Cuba

Cuban children celebrate the Program for the International Children’s Book Day with dissimilar proposals that bring back some characters created by authors from the island and universal literature.»

The resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba, Barbara Pesce-Monteiro, acknowledged this country’s commitment to sustainable development, the press are reporting today.»

Deputy General Secretary of the Communist Young League (UJC), Joel Pérez, leads the Cuban delegation to the First Preparatory Meeting for the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, local media reported today.»

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent a letter to the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, to mark the Day of the Sea in which he expressed his support for the maritime claim by that South American country.»

The Cuban Workers’ Union (CTC), an organization with more than three million members, is making preparations for its 20th Congress, to be held in November, media reported today.»

Speaking at the opening session of the 128th Assembly of the World Inter-Parliamentarian Union (IPU), being held in Ecuador, President Rafael Correa denounced the U.S. blockade of Cuba, which has been condemned 21 consecutive times at the United Nations.»

Participants in the 15th Congress of Computer Science in Education called for a greater socialization of knowledge through school networks as part of strategies for cooperation and integration.»

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will visit Cuba this week in his first foreign trip since 2011. He come to the island as a special guest of Cuban counterpart Raul Castro and is scheduled to take off on Friday.»

Cuba and the Vatican maintain cordial relations of mutual respect and make progress in the development and deepening of these ties, said Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel.»

Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel presides over his country’s delegation that attended Pope Francis’s enthronement ceremony at the Vatican.»