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Cuba calls for deep and comprehensive reform of the International Financial Architecture
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Cuba and Zimbabwe assess bilateral relations in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Jul 23 (RHC) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Elio Rodriguez Perdomo held talks today with Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, on bilateral issues.
Rodriguez Perdomo revealed in his account on the social network X that “we reviewed the positive progress of bilateral relations and noted the potential for deepening them”.
The meeting took place within the framework of the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, which will be held until July 26.
The Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister arrived in the capital the day before and also held an exchange with his Egyptian counterpart, Dahlia Tawakol, during which they positively evaluated the progress of relations between the two countries and agreed on the willingness to strengthen them.
He also discussed bilateral relations with Burundi’s Minister of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Audace Niyonzima. Niyonzima expressed his support for Cuba’s struggle against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government. (Source: Prensa Latina)
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Cuba exceeds one million international visitors
Havana, July 23 (Radio Havana Cuba) Cuba has received more than one million international visitors this year, according to an official report.
Granma newspaper, in its Tuesday edition, reproduces data from the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI), which certifies this statistic.
The article adds that the main countries of origin are Canada, the community of Cubans living abroad, the Russian Federation, the United States, Germany, Mexico, France, Spain, Argentina and Italy.
According to ONEI, at the end of June, Cuba received one million 680,485 travelers, an increase of 101.1 percent over the same period last year.
Of the total, one million 309 thousand 836 were international visitors, almost 11 thousand 300 more than last year.
According to the information, in the last three months there has been a decrease in the number of international visitors arriving in the country, but there is a recovery compared to previous years. (Source: Prensa Latina)
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CIMAVAX benefits reach more people
BY MARÍA JOSEFINA ARCE (Radio Havana Cuba)
A PRODUCT OF THE CUBAN CENTER FOR MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY (CIM), THE CIMAVAX THERAPEUTIC VACCINE AGAINST LUNG CANCER, THE FIRST TO BE REGISTERED IN THE WORLD, IS EXTENDING ITS BENEFITS TO A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
NOW, CITIZENS OF BELARUS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE IMMUNOGEN AFTER THE CENTER FOR EXPERTISE AND TESTING IN HEALTH CARE GRANTED ITS REGISTRATION THIS MONTH.
THE EURASIAN NATION JOINS COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA WHERE THE VACCINE IS CURRENTLY MARKETED, INCLUDING PARAGUAY, PERU AND COLOMBIA.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE REMARKABLE RESULTS ACHIEVED BY THE CUBAN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, DESPITE THE OBSTACLES IMPOSED BY THE US BLOCKADE.
CIMAVAX, AN INNOVATIVE PRODUCT, HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS EFFICACY AND SAFETY. ITS USE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS.
IT IS AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR PEOPLE FIGHTING THIS DEVASTATING DISEASE THAT CAUSES MANY DEATHS EVERY YEAR.
THE CUBAN IMMUNOGEN ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF THE ROSWELL PARK CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK, USA, WHICH JOINED THE CIM YEARS AGO TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VACCINE.
OF COURSE, THIS FRUITFUL ALLIANCE IN FAVOR OF THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLES HAS NOT BEEN FREE OF OBSTACLES DUE TO THE ECONOMIC SIEGE, BUT THE DRUG HAS BEEN MAKING HEADWAY IN THE NORTHERN COUNTRY DUE TO ITS ACHIEVEMENTS.
IN CUBA, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM CIMAVAX IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MEDICAL ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.
MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF INTENSE RESEARCH BY THE CUBAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY MADE CIMAVAX POSSIBLE, A HOPE FOR MANY AND CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVED BY CUBAN BIOTECHNOLOGY, CURRENTLY A REFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
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Cuba strengthens its unity in the face of U.S. aggressiveness
Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted the unity of the people as the main weapon to resist and overcome the country’s complex economic situation, aggravated by Washington’s intensified blockade.
After the Third Ordinary Session of the National People’s Power Assembly (ANPP, Parliament), the head of State urged to multiply the best economic and social practices, to promote the country’s integral growth.
He highlighted that throughout the nation, encouraging experiences of economic management and social development are being promoted, which shows how much can be done, even in the most adverse circumstances.
He highlighted the sustained and marked effort of management groups who know how to impose themselves with the audacity to address problems, focus on solutions, and “have banished the word of the route from the daily philosophy”.
