HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (ACN) Marinus Bee, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Suriname, is paying an official visit to Cuba to commemorate on May 31 the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

In statements to the press upon his arrival, Mr. Bee, who will met with his local counterpart Esteban Lazo Hernández and other Cuban authorities and will visit places of historical and cultural interest, said that his visit is intended to strengthen cooperation with a view to current challenges facing the Caribbean region and reasserted his support to and solidarity with Cuba in its struggle against the U.S. blockade.

Cuba and Suriname established diplomatic relations on May 31, 1979 and have since developed strong ties of friendship and cooperation.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (ACN) A meeting between Cuban businesspeople and the African Group of the diplomatic corps accredited in the country will be held today in this city by the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba in order to strengthen links between the parties and present export projects focused on the African market.

In 2023, according to Sergio Espinosa Moré, director of Trade Policy with Africa and the Middle East of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Investment, Africa accounted for 12% of the services and 1% of the goods imported to Cuba.

The island, in turn, sold its services to 49 African nations, whereas 24 purchased Cuban goods.

Following the celebration of Africa Day on May 25, groups of countries have come together in that continent to make agreements with customs unions and common markets with a view to integration and the objectives of the Agenda of the African Union (AU) until 2063 through actions conducive to a more prosperous region based on inclusive growth and sustainable development.

Published 30 May 2024

Justice must go hand in hand with human rights, both in punitive and preventive actions, Peña and Saab pointed out.

On Thursday, the Attorneys General of Cuba and Venezuela highlighted the strong state of relations between their institutions and the programs they are implementing.

During her visit to the Bolivarian nation, Cuba’s Attorney General Yamila Peña held a meeting with her Venezuelan counterpart, Tarek William Saab, to review the progress on the commitments made in an agreement signed in 2018.

Earlier, Peña and Saab visited the National Pantheon to pay tribute to the father of the Venezuelan nation, the liberator Simon Bolivar. The Cuban official also visited Venezuela’s National School of Prosecutors.

At the meeting, Saab presented the features of the program called “The Public Ministry Goes to Your Community,” which takes place in the main squares of each Venezuelan state.

“When Saab was Ombudsman, he used to visit Havana frequently. Since then, there has been an exchange of experiences and insights about law,” the Cuban Attorney General recalled.

“As leaders of processes with high responsibility and complexity, we hope this will yield results in our daily work as there are many common points,” she said, emphasizing that the Socialist state is what ensures social justice.

“At the Cuban Attorney General’s office, it is our duty to address problems and evaluate solutions. We are responsible for overseeing criminal investigations and the exercise of criminal prosecution. For us, interaction with citizens and the protection of all sectors of society is very important,” Peña stressed.

The attorneys general of both countries agreed that justice must go hand in hand with human rights, both in punitive and preventive actions.

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Washington, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Prensa Latina and Radio Miami Today, based in the United States, signed a collaboration agreement on Friday, in the context of the 65th anniversary of the Cuban news agency, founded by Fidel Castro on June 16, 1959.

The document was penned in the city of Miami by Prensa Latina First Vice President Luisa María González and Radio Miami Today General Director Max Lesnik.

González said that for the media outlet that she represents, “it is essential to create alliances at this time when the media war is so strong internationally, and when large media corporations try to silence the voice of smaller communication projects.”

She added that for more than six decades of Prensa Latina’s work, “we have had fluid relationships with many institutions,” as an example she mentioned her participation in the Hispanic American Press Congress in New York on Friday and Saturday.

González also mentioned the project developed with the Associated Press (AP), with which “we have had agreements for a long time, such as one to digitize Prensa Latina’s photo archive.”

She pointed out that her news agency has the largest photographic heritage in Cuba and one of the largest in Latin America. “An archive about the first years of the Cuban Revolution.”

She commented that it is possible to dialogue and have collaboration always based on respect.

Lesnik, in turn, said, “We here follow the example of Prensa Latina and therefore we are heirs of that journalistic tradition that has been maintained over the years, despite the hardships.”

“The reality is that Prensa Latina (its name says it all) is the voice of the Americas,” he stressed.

The leadership of the news agency traveled to the United States as part of a program to celebrate the anniversary of Prensa Latina, founded by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, a few months after the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959.

Also in Miami, González received, on behalf of the news agency, a plaque of recognition from the José Martí USA Cultural Association.

Her agenda also consists of meetings with media representatives and the inauguration of the photographic collection “65 Years at the Service of Truth,” which contains images captured by photojournalists and correspondents of Prensa Latina throughout these years.

As González stated, they will remain faithful to the founding commitment to report objectively and professionally, something Prensa Latina’s 35 correspondents around the world currently do.

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