The humanitarian aid includes medications such as antibiotics, antipyretics, painkillers, oral solutions, and muscle relaxants
Havana, Jan 10 (RHC) The Indian government has dispatched a shipment of vital medical supplies to Cuba today, in an effort to aid the island’s recovery from the devastating impact of Hurricane Rafael in November.
On the platform X, Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesman of the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that the humanitarian aid includes medications such as antibiotics, antipyretics, painkillers, oral solutions, and muscle relaxants.
In June 2024, the Indian authorities sent humanitarian assistance to Cuba corresponding to raw materials for the production of medicines, as a reflection of their commitment to the historical friendship between the two nations.
In June 2024, the Indian government also sent a cargo of humanitarian assistance to Cuba, containing raw materials for pharmaceutical production. The shipment consisted of 90 tons of nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) produced in India.
The cargo is employed in the manufacturing of crucial antibiotics in the form of tablets, capsules, syrups, and injections, which are essential for the management of chronic infectious diseases.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized at that time that the support reiterates India’s position as the global pharmacy and underscores its dedication to the long-standing friendship with Cuba. (Source: Prensa Latina)
Havana, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) India reaffirmed its bonds of friendship and cooperation with Cuba on the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations, and ratified its commitment to working with Cuba and the Global South nations.
The Indian Government was one of the first to recognize the Cuban State after the revolutionary triumph in 1959, Indian Ambassador in Havana Armstrong Changsan recalled at a ceremony held in the emblematic Hotel Nacional de Cuba on Friday evening.
Following a visit by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara to New Delhi that year, the two countries established official relations on January 12, 1960.
Since then, Cuba and India started a “way for cooperation and friendship marked by high-level visits, cultural exchanges, development cooperation, close coordination in multilateral fora, and the defense of the Global South cause,” the Indian diplomat noted.
“We assess our strong bilateral relationship and look forward to continuing to work together to address common challenges and explore new ways of cooperation in the next few years,” Changsan added.
He told Prensa Latina that a first shipment consisting of medicines departed for Havana on January 10 to help the victims of the two hurricanes that hit Cuba’s eastern and western regions in October and November.
Cuba and India have actively participated in the exchange of knowledge and contests with developing countries through several initiatives in health care, education, and natural disaster management, among others, he added.
Attended by Cuban professionals who have benefited from ITEC courses and officials from the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investments Ministry (MINCEX), the Science, Technology, and Environment Ministry (CITMA), and the Foreign Ministry (MINREX), the ceremony also marked World Hindi Day and Overseas Indian Day.
Havana, 11 Jan (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Government considered the day on which Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took office for his third term historic, according to reports.
“A historic day, full of joy and commitment to the Homeland of Bolívar, Sucre, Chávez and Maduro,” the Cuban Foreign Ministry posted on its X profile on Saturday.
Cuba is with Venezuela, in a show of solidarity and support for brother President Maduro in his third term, the text adds.
It also expresses Cuban authorities’ support “for the civil-military union” of the Venezuelan people.
On Friday, President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as the President of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term.
In a solemn session in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, the re-elected president took his oath in a symbolic act on the original Constitution signed by Commander Hugo Chávez after its approval in 1999.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the ceremony together with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, among other outstanding figures.
Havana, January 11 (RHC)– After an unforgettable day in Venezuela, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, returned to Cuba at dawn today.
The president himself announced it on his account on the social network X, where he said that he was accompanying “brother” Nicolás Maduro in his swearing-in as constitutional president of the Bolivarian Republic.
“We are already in the Homeland, with all the emotions of an unforgettable day in #Venezuela, accompanying brother Nicolás Maduro in his swearing-in as constitutional President and his brave people who sing and dance their victory over the fascist conspiracy.”
Representatives of more than 100 delegations attended this swearing-in ceremony at the Venezuelan National Assembly, where Maduro Moros said: I come from the people, I am from the people and my power emanates from history and from the people. The power that I represent and carry belongs to the people and I owe myself to the people.
With his words he criticized those who submit to the empire, which he considered to be making pacts with the devil. Today we have people and we have a Homeland, he said.
Then in a ceremony at the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army, which was also attended by Díaz-Canel, the Venezuelan Head of State led an act of recognition and the reaffirmation of his figure as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
The dignitary said he was proud to occupy that position, because the people have placed him in his responsibilities.
In his speech he considered his swearing-in as President to be a great victory for Venezuelan democracy. “The power that I represent and carry belongs to the people and I owe myself to the people; it is not a man, it is not Maduro, it is a people that grows into a man,” he confirmed.
