Cuba

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party determined to choose the Cuban province of Guantanamo as venue for the 59th commemoration of the National Rebellion Day.»

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban  Communist Party, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, received on Thursday morning a delegation of the  Spanish Communist Party, headed by its General Secretary, Jose Luis Centella, and made up by other members of the federal leadership of that party and of Izquierda Unida (United Left).»

The general secretary of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) Jose Luis Centella arrived Wednesday in Havana and met with foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, who welcomed him to this capital city.»

Many countries expressed their support for Cuba at the World Trade Organization (WTO), following the hostile takeover in the United States of the prestigious and well-known Havana Club trademark.»

Cuba celebrated on Tuesday the World Environment Day with several activities, including theoretical events at universities, cleaning, sowing plants in urban communities and reforestation works.»

Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada on Wednesday congratulated his Syrian peer Mohammed Yihad Al-Laham for his election.  Al-Laham became the head of the Syrian Peoples’ Assembly after May 7 elections.»

Cuban First Vice-President José Ramón Machado Ventura met with his visiting counterpart from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Saeidlo.»

Vice president of the Cuban Council of State Esteban Lazo  attended the Global African Diaspora Summit, where he reiterated the commitment of his country to the peoples of that continent in seeking new ways of collaboration.»

Cuba was backed on Friday by the academic community meeting at the 30th Congress of Latin American Studies (LASA), as part of its actions to tackle the U.S. blockade.»

The Sixth International Justice and Law Meeting concludes in this capital on Friday after three long days of work on the latest tendencies of the jurisprudence in the world.»