Caracas, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday to participate in the 23rd Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP ), to be held today in Caracas.

The Cuban head of State was welcomed at the Simón Bolívar international airport in Maiquetía by Foreign Minister Iván Gil, ALBA-TCP Executive Secretary Jorge Arreaza, and Cuban Ambassador Dagoberto Rodríguez, among other officials.

Díaz-Canel is accompanied by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal, who is also the national coordinator of the ALBA-TCP, among other directors and officials.

On his X profile, the Cuban president ratified his participation in the ALBA-TCP Summit and noted the urgency to further strengthen that integration mechanism that the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, described as an unprecedented example of revolutionary solidarity.

The ALBA-TCP was established on December 14, 2014, at the initiative of Commanders Fidel Castro (1926-2016) and Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), and is made up of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, and Saint Lucia.

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Havana, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of educational institutions from Cuba and China signed a memorandum of collaboration that will reinforce the preparation of public administration cadres in the business sector.

The president of the Vocational Institute of Foreign Trade of the Chinese province of Huan, Tang Jiu, and the rector of the Higher School of State and Government Cadres of Cuba, Mercedes Delgado signed the document.

Delgado believes the memorandum will consolidate collaboration between Cuba and China in strategic areas for the construction of socialism.

The vocational institute has high international recognition and is located in one of the territories of unique industrial and commercial development in China.

During 2023, Cuba and China boosted their economic-trade relations, strengthened mutual political trust with high-level meetings and signed several agreements during a fruitful year for their ties.

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Singapore, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and Singapore foresee greater possibilities for closer contact in several economic sectors and between their Parliaments, the diplomatic mission of the island in the city-state informed.

This was appreciated here by the new Cuban ambassador, Lisbet Quesada, and the president of the Singaporean Parliament, Seah Kian Peng.

In a courtesy interview with the diplomat, the Singaporean legislative leader was interested in the most strategic issues of the bilateral agenda and expressed his willingness to strengthen and diversify inter-parliamentary relations.

Seah Kian Peng pointed out that in particular there are possibilities of working together in areas such as tourism, connectivity, and the functioning of the respective Parliaments.

The ambassador made a presentation on the composition, structure, and functioning of the National People’s Power Assembly of Cuba and agreed with her host on the possibility and convenience of strengthening inter-parliamentary exchanges at the highest level.

On its Facebook page, the Singapore Parliament recalled that diplomatic relations between the two countries celebrated its 27 years last April 19.

At today’s meeting, both sides reaffirmed their countries’ warm bilateral ties, looking forward to the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

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Havana, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba Cooperation France Association (CubaCoop) has received the commemorative medal for Eusebio Leal’s 80th birthday, a decision that Roger Grevoul, the honorary president of the association, described as a great honor and commitment.

Perla Rosales, deputy director of the Office of the Historian of Havana, presented the decoration at an event at the Friendship House, in the presence of Fernando González, president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with Peoples (ICAP).

In an interview with Prensa Latina, Grevoul stated that he was moved by the medal, which at the same time “is a responsibility because I consider Eusebio Leal, who died in 2020, an exceptional man who did a lot not only for Old Havana but for all of Cuba.”

He recalled that more than 25 years ago, they worked together on the project that would eventually be Victor Hugo’s House, in the historic center of Havana and dedicated to promoting relations between Cuba and France, especially in culture.

“It was Eusebio who suggested that we name it after Victor Hugo,” he confessed, recalling that Leal was a great admirer of France and its culture.

Present at the event were the ICAP president and the deputy director of the Office of the Historian of Havana, who praised CubaCoop’s work to promote development projects in several sectors in Cuba.

The meeting was part of a visit to Cuba by a CubaCoop delegation of some 40 members, including officials, entrepreneurs, and representatives of political forces and trade unions.

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