priority of attention for this entity in terms of science and innovation in this year 2025.
The Immunoessay Center is a High Technology company that researches, develops, produces and markets products and technologies for in vitro diagnosis, equipment and accessories intended for medical care and the research of hereditary-metabolic, transmissible and chronic non-transmissible diseases.
Another of its lines of work includes technical assistance to laboratories and training of the personnel who employ them in Cuba and in the rest of the world.
SUMA technology stands out among the products of this company and is a fundamental technological support for important national health programs such as the Maternal-Child program for prenatal care and control of mother-fetus transmission of pathologies such as HIV and hepatitis B, as well as in the discovery of congenital malformations.
Caracas, Jan 12 (Prensa Latina) On behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, Foreign Minister Yván Gil today thanked his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez, for rejecting the call for intervention in Venezuela by former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.
“Faced with the threats of a declining empire and its local accomplices, Venezuela is strengthened by the unconditional support of friends and allies in solidarity,” the senior diplomat wrote on his Telegram account.
Gil extended his most sincere thanks to Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez “for his firm rejection of irresponsible calls for military intervention, which threaten the life and peace of our peoples.”
Rodríguez stated in X that “the irresponsible requests for an international military intervention in Venezuela, made by various actors, are a serious fact that we reject and that, if this adventure were to go ahead, it would have considerable and unpredictable consequences for regional peace and security.”
The Bolivarian Minister for Foreign Affairs also valued what he called Iran’s “timely statements” in rejection of plans for military intervention and the hardening of unilateral coercive measures promoted by those who seek to destabilize peace.
He expressed his deep gratitude to the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, Esmail Baqai, for his message of congratulations to the Venezuelan people after the peaceful and democratic inauguration of Maduro on January 10.
In an event the day before in Cúcuta, Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) called for “an international intervention, preferably endorsed by the United Nations,” to remove the legitimate constitutional government of Nicolás Maduro, who was sworn in as President for a new six-year term.
The former Colombian president’s statements were also joined on social network X by the fugitive from Venezuelan justice and resident abroad (Spain) Leopoldo López, who called for “seriously consider the proposal.”
The day before, at the closing ceremony of the International World Antifascist Festival, held in Caracas, Maduro called Uribe “a sad paramilitary character and drug trafficker, murderer, criminal and coward” and called on him to come to the front of the troops, show his face and not send others.
The humanitarian aid includes medications such as antibiotics, antipyretics, painkillers, oral solutions, and muscle relaxants
Havana, Jan 10 (RHC) The Indian government has dispatched a shipment of vital medical supplies to Cuba today, in an effort to aid the island’s recovery from the devastating impact of Hurricane Rafael in November.
On the platform X, Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesman of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that the humanitarian aid includes medications such as antibiotics, antipyretics, painkillers, oral solutions, and muscle relaxants.
In June 2024, the Indian authorities sent humanitarian assistance to Cuba corresponding to raw materials for the production of medicines, as a reflection of their commitment to the historical friendship between the two nations.
In June 2024, the Indian government also sent a cargo of humanitarian assistance to Cuba, containing raw materials for pharmaceutical production. The shipment consisted of 90 tons of nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) produced in India.
The cargo is employed in the manufacturing of crucial antibiotics in the form of tablets, capsules, syrups, and injections, which are essential for the management of chronic infectious diseases.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized at that time that the support reiterates India’s position as the global pharmacy and underscores its dedication to the long-standing friendship with Cuba. (Source: Prensa Latina)
Havana, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) India reaffirmed its bonds of friendship and cooperation with Cuba on the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations, and ratified its commitment to working with Cuba and the Global South nations.
The Indian Government was one of the first to recognize the Cuban State after the revolutionary triumph in 1959, Indian Ambassador in Havana Armstrong Changsan recalled at a ceremony held in the emblematic Hotel Nacional de Cuba on Friday evening.
Following a visit by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara to New Delhi that year, the two countries established official relations on January 12, 1960.
Since then, Cuba and India started a “way for cooperation and friendship marked by high-level visits, cultural exchanges, development cooperation, close coordination in multilateral fora, and the defense of the Global South cause,” the Indian diplomat noted.
“We assess our strong bilateral relationship and look forward to continuing to work together to address common challenges and explore new ways of cooperation in the next few years,” Changsan added.
He told Prensa Latina that a first shipment consisting of medicines departed for Havana on January 10 to help the victims of the two hurricanes that hit Cuba’s eastern and western regions in October and November.
Cuba and India have actively participated in the exchange of knowledge and contests with developing countries through several initiatives in health care, education, and natural disaster management, among others, he added.
Attended by Cuban professionals who have benefited from ITEC courses and officials from the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investments Ministry (MINCEX), the Science, Technology, and Environment Ministry (CITMA), and the Foreign Ministry (MINREX), the ceremony also marked World Hindi Day and Overseas Indian Day.
Havana, 11 Jan (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Government considered the day on which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took office for his third term historic, according to reports.
“A historic day, full of joy and commitment to the Homeland of Bolívar, Sucre, Chávez and Maduro,” the Cuban Foreign Ministry posted on its X profile on Saturday.
Cuba is with Venezuela, in a show of solidarity and support for brother President Maduro in his third term, the text adds.
It also expresses Cuban authorities’ support “for the civil-military union” of the Venezuelan people.
On Friday, President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as the President of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term.
In a solemn session in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, the re-elected president took his oath in a symbolic act on the original Constitution signed by Commander Hugo Chávez after its approval in 1999.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the ceremony together with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, among other outstanding figures.