Buenos Aires, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) In times of hatred and war, Cuba is betting on love, solidarity and peace, Ambassador in Buenos Aires Pedro Pablo Prada said at a ceremony on the 66th anniversary of the Revolution.
In the meeting with diplomats, parliamentarians, members of the Solidarity Movement, Cuban residents here and graduates in Cuba, Prada called for “respect for the United Nations Charter and the principles of international law, first of all, and independence, sovereignty and self-determination of States.”
He noted that Cuba will continue to strengthen socialist democracy, the rights and guarantees of citizens, and will insist on fighting the battle against hegemonic ideologies and cultural colonization.
The ambassador denounced the consequences of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for more than six decades, Cuba’s inclusion on a list of alleged sponsors of terrorism, and the intensification of the media campaign against the process initiated on January 1, 1959.
Prada also demanded the end to the genocide against Palestine and the expansionism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
We defend Latin American and Caribbean unity in its great diversity, without exclusions or fratricidal aggression. We claim the right of Argentines to exercise their sovereignty over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands (Falkland Islands) and the corresponding maritime territories. The friendship between our countries is fireproof, he added.
The ambassador pointed out that the freedom conquered by Cubans 66 years ago will be safeguarded as the most precious asset and defended to the last consequences.
The difficulties that my country faces are explained by the intensification of the silent war by the United States. The inclusion on the (State Sponsors of Terrorism – SSOT) list made the effects of the cruel blockade, the multiple crises that have plagued the world since 2008, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, and two hurricanes and an earthquake that left more than 60,000 families homeless in November, more suffocating, he pointed out.
Media and networks only spread biased news. Few people know that just 20 days ago, more than 700,000 Cubans marched in Havana to protest against the attacks. Socialist Cuba resists and does so thanks to the heroic sacrifice, unity and dignity of its people, as well as due to international solidarity. We will never be alone, the diplomat added.
Prada went on to say that Cuba will continue to promote its development plans and the search for the greatest possible prosperity and social justice, and welcomed Cuba’s incorporation into the BRICS, which he considered part of promising initiatives.
Mexico City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced today that the ambassador to Venezuela will be present during the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro and reiterated that the South American nation is sovereign.
“In the case of Venezuela, the Venezuelan ambassador will go, he will represent us there. (…) We defend our foreign policy, the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people. They are the ones who have to decide,” the president emphasized in her usual meeting with journalists.
“There should be no intervention in any way, but the people of Venezuela should decide,” stressed the dignitary, specifying that it is not just a personal opinion, because “as president, that is the foreign policy of our country.”
When asked about a supposed rearrangement of political forces in Latin America and a shift of the left, the head of the Executive considered that progressives in the region have a lot of strength and recognition.
“The Frente Amplio has just won in Uruguay and that is a sign that in a country where progressive forces did not govern, this force has just won,” he argued.
Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term on Friday.
Caracas, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in today as president of Venezuela for the 2025-2031 six-year term.
In a solemn session in the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, the re-elected president took his oath in a symbolic act on the original Constitution signed by Commander Hugo Chávez after its approval in 1999.
The re-elected head of state stated during his swearing-in that he would comply with all mandates and obligations arising from the Magna Carta and the national laws of the Republic.
He assured that this new presidential term will be one of peace, prosperity, equality and new democracy.
“I swear it on history, on my life, and I will do so, and we will do so, I swear it,” the president stressed.
Maduro arrived at the Federal Legislative Palace accompanied by the first combatant and deputy to the National Assembly Cilia Flores and the executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez.
In addition to the first vice president of the United Socialist Party, Diosdado Cabello, he was received by the head of the Legislative Branch, Jorge Rodríguez.
Thousands of citizens also welcomed the dignitary, stationed around the parliamentary building.
Once inside the Federal Palace, Maduro was received by the Board of Directors of Parliament, who accompanied him to the Elliptical Hall, where he was acclaimed by deputies and 51 international delegations present, of which 13 are heads of state and government.
More than two thousand representatives of governments, social movements from more than a hundred countries on all continents and international organizations traveled to this capital to attend Maduro’s swearing-in this Friday, at the Federal Legislative Palace.
Parallel to the inauguration of the Bolivarian leader, thousands of Venezuelans from Caracas and other states of the country are moving towards the historic center to accompany Maduro and celebrate what they describe here as a historic assumption.
Caracas, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan and Cuban authorities laid a wreath today in Caracas to the Liberator Simón Bolívar, on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, on January 1, 1959.
