Colombo, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of the Democratic Left Front of Sri Lanka will travel to Cuba to celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1
The party’s deputy general secretary, GV:V Tilakasiri, who recently met with Cuban Ambassador to Colombo Andres Marcelo Gonzalez, will lead the group, according to a publication on X.
The Democratic Left Front (Prajathanthravadi Vamanshika Peramuna) is a political party in Sri Lanka that is a member of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
The Sri Lankan delegation will join more than 627 people from 31 nations who will celebrate May Day in Cuba.
This year’s mass parade in Cuba will be held at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana.
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) confirmed recently that the usual Meeting of Solidarity with foreign friends will also take place in Cuba.
Havana, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel got congratulated on his 64th birthday.
On various social media, notifications express appreciation to the president for his work.
On his X account, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez conveyed his warm and affectionate congratulations to the Cuban president.
“From the revolutionary diplomacy we reiterate the commitment with the Cuban Revolution and the people, the unity in defense of the Homeland and Socialism,” Rodriguez posted.
Likewise, the Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba Roberto Morales sent an embrace full of admiration and affection for the brother of a thousand battles, a tireless revolutionary, a man of integrity and a worker for Cuba and its dreams. Morales added that it is a privilege to accompany him in this great challenge.
Cuban Minister of Justice Oscar Silvera thanked him for his example, leadership and permanent work for the people.
“From the Ministry of Domestic Trade we join in congratulating Diaz Canel on his birthday. It is an honor to stand by his side in the hard battles we face day by day,” the Minister Betsy Diaz uttered.
The national leadership of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, the Siderurgica Antillana Company, the Cuban Embassies in Sri Lanka, Austria, Dominican Republic, among other nations, organizations and institutions, also congratulated him.
Beijing, April 20 (Prensa Latina) Children and young people from China and Cuba today celebrated the special friendship between the two countries, with a cultural day that became a bridge of communication and mutual understanding.
At the diplomatic headquarters of the Caribbean country here, around 150 children greeted the 62nd and 63rd anniversaries of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba and the José Martí Pioneers Organization, respectively, as well as the 102nd birthday of the Communist Youth League from China.
From flute, violin and lute solos to sung poems, the musical performances starred in an activity in which the little ones also carried out a parade with costumes representative of the different sectors of Cuban society.
Students and teachers from the Cuba-China Friendship School and various cultural projects in Beijing participated in the event.
Lian Si, vice chancellor of the Central School of the Communist Youth League of China, said youth diplomacy is an important part of bilateral relations and “the root and soul of the special friendship between the two countries.”
Likewise, he advocated for greater exchange between young people so that they can be the new generation of representatives of this link between the two nations and make significant contributions to the promotion of mutual understanding between peoples.
This activity occurred in the midst of China’s demonstrations of solidarity towards the largest of the Antilles with the sending of donations of rice and other products.
In addition, official sources also confirmed today that Cubans from the diplomatic representation and the community residing in the Asian giant made a donation of medical supplies to the island.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has referred to the two countries as “good friends, good companions and good brothers.”
Recently, the Foreign Ministry of the Asian giant ratified its support to the Cuban authorities in their efforts to improve the living conditions of the Cuban people.
Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) The ballet company directed Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta has mourned the death on Wednesday of ballet Maitre Ramona de Saá Bello, a notable figure in ballet pedagogy in the contemporary world.
On Facebook, Acosta Dance expressed its feelings for the death of Saá Bello, one of the foremost names of Cuban ballet.
The Master has died, her work is in the blood that beats in the best of the national ballet in the last 50 years, the company of the renowned dancer noted.
For Carlos Acosta, Saá will always be an essential part of his professional and human education. Hence, he revealed that she was like his second mother.
Saá Bello was one of the most outstanding personalities of contemporary dance pedagogy in the contemporary world, internationally recognized and forger of the current teaching system in Cuba.
Her work as an educator was directly related to the artistic training of Cuban dancers of international fame.
Since February 2017, the main rehearsal hall of the Acosta Danza Company bears her name.
Our heartfelt condolences to her family and friends, and for all lovers of the art of ballet, the comments by the company Carlos Acosta’s company concluded.
Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday toured the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) special municipality to assess local experiences and contribute to solving problems, the Presidency of the Republic reported in its X profile.
According to the source, the visit to the special municipality is part of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) leadership’s tours throughout the country and is the third time in 2024 that the president visits that territory.
“Even though there is much left to transform in this beautiful place in Cuba, several of the projects visited attest that the territory is a reference for everything that can be done based on the country’s development,” the head of State noted on X.
The Cuban Presidency reported that Díaz-Canel had visited the La Celia organoponic farm, where after several years with very poor results, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have revitalized since last March and several products are already being harvested.
The main destinations of La Celia’s products are sales to the population in local markets and supply to the homes of children without parental protection and day care centers, the post indicated.
According to information from the local newspaper Victoria, the president, who was accompanied by the secretary of organization of the PCC Central Committee, Roberto Morales, also visited the Agua Santa venture to appreciate the valuable experience of the local development project consolidated by producers Raudel Rives and Agneris Rivas.
