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Raúl continues tour of nation’s military industry

Raul recorrido

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz visited three military industry facilities in Havana, as part of a tour that has included others in the provinces of Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba, and Mayabeque. The visits began with a stop at the Granma facility in the capital, where maritime equipment is fabricated, repaired, updated, and sold, along with the production of items destined for the national market including stoves, metal doors, and marble floor tiles.

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Composer of Cuba’s national anthem honored

Monumento Perucho Figueredo

This eastern city’s residents and invited guests gathered yesterday, February 18, to honor the patriot Pedro Figueredo, composer of the music and lyrics of Cuba’s national anthem, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Alongside the bust of Figueredo, at the foot of the statue of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in the

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President Maduro sends a message of unity and peace to Venezuelans

Maduro Cilia

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro posted a video through his Twitter account in which he sent a message of peace and called for unity, alongside several of his ministers.

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Raúl receives Namibian Prime Minister

Raul Namibia

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday February 15, received her Excellency Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, who is making an official visit to our country.

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Díaz-Canel receives the Prime Minister of Namibia

Diaz Canel Namibia

The First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received on Thursday, February 15, Her Excellency Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Prime Minister of the Republic of Namibia, who is on an official visit to the island.

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Maduro: There will be elections come rain or shine

Venezuela elecciones

“We are going to hold elections come rain or shine, with or without the opposition. In Venezuela there will be presidential elections, and the people will go out by the millions to vote. In elections what matters is the people,” stated President Nicolás Maduro.

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Cuba rejects interference and exclusion of Venezuela from Summit of the Americas

Venezuela Maduro

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba energetically rejects the announcement by a group of nations in the hemisphere, released February 13 in Lima, that constitutes unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic de Venezuela,

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Police confirm second explosion in Oruro was caused by a homemade bomb

Bolivia Oruro mapa

Bolivian Police Commander Faustino Mendoza confirmed on Wednesday that the second explosion that occurred in the city of Oruro was caused by a bomb consisting of more than three kilograms of dynamite, ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.

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Dignity does not age

tercera edad

Cuba’s aging population – with 19.8% of the population aged 60 and over today – poses a series of challenges. In the social sphere, be it at the individual, family, or societal levels, not all are prepared to understand this phenomenon, as there are not adequate material resources or support networks to meet the demands that this stage of life requires.

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Díaz-Canel receives Palestinian leader

Diaz Canel Alfatá

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Party Central Committee Political Bureau member and First Vice President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday afternoon received Sabri Saidam, member of the Al Fatah movement’s Central Committee and minister of Education and Higher Education in Palestine