The honors to the Father of the Homeland were presided over by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, the head of the Department of International Relations of the Communist Party of the island, Emilio Lozada; the vice-president of the National Assembly, Ana María Mari Machado, and the ambassador of Havana, Dagoberto Rodríguez.
The ceremony held at the National Pantheon to the Heroes was also attended by plenipotentiaries accredited here from friendly countries and representatives of the Cuban Mission in the Bolivarian Republic.
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister told the press that the Cuban Revolution throughout all these decades stood firm and taught the world what solidarity, internationalism and being on the side of the Latin American peoples in all circumstances are.
Gil pointed out that January 1st is not only a date of celebration for Cubans, but ‘for all Latin Americans and peoples of the world who believe in liberation and solidarity’.
The senior diplomat recalled Cuba’s historic leader, Fidel Castro, Army General Raúl Castro, and all those who accompanied ‘that libertarian deed’, which thanks to it ‘we can say that the Bolivarian Revolution exists today’.
It was thanks to the Cuban Revolution, that lighthouse, which illuminated the path we follow today in a world full of complexities’, he stressed, and assured that despite the difficulties Cuba will continue to be ‘that sovereign and spiritual political guide that will point the way to all peoples seeking liberation’.
Rodriguez, for his part, affirmed that despite the criminal blockade policy of U.S. imperialism against Cuba, the ‘Cuban Revolution is more alive than ever and we are 66 years old’.
He said that this event expresses ‘the close and perfect brotherhood between Cubans and Venezuelans’.
The recent history of Cuba has shown that moments can be complex, but not insurmountable, as recently stated by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Havana, January 9 (Radio Habana Cuba) — On the occasion of the upcoming inauguration of the elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, the multiplatform news outlet teleSUR spoke with several Cubans, who agree that a second term for the former president in the White House would be worse for the Caribbean country in numerous areas.
The interviewed Cubans stated that they expect greater restrictions in the economic scenario, which will further affect the Cuban people, as they imply a worsening of the blockade and coercive and unilateral measures.
“Nothing good can be expected from him because he left some things pending in the previous term.” I imagine that with this one, it’s like saying it’s time for revenge, right? At least with the Cuba issue,” affirmed one of the interviewees.
Similarly, they highlighted that the appointment of the Republican Marco Rubio, a politician of Cuban origin, as Secretary of State could be very complicated from a diplomatic and economic standpoint, making it imperative for Cubans to organize themselves well.
The popular concern is supported by the opinion of experts on Cuba-United States relations, such as Cuban researcher Hasán Pérez Casabona, who warns about the imminent beginning of a stage of great complexity, as it is not a figure like Barack Obama, who blurred the face of imperialism and was a representative of the so-called smart power.
“Trump embodies the entire harshness of the drama of the history of capitalism and its prediction towards Latin America as a backyard, because he despises us, because he says we are places with indescribable words, because he talks about unimaginable gigantic deportations,” said Casabona, who also indicated that Trump’s arrival at the White House also represents “a challenge for Latin American unity and for the ability to establish alliances.”
For his part, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío stated that the Cuban government is concerned about “the effect that increased hostility from the United States could have on our economy and, in particular, the effect it could have on the standard of living of the population.”
“The Government of the United States has proven to be very powerful and has a highly effective destructive capacity to cause harm, and we, in addition to the measures we will take to protect the population, which we take in self-defense, know that we will be able to survive,” he emphasized in an interview with teleSUR.
Cuban history in recent years has shown that moments can be complex, but not insurmountable, as recently stated by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel during the march that took place in front of the United States embassy in Havana.
In that sense, the president specified that if the U.S. government persists in its idea of undermining Cuban sovereignty, it will only find rebellion and intransigence.
Phnom Penh, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Cambodia and Cuba will Celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations and exemplary friendship.
This was made clear during the courtesy visit paid by the Cuban ambassador here, Milena Zaldívar, to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom, Prak Sokhonn.
During the fraternal meeting, the head of Cambodian diplomacy highlighted the recent commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. He reiterated his country’s firm commitment to strengthening the traditional relationship of friendship and good cooperation with the island.
Zaldívar, meanwhile, highlighted the Cambodian government’s invariable position of rejecting the unjust and illegal economic, commercial, and financial blockade by the United States, and its strong support for the international demand to exclude Cuba from the arbitrary list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism.
Both parties acknowledged the historic ties between the two countries, emphasizing their excellent dialogue and cooperation in the multilateral sphere, and the numerous expressions of solidarity that have characterized their relationship for over six decades making their bilateral ties a model of exemplary friendship.