The program included a visit to the Dairy Complex, which has also had difficulties in its operation, with a view to exchanging experiences with workers and managers about valuable practices to reverse the situation and thus contribute to the territory and the nation, the newspaper added.
There, Díaz-Canel urged to diversify production to make better use of the installed capacities and was interested in the supply of milk to the industry. He was pleased to learn that more than 80 percent of the product that children receive is fresh milk.
The president suggested taking advantage of the productive chain with non-state sector ventures in order to incorporate supplies such as whey and other products that are currently in deficit, the information noted.
Díaz-Canel also called to continue to working on the territory’s self-sufficiency to guarantee milk for children, the elderly and the population in general.
Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) of Cuba, Esteban Lazo, congratulated the people and parliamentary authorities of Syria on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of that nation’s independence.
In a letter to the president of the Syrian People’s Assembly, Hamouda Sabbagh, published on the parliament’s official X account, Lazo wished prosperity and peace to the Syrian people.
In the message, Lazo reiterated the interest in further strengthening inter-parliamentary relations between the two legislative bodies, especially given the growing challenges of the current year.
The National Day of Syria is celebrated on April 17, commemorating the 1946 forced departure of French colonial troops.
Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Maitre Ramona de Saá Bello, an outstanding Cuban dance pedagogue in the contemporary world, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84.
Internationally renowned for her dancing teachings, De Saá Bello was a disciple of Alicia Alonso, longtime director of the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School (ENB), an assistant professor at the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), and a methodologist at the National Center of Art Schools (CNEArt).
De Sáa Bello was one of the most prominent and versatile ballet figures in Cuba, and her work supports the creative and pedagogical movement of this artistic expression.
She was granted the Doctor Honoris Causa degree in Arts in 2000 and the National Prize for Artistic Education in 2002, as an acknowledgement of her career, which included 45 years teaching ballet in Cuba.
Ramona de Saá’s legacy goes beyond the artistic aspect. Due to her dedication, moral strength, ethics, simplicity, and altruism, she earned the respect and admiration of all.
Beijing, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) China became the first country in the world to translate the current Cuban Constitution into its language, “a powerful demonstration of the special friendship” between the two nations.
Zhu Jianhua, director of the Publishing House of the Supreme People’s Procuracy and responsible for the publication of the Constitution and its presentation at the Cuban Embassy in this country, made this remarks and stated that successive ambassadors, several diplomats from the Cuban Embassy, and friends from the Cuban legislative and judicial branches contributed their wisdom to the accuracy of the translation.
Zhu highlighted the contributions by Zhang Tuo, former Chinese Ambassador to Cuba and vice president of the China-Latin America Friendship Association, who reviewed the translation and made nearly 100 suggestions.
“The Cuban Constitution not only brings together the common will and fundamental interests of the Cuban people but also is a document that embodies the socialist spirit of the Rule of Law and the concept of national governance,” he said.
Cuban Ambassador to China, Alberto Blanco, reviewed elements of his country’s constitutional history, from the proclamation in Guáimaro of the first Constitution of the Republic on April 10, 1869, to the current Constitution approved in 2019.
Minsk, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) President Alexandr Lukashenko has renewed for two years the mechanism for receiving medicines from Cuba in exchange for agricultural and automotive equipment, Cuban Ambassador to Belarus Santiago Pérez said on Wednesday.
According to the Cuban diplomat, the decree signed by the president aims to “purchase Cuban medicines in exchange for agricultural and automotive equipment and other goods of national production,” Prensa Latina announced.
The Belarusian Government stated that the document aimed to maintain cooperation between Belarus and Cuba.
Earlier, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said that Belarusian producers of agricultural, cargo, passenger, municipal, and other equipment are ready to meet all of Cuba’s needs despite the sanctions imposed by the United States against both countries.
Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, April 16, 2024 | Photo: X/ @PresidenciaCuba
In the words of the President, “I reiterate Cuba’s strong condemnation of this flagrant violation of international law, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the right to asylum”.
April 16 (teleSUR) On Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, in his speech during the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), condemned the capture of former Vice President Jorge Glass when he was in political asylum at the Mexican embassy.
In the words of the President, “I reiterate Cuba’s strong condemnation of this flagrant violation of international law, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the right to asylum”.
Diaz-Canel also denounced that the actions constitute an obvious violation of Mexican sovereignty and the physical integrity of the diplomatic personnel present there.
“What happened not only has a very negative impact on the bilateral relations between Mexico and Ecuador: it affects all the countries of this region and the international community as a whole,” he added.
The president also urged the restitution of the state of asylum to Glass, in addition, that his case be analyzed through the processes established by international laws and not by the use of force, as was done.
“It will depend to a large extent on our actions that repugnant events such as this do not happen again in Latin America and the Caribbean. Accepting or remaining silent in the face of the unacceptable behavior of the Government of Ecuador would set a very serious and dangerous precedent,” he added.
On the other hand, he called for discarding force and violations of the law as a legal method, which will only delay, in his words, the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Finally, the President of Cuba, expressed his admiration and total support to the Mexican government, “Mexico can count on our firm support in the actions they undertake in the face of this unacceptable breach of International Law”.