Furthermore, he pointed out that the six new laws approved during the meeting by the ANPP respond to demands of public interest and the expansion of the rights of the citizens of the Caribbean country.
He specified that the regulations are of great transcendence for society, they develop constitutional precepts and three of them are present for the first time in the island’s legal universe.
In this ordinary period of sessions of the ANNP, developed since Wednesday and preceded by the work of the 11 permanent commissions of the legislative body, the parliamentarians debated and approved legislation related to unprecedented legal issues in the Caribbean country.
The deputies gave the green light to the Law of Transparency and Access to Information, a norm which constitutes the highest expression of the political will of the State and the Government to make its management transparent in a context of economic and media war.
In addition, it regulates, controls, and promotes the culture of transparency in public management, contributes to popular control over acts of this nature, and also to the fulfillment of “Sustainable Development Goal 16” and its targets.
The legislators approved the Law of Decorations and Honorary Titles, a legal instrument that updates the methodology and organization of this area, and approved the Law of Administrative Procedure, a legislation without regulatory precedents in the country.
They also decided to approve the Laws on Migration, Citizenship and Foreigners, which will update the Cuban migration system and strengthen ties with Cubans living abroad.
During the sessions, the deputies received an update on the progress made in the implementation of the Government’s projections to correct distortions and boost the economy during 2024.
According to Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Cuba will have among its priorities in the second half of the year, the policy of monetary, price and fiscal control, the promotion of domestic production and supply to the population.
Likewise, the increase of foreign currency income, the diversification of exports and, standing out, the improvement of the socialist state enterprise.
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Run for World Peace race held in Cuba
Havana, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) The ninth edition of the Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro World Peace Race was held in the Cuban capital, in a 10-kilometer circuit starting and finishing at the Sports City.
The event, the last qualifier of that distance for the Havana Marathon, was organized by the diplomatic mission of the Republic of South Africa in Cuba and the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER).
Some 530 runners from 20 countries, including 147 women, completed the course of a massive competition aimed at promoting peace and paying tribute to the life and historical legacy of Mandela and Castro.
We are talking about two world leaders “who have left a mark that will remain forever. This is a worthy tribute of the Cuban sports movement to them and the 30th anniversary of the reestablishment of relations between South Africa and Cuba,” Francisco Gattorno, director of the National Commission of Marabana-Maracuba Races and Walks, told Prensa Latina.
“Intensive work has been done for months, especially the last three days, to guarantee conditions for the runners and everything went as expected,” he added.
The participants received a medal, a pullover and a certificate accrediting them as qualified for Marabana 2024 and were awarded at the finish line by South Africa’s ambassador to Cuba, Ivonne Nkwenkwezi Phosa.
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Diaz-Canel held talks with the Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia
HAVANA, JULY 21 (Radio Havana Cuba) THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, MIGUEL DÍAZ-CANEL BERMÚDEZ, MET ON SATURDAY WITH THE SPEAKER OF THE STATE DUMA OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF RUSSIA, VYACHESLAV VOLODIN, WHO IS VISITING CUBA.
“WELCOME, DEAR FRIEND, IT IS A PLEASURE THAT YOU ARE IN CUBA,” SAID THE FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, MIGUEL DÍAZ-CANEL BERMÚDEZ, DURING THE MEETING HE HELD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH VYACHESLAV VOLODIN, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE DUMA OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF RUSSIA, WHO IS VISITING THE LARGEST OF THE ANTILLES.
ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF STATE, THIS NEW VISIT IS “VERY IMPORTANT”, AND EXPRESSES THE EXCELLENT STATE OF POLITICAL RELATIONS AND ALSO IN THE ECONOMIC-COMMERCIAL FIELD, WHILE MAINTAINING “EXCHANGES AND POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL”.
AFTER RECALLING HIS LAST STAY IN THIS SISTER NATION, LAST MAY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 79TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY OVER FASCISM, THE DIGNITARY ASKED TO CONVEY TO THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN “AN AFFECTIONATE GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY AND IN MY OWN NAME”.
HE THEN RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEETING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE DUMA OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF RUSSIA WILL HOLD WITH THE MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU AND PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PEOPLE’S POWER, ESTEBAN LAZO HERNANDEZ, AS ANOTHER STEP TO CONTINUE “STRENGTHENING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO PARLIAMENTS”.
