Havana, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday the book of condolences opened at the Russian Embassy in this capital, due to the bloody terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.
“With deep pain we learned about the attack that occurred on March 22 in a cultural center in the region of Moscow, with a regrettable loss of human lives and numerous injuries,” the head of State wrote.
He reiterated his condemnation of this barbaric act, which has caused so much pain and suffering to the Russian people, convinced that the unity of the Russian Federation will not be shaken.
Díaz-Canel also expressed the most heartfelt condolences from the Cuban people and Government to the families and friends of the victims and the wish for the speedy recovery of the injured.
The president stressed that the Russian people and Government can always count on Cuba’s solidarity and support.
The Russian Embassy in Havana sincerely thanked Cuba for its friendship, solidarity and support.
Díaz-Canel was accompanied by the president of the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, and Vice President Salvador Valdés.
Havana, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The 22nd National Congress of Urology of Cuba begins in this capital on Thursday with the participation of delegates from several countries aimed at exchanging experiences to improve patient care.
The organizing committee told Prensa Latina that specialists from Latin America, Europe, and the host country are meeting at Hotel Nacional de Cuba until Saturday, March 30, to discuss pediatric and adult reconstructive urological surgery.
The delegates will also debate oncology, breakthroughs in surgical techniques, the therapeutics of urinary lithiasis, and aspects linked to sexual and reproductive health, among other issues.
Tania González, president of the organizing committee, said at a press briefing that previous to the opening of the conclave, courses were held on Urological disorders in women, Scientific research and dissemination of study results, and Complex urethral surgery,
The Congress’ first day includes keynote speeches on reconstructive surgery in pediatric patients, plastic surgery of the urethra, urological reconstruction, and oncological diseases of the urinary tract, Mariano Castillo, president of the scientific committee, noted.
According to Castillo, who is also the vice president of the Cuban Society of Urology, with the selected topics and the quality of the national and foreign speakers, the aim of the Congress, which is the scientific updating of Cuban urologists, will be achieved.
Baku, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The Azerbaijan-Cuba Friendship Association has issued a statement corroborating its support for the Cuban social project, Cuban Ambassador to Baku, Carlos Valdés, told Prensa Latina on Thursday.
According to the diplomat, the Azerbaijani friends pointed out in their press release that “the enemies of the Cuban Revolution have once again tried to use in a reckless and destabilizing way the complex economic scenario the sister Republic of Cuba is experiencing.”
The text says that on March 17, citizens in some Cuban regions expressed their dissatisfaction over power shortages and food distribution.
The note stated that enemies of the Cuban Revolution tried to use such circumstances to encourage actions against the country’s internal order and peace.
The document added that Cuban leaders were present in those places with the people to attend to their demands and explain the country’s efforts to improve the situation.
They also condemned spokespersons from the US Government and its diplomatic mission in Cuba who have manipulated the reality in a meddlesome way and “expressed concern” about alleged Human Rights violations.
Havana, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday lamented the death toll as a result of Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, as it continues to increase and has already exceeded 32,000 deaths, mostly children and women.
On his X account, the head of State noted that while the United Nations Security Council approved a resolution on Monday demanding a ceasefire in Gaza during the month of Ramadan, the number of martyrs continued to increase.
He condemned that the United States continues to refuse peace. “World shame,” he added in his message.
On Monday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez reiterated the urgency of a permanent ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave, because UN regulations only provide for a truce during the month of Ramadan.
The approved resolution calls for an immediate ceasefire that will lead to a lasting and sustainable end of the conflict, and the return of the hostages held by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.
At the same time, he noted the urgent need to allow more life-saving aid to reach a starving population in the besieged territory in compliance with international law.
The UN Security Council also considers an urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance and strengthen the protection of civilians throughout the Gaza Strip.
Likewise, he reiterated his demand to eliminate obstacles to the provision of large-scale humanitarian assistance.
Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) The 3rd International Scientific University-Society Congress (UNISOC2024) starts in the Cuban province of Matanzas until March 28, in order to promote knowledge to achieve sustainable development.
With more than 700 participants from eight countries, UNISOC2024 is being held at the Plaza America Convention Center in Varadero and the University of Matanzas (UM), under the slogan For a society of learning towards sustainable development. The event brings together prestigious Cuban and foreign scientists and academics, with Honduras as the guest of honor.
According to UM institutional communicator Yasnier Hinojosa, the event will feature the 16th International Workshop on Gender, Culture and Society, the 2nd International Workshop on the Anti-racial Debate Today: Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination, and the 3rd International Symposium on Heritage and Culture.
UNISOC2024 will become an ideal meeting to share experiences, promote and exhibit products, as well as the follow-up and treatment of policies such as the national program for economic and social development, he added.
Under the auspices of the UM, the event will address the management of capacities from science and innovation for local development, physical activity and human development in active and sustainable aging, learning towards sustainable tourism, the challenges of sugar production and its byproducts and the management of capacities from science.
In addition to UNISOC2024, the 2nd Varadero 2024 Business Fair will be held in Cuba’s major coastal destination to promote exchange among companies and the new economic stockholders of the province and the country.
Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the creators, technicians, and workers of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) on the 65th anniversary of that institution on Sunday.
On his X profile, Díaz-Canel emphasized that the ICAIC is the first cultural institution of the Cuban Revolution, “which has been and continues to be the promoter and guardian of the best of Latin American and world cinema.”
