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Advantages of banking use of U.S. dollar highlighted

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez stressed today that the banking use of the dollar will benefit the national economic activity and the population. Rodríguez pointed out on Twitter that the measure is motivated by the current conditions in the country, despite Washington’ s continuous measures that hinder Cuba’s external financial flows and prevent foreign deposits of cash dollars. For »

UK Members of Parliament demand end to US extradition of Julian Assange

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Parliamentarians of the United Kingdom on Tuesday wrote the United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, at the request of the cessation of the extradition process against the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange. The legislators’ request occurs on the fourth anniversary of the imprisonment in the European nation of the 51-year-old Australian journalist and also demands the “return home” of »

Cuba Celebrates the Day of Protected Areas

Sierra Las Damas forest, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Cuba celebrates this twelfth of April, the "Day of Protected Areas" with significant advances in the development and consolidation of instruments for the conservation of these spaces, which are home to a great biological diversity.»

Over 150 young leaders from the United States will travel to Cuba in solidarity

On April 24, 2023, over 150 young leaders from social movements and organizations in the United States will travel to Cuba to exchange with labor unions, grassroots activists, artists, and youth organizations, and take part in Cuba’s May Day celebrations. This delegation is the largest group of young leaders to travel to Cuba in decades. It will forge people-to-people relations on the island which for over six decades has faced the impact of a blockade by the United States government.»

Cuban leaders committed to improve government

Following the confirmation of the results of the national elections held on March 26 in Cuba, in which 470 lawmakers were elected to the Cuban Parliament, the country's leadership expressed its commitment to improve the Government's performance»

Prime Minister talks about challenges of Cuban culture in 2023

Manuel Marrero

The assessment meeting of the Ministry of Culture (Mincult) was carried out in the Council of State in Havana with the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic, Manuel Marrero Cruz; the Vice Prime Minister, Inés María Chapman Waugh; and the head of the sector, Alpidio Alonso Grau. At the meeting, the problems and successes of Cuban culture in 2022 were discussed, and ideas and proposals were presented on how to enrich the cultural policy of the nation where the main recipient is the people.»