IN A SPECIAL WAY, THE CUBAN PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES OF THE AGENDA DEVELOPED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED THIRD ORDINARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PEOPLE’S POWER, IN ITS 10TH LEGISLATURE, WHICH, AS HE SAID, INCLUDED THE APPROVAL OF SEVERAL LAWS, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INTENSE LEGISLATIVE WORK CARRIED OUT BY OUR PARLIAMENT.
FOR HIS PART, VYACHESLAV VOLODIN CONVEYED PRESIDENT PUTIN’S GREETINGS TO THE ARMY GENERAL AND TO DÍAZ-CANEL HIMSELF, AND REAFFIRMED THE WILLINGNESS TO MAINTAIN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS AND THE SUPPORT TO CONTINUE “THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONS, HELPING EACH OTHER”.
THE CUBAN PRESIDENT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU AND PRIME MINISTER MANUEL MARRERO CRUZ; ANA MARÍA MARI MACHADO, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF POPULAR POWER; DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RICARDO CABRISAS RUIZ, AS WELL AS OTHER CUBAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND OFFICIALS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. (PRESIDENCY)
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U.S. Solidarity Brigadistas visit Eastern Cuban territory
HAVANA, JULY 21 (Radio Havana Cuba) REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA ARRIVED THIS SATURDAY FROM THE UNITED STATES IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE OF HOLGUÍN TO LEARN ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE PEOPLE AND TO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT TO THE REVOLUTION.
THE 99 BRIGADISTS, WHO COME FROM 20 STATES OF THE NORTHERN NATION, WILL CONTACT COMMUNITIES, VISIT HISTORICAL CENTERS AND CARRY OUT DAYS OF VOLUNTEER WORK ON THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THIS GROUP.
THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CUBAN INSTITUTE FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH PEOPLES WELCOMED THEM AT THE FRANK PAIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE WILL FIRST TRAVEL TO GUANTÁNAMO, WHERE IT WILL BEGIN ITS TOUR OF THE EASTERN REGION TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES.
ACCORDING TO THE ACTIVISTS, MOSTLY YOUNG PEOPLE, THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR REJECTION OF THE BLOCKADE THAT THEIR COUNTRY HAS IMPOSED ON THIS ISLAND FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES, AND TO LEARN FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THIS CRIMINAL POLICY ON CUBAN FAMILIES AND THE CUBAN NATION. (SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA)
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Belarus, Cuba update healthcare cooperation agreements
July 19 (Radio Havana Cuba) The healthcare ministries of Belarus and Cuba have updated their cooperation agreements, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.
During the visit of the official government delegation of Belarus to Cuba, Deputy Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Starovoitov and Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba José Angel Portal Miranda signed a cooperation agreement.
According to the healthcare ministry, the previous document was signed between the countries more than 10 years ago and needed updates. The new agreement will contribute to the development of bilateral cooperation between the agencies of the two countries.
The parties are set to expand cooperation in healthcare and medical science, intensify direct links between healthcare organizations. The document will make the focus on partnership development in medical personnel training. Registration of medicines and medical devices, supplies of pharmaceutical products, joint production of medicines are of important interest for both parties as well.
Attending the signing ceremony were Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko and Prime Minister of Cuba Manuel Marrero Cruz.
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Bob Menéndez has benefited from the blockade against Cuba, López Obrador affirmed
BY: Radio Havana Cuba 18 JUL
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, convicted on 16 counts of corruption, has received benefits as one of the main promoters of the blockade against Cuba.
“This senator, for example, has received benefits to maintain an unjust policy that has affected millions of Cubans because he is the main promoter” or one of the main promoters of the economic, commercial and financial siege against the island, the president said in his customary press conference.
“This has led him to take political advantage. With this flag, with this policy, he has enriched himself, but now it is discovered that he is dishonest,” he said.
In his view, conservative politicians are hypocritical, corrupt, ambitious and authoritarian.
The New Jersey Democrat faces charges including bribery, extortion, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government in a scheme that unfolded over years.
Prosecutors successfully argued that the once all-powerful lawmaker, who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a position he resigned when he fell from grace, tried to use his influence to promote deals for personal gain.
The guilty verdict the day before would have meant expulsion from the Senate and perhaps decades in prison.
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