As part of the celebrations, the ICAIC is holding the Fest of Cuban Cinema campaign, which consists of the premieres of 67 national productions, including films, documentaries, and animation, and the screening of 40 other films, 22 of which have been restored.
As part of the celebrations, on March 21, several awards were granted to the institution’s founders and prominent figures linked to the national film.
The Lázaro Peña Order in its Third Degree, granted by the Council of State, was awarded to actress Eslinda Núñez, National Film Award winner, while the Jesús Menéndez Medal was given to Dolores Calviño, Isabel Santos, Lisette Vila, and Víctor Domínguez for their outstanding work.
The founding of ICAIC concreted the desire to create a national film industry and prepared and consolidated the work of professionals in the sector, including Julio García Espinosa, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Santiago Alvarez, among other prominent filmmakers.
The ICAIC catalog contains some of the most successful films in the history of Cuban cinema, some of which have been included in international lists of the 20th century’s best films.
Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is touring Jovellanos municipality, in western Matanzas province, to keep direct contact with the people and meet with producers, workers, and peasants.
The president wrote in his X account that this week started with the regular and indispensable visits to municipalities, and recalled that on Monday, he toured Minas de Matahambre (Pinar del Río) and Bauta (Artemisa), both in western Cuba.
During today’s tour of Jovellanos, the head of State, accompanied by the organizational secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, arrived at local business that belongs to the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Agricultural Company, where he was informed that the company had reported losses last year due to low production, so Díaz-Canel urged to work on recovery and improve work, because it is one of the largest companies in the country.
So far in 2024, they have recovered 34 irrigation machines, which went to state use, since they were previously in the hands of usufructuaries.
The Jovellanense Agricultural Company pays taxes to the municipality and the province, and produces vegetables and grains mainly. It has 12,000 hectares of land, 4,500 are in production and some 1,000 of them are protected under irrigation.
Jovellanos is the third municipality in Matanzas that the president visits as part of the assessment of priorities in the economic and social order for this year, the territories visited previously were Colón and Cárdenas.
Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) A brigade from the Electric Company in this central province on Sunday supported the recovery efforts in Havana municipalities, which were affected by severe local storms that caused flooding and damage to the service.
The technical director of that company in Ciego de Avila, Kaled Cruz, pointed out that the group is made up of 34 workers, including linemen, technicians and reinforcement personnel, all of which with a vast working experience to do their job after the passage of hydro-meteorological events.
He pointed out that they are working to replace fallen poles, repair of lines, broken conduits and other breakdowns in secondary circuits, to restore service as soon as possible.
Due to the strong winds and persistent rainfall that occurred in western Cuba in recent days, total and partial collapses of homes, fallen poles, destroyed farm houses, flooded fields and swollen rivers have been reported in several Havana municipalities.
Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) United States authorities approved an additional sum of more than 50 million dollars for subversive actions against Cuba, with emphasis on media manipulation campaigns, Cubadebate’s website reported on Sunday.
Cubadebate Director Randy Alonso on Sunday commented on some of Washington’s latest policy against Cuba in an article entitled “Blockade and Subversion against Cuba: Fines to Banks and More Than 50 Million for Interventionist Programs.”
On Friday, March 22, the anti-Cuba mafia in the House of Representatives succeeded to introduce the new funds in a Resolution that authorizes 1.2 billion dollars in fund to sustain the operations of some areas of the US Government, the director of IDEAS Multimedios explained.
According to a press release from the office of anti-Cuba Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart, the regulations contemplate 25 million dollars for programs to “promote democracy in Cuba.” The sum means an increase of 25 percent compared to 2023, Alonso explained.
These programs are fundamentally intended to develop subversive actions against Cuba and “manipulative campaigns” within the United States and the rest of the world, the analyst noted.
Through the State Department, the NED and the USAID, they generously finance the anti-Cuba lobby organizations in Florida and other parts and pay their allowance to the mercenaries they have in Cuba, the expert added.
A part of this fund is used to maintain the anti-Cuba media machinery and the social media agitators who have been fostered in the last 10 years “with the express objective of impacting, generating manipulated narratives and confusing Cuban public opinion,” the journalist added.
With a similar purpose, the legislative proposal signed by the US Chamber allocates 25 million for the 2024 work of the Cuba Broadcasting Office, in charge of Radio and TV Martí, which represents a notable increase compared to 13 million dollars in the last fiscal year, he pointed.
Besides, an “unspecified” additional amount is reserved for the Open Technology Fund to promote technologies that promote “freedom on the Internet” in Cuba, the specialist warned.
In that regard, the regulations establish that 90 days after the final approval of the law, the Secretary of State and the executive director of the United States Agency for Global Media must present the funds and plans to the Appropriations Committees to implement the provisions with respect to Internet technology development programs.
A recent article published by the Razones de Cuba’s website drew attention to the growing fiscal deficit of the United States, while the White House continues to spend extraordinary sums of money for interventionist purposes.
“Those billions of dollars that they waste are part of the large and increased fiscal deficit that US citizens pay,” Razones de Cuba claimed with concrete data.
Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX) has invited foreign companies and groups to participate in the upcoming ExpoCaribe 2024 International Fair.
That event will be held in eastern Cuba from June 26 to 29, MINCEX Deputy Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva said.
The government expects to ensure a forum par excellence for the entire Caribbean, said Pérez-Oliva when presenting the initiative to representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Cuba and other relevant stockholders.
The fair aims to promote and foster trade and investments, as well as the generation of new business among the nations of the Greater Caribbean, noted the official, who recalled the contribution of previous editions of the trade event.
