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Anniversary of the Granma landing celebrated in Santiago de Cuba

Desembarco granma aniversario

The 62nd anniversary of the Granma expedition’s landing was commemorated with a tribute to the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Santiago de Cuba’s Santa Ifigenia cemetery where floral wreaths were placed in José Martí’s mausoleum in the name of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba; President of the Councils of State and Ministers Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; and the Cuban people.

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A salute to Baracoa, as beautiful as ever

Canel Baracoa

Baracoa’s beauty and traditions must be preserved, insisted Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, as he conversed with residents and authorities in this municipality, during a government visit to this eastern province, which also took him to Maisí.

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Raúl receives People’s Army of Vietnam Political General

Raul Vietnam

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, yesterday afternoon, November 28, received Coronel General Luong Cuong, a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Secretariat and head of the People’s Army Political Department’s directorate, along with the delegation accompanying him, who were making an official visit to Cuba on the invitation of the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

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The return of Cuban doctors from Brazil to begin shortly

Brasil medicos

The return of Cuban health professionals working in Brazil will begin shortly and should conclude by mid-December, according to authorities at the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) who, in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, are ensuring the arrival of all their belongings and transportation from Havana to their homes across the island.

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La Habana, 500 years of history and life

Morro

Original peoples, Black slaves, pirates, the French, British, Chinese, and Spanish, are only a few of the many who populated Havana in its early years. Christened by Diego Velázquez as the Villa de San Cristóbal, in 1519, the city became one of the most important in the so-called New World.

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The urgent imperative of a resistance front

Raul Roa

If all democratic forms of government have been subjected to the most challenging tests during these times, this has been seen nowhere more ferociously than in Our America, where they have been placed in serious danger. From south to north, military lodges, landholders, power brokers, uncouth oligarchies, and big business, in sinister complicity, with no holds placed by the UN or the OAS, have abolished fundamental human and civil freedoms.

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Cooperation with no obstacles or interference

canel Londres

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez completed a busy agenda yesterday during a stopover in London, on his way back to Havana, as his international tour draws to a close.

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Declaration of Ministry of Republic Health of Cuba

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The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the solidarity and humanistic principles that have guided Cuba’s medical cooperation for 55 years, has been participating in the Program More Doctors for Brazil since its inception in August 2013.

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Cuban and Laotian leaders hold official talks

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Around midnight Saturday night, local time, the President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, arrived here on his first trip as head of state to this sister country, to reinforce the ties they have shared since 1974, and deliver a message of continuity.

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Important socio-economic issues on Council of Ministers agenda

Reunio Consejo Ministros

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez led a meeting of the Council of Ministers October 30, addressing issues related to economic and social affairs of the nation, including foreign investment, taxes, the state of accounts payable and receivable, progress of the Economic Plan,