Santiago, Chile, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Aleida Guevara, ambassador of the Global Campaign for the Right of Return to Palestine, on Wednesday welcomed the Chilean Government’s decision to prevent Israel’s participation in the upcoming Aerospace, Defense, and Security Fair.

I think it is an excellent attitude that Chile has prevented the Israeli Army from coming here to show its weapons, the Cuban doctor said at a press briefing at the National Congress in Valparaiso.

The daughter of Argentinean-Cuban revolutionary fighter Ernesto Che Guevara, and South African Parliamentarian Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of former President Nelson Mandela, met with Ricardo Cifuentes, president of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday.

They also met with the Chile-Palestine inter-parliamentary group of the legislative body, the Cuban Embassy in Chile reported on its X platform.

Also present at the meeting was Physician Pablo Sepúlveda, grandson of late Chilean President Salvador Allende.

As the United Nations has not been capable of stopping the genocide against Palestine, all nations must join forces to make Israel realize that it is becoming the highest criminal of humanity at this moment, Aleida said.

Since October 7, 2023, Tel Aviv’s bombings and attacks on Gaza have killed 30,000 and injured more than 70,000, mostly women and children.

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Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso denounced the massacre of the Palestinian people before the eyes of the international community, while speaking at the 6th Cultural Summit that concludes today in Abu Dhabi.

The Cuban website La Jiribilla pointed out that he urged the international community to take a stand to stop the genocide in that Arab nation during the High-Level Dialogue convened by Unesco, which was also attended by ministers of culture from Spain, Morocco, Nigeria, Paraguay, Cape Verde, Croatia and Chad.

Alonso condemned the inhumane and genocidal blockade that the U.S. government exerts on Cuba, making it the main obstacle to development in all areas of Cuban society, including culture.

He also explained the importance of culture in the process of revolutionary transformation in Cuba, where it is considered an indispensable condition for full emancipation.

The high-ranking official ratified the importance of the post-2030 Sustainable Development Agenda recognizing a goal specifically dedicated to culture, which recognizes it as a universal public good available to all.

Likewise, he urged that the Cultural Summits serve as spaces for proposals, from which concrete actions are derived, contributing to the creation of awareness in society and the transformation of the reality of the peoples.

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Havana, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuba received for the fourth consecutive year the award for Best MICE Organizer at the World MICE Awards 2023, a sphere of meetings, congresses and incentive travel tourism, an official report said.

The press release from Cuban tourism authorities expresses satisfaction and notes that this is an incredible testimony of efforts and hard work.

Precisely, the organizers of events and meetings in Cuba thanked the judges and the industry in general on Wednesday for the valuable recognition.

First and foremost, they are committed to providing unique inspiring experiences and the best service in Cuba, fully supported by the Cuban tourism office in Europe, they added.

The World MICE Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in the MICE industry. MICE means Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions.

The nominees on this occasion, in addition to Cuba as a nation, were Solways, CubaGrouPlanner, and Green Alligator Travel and Events.

The World MICE Awards recognize and reward the excellence of tourism facilities that promote tourism for events, congresses and conventions at the international level. The awards are based on the World Travel Awards, considered the Oscars of tourism.

Created in 1998, MICE Cuba is highly experienced, dynamic and creative, providing a comprehensive portfolio of services to one of the world’s most unique and fascinating destinations, according to its own documents.

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Havana, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Under the slogan “Sustainable Fashion. Focus, Trends, and Opportunities,” the 7th International Workshop of Women Entrepreneurs 2024 concluded at Havana’s Hotel Nacional de Cuba on Wednesday.

Fashion shows, lectures, and panels marked the first day of the Workshop, inaugurated by Cuban Women’s Federation (FMC) General Secretary Teresa Amarelle Boué, Italian Ambassador to Cuba Roberto Vellano, and other participants.

The Workshop, which has an outstanding presence of Italian artists, hosted the lecture “Business relations with producers associated with fashion with projects for wholesale and retail marketing with developed foreign investment,” by Elvia Rosabal, head of the Business Group. Albus, Mercantile Society.

Lara Soler, a graduate in International Relations and Deputy Director of Trade Policy Management with Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX), lectured on “Local Development and Women at the Center of International Cooperation.”

Later, the lecture “Professionalism, Leadership in Competitive, and Sustainable Companies” by Laura Lara, from Pujalte S.U.R.L. Group, Piso 34. Women working towards female empowerment in contemporary art circles in Cuba.

At the end of the meting, the most outstanding papers and booths will be honored, and the WEIC Special Prize for Extraordinary or Outstanding Women in Culture will be awarded.

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