Havana, January 11 (RHC)– After an unforgettable day in Venezuela, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, returned to Cuba at dawn today.
The president himself announced it on his account on the social network X, where he said that he was accompanying “brother” Nicolás Maduro in his swearing-in as constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic.
“We are already in the Homeland, with all the emotions of an unforgettable day in #Venezuela, accompanying brother Nicolás Maduro in his swearing-in as constitutional President and his brave people who sing and dance their victory over the fascist conspiracy.”
Representatives of more than 100 delegations attended this swearing-in ceremony at the Venezuelan National Assembly, where Maduro Moros said: I come from the people, I am from the people and my power emanates from history and from the people. The power that I represent and carry belongs to the people and I owe myself to the people.
With his words he criticized those who submit to the empire, which he considered to be making pacts with the devil. Today we have people and we have a Homeland, he said.
Then in a ceremony at the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army, which was also attended by Díaz-Canel, the Venezuelan Head of State led an act of recognition and the reaffirmation of his figure as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
The dignitary said he was proud to occupy that position, because the people have placed him in his responsibilities.
In his speech he considered his swearing-in as President to be a great victory for Venezuelan democracy. “The power that I represent and carry belongs to the people and I owe myself to the people; it is not a man, it is not Maduro, it is a people that grows into a man,” he confirmed.
Buenos Aires, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) In times of hatred and war, Cuba is betting on love, solidarity and peace, Ambassador in Buenos Aires Pedro Pablo Prada said at a ceremony on the 66th anniversary of the Revolution.
In the meeting with diplomats, parliamentarians, members of the Solidarity Movement, Cuban residents here and graduates in Cuba, Prada called for “respect for the United Nations Charter and the principles of international law, first of all, and independence, sovereignty and self-determination of States.”
He noted that Cuba will continue to strengthen socialist democracy, the rights and guarantees of citizens, and will insist on fighting the battle against hegemonic ideologies and cultural colonization.
The ambassador denounced the consequences of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for more than six decades, Cuba’s inclusion on a list of alleged sponsors of terrorism, and the intensification of the media campaign against the process initiated on January 1, 1959.
Prada also demanded the end to the genocide against Palestine and the expansionism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
We defend Latin American and Caribbean unity in its great diversity, without exclusions or fratricidal aggression. We claim the right of Argentines to exercise their sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands (Falkland Islands) and the corresponding maritime territories. The friendship between our countries is fireproof, he added.
The ambassador pointed out that the freedom conquered by Cubans 66 years ago will be safeguarded as the most precious asset and defended to the last consequences.
The difficulties that my country faces are explained by the intensification of the silent war by the United States. The inclusion on the (State Sponsors of Terrorism – SSOT) list made the effects of the cruel blockade, the multiple crises that have plagued the world since 2008, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, and two hurricanes and an earthquake that left more than 60,000 families homeless in November, more suffocating, he pointed out.
Media and networks only spread biased news. Few people know that just 20 days ago, more than 700,000 Cubans marched in Havana to protest against the attacks. Socialist Cuba resists and does so thanks to the heroic sacrifice, unity and dignity of its people, as well as due to international solidarity. We will never be alone, the diplomat added.
Prada went on to say that Cuba will continue to promote its development plans and the search for the greatest possible prosperity and social justice, and welcomed Cuba’s incorporation into the BRICS, which he considered part of promising initiatives.
Mexico City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced today that the ambassador to Venezuela will be present during the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro and reiterated that the South American nation is sovereign.
“In the case of Venezuela, the Venezuelan ambassador will go, he will represent us there. (…) We defend our foreign policy, the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people. They are the ones who have to decide,” the president emphasized in her usual meeting with journalists.
“There should be no intervention in any way, but the people of Venezuela should decide,” stressed the dignitary, specifying that it is not just a personal opinion, because “as president, that is the foreign policy of our country.”
When asked about a supposed rearrangement of political forces in Latin America and a shift of the left, the head of the Executive considered that progressives in the region have a lot of strength and recognition.
“The Frente Amplio has just won in Uruguay and that is a sign that in a country where progressive forces did not govern, this force has just won,” he argued.
Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term on Friday.
Caracas, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in today as president of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term.
In a solemn session in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, the re-elected president took his oath in a symbolic act on the original Constitution signed by Commander Hugo Chávez after its approval in 1999.
The re-elected head of state stated during his swearing-in that he would comply with all mandates and obligations arising from the Magna Carta and the national laws of the Republic.
He assured that this new presidential term will be one of peace, prosperity, equality and new democracy.
“I swear it on history, on my life, and I will do so, and we will do so, I swear it,” the president stressed.
Maduro arrived at the Federal Legislative Palace accompanied by the first combatant and deputy to the National Assembly Cilia Flores and the executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez.
In addition to the first vice president of the United Socialist Party, Diosdado Cabello, he was received by the head of the Legislative Branch, Jorge Rodríguez.
Thousands of citizens also welcomed the dignitary, stationed around the parliamentary building.
Once inside the Federal Palace, Maduro was received by the Board of Directors of Parliament, who accompanied him to the Elliptical Hall, where he was acclaimed by deputies and 51 international delegations present, of which 13 are heads of state and government.
More than two thousand representatives of governments, social movements from more than a hundred countries on all continents and international organizations traveled to this capital to attend Maduro’s swearing-in this Friday, at the Federal Legislative Palace.
Parallel to the inauguration of the Bolivarian leader, thousands of Venezuelans from Caracas and other states of the country are moving towards the historic center to accompany Maduro and celebrate what they describe here as a historic assumption.
