Escambray ENGLISH EDITION
The main characteristic of Cuban Elections is the broad popular participation that goes beyond the possibility of voters nominating and directly electing their representatives.»
Popular participation characterizes elections in Cuba
Cuba vigorously protests United States of America’s granting of asylum to an aircraft hijacker
On 27 February 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, summoned the United States Chargé D’Affaires, Benjamin Ziff, to the Ministry, to formally convey Cuba’s vigorous protest at the granting of political asylum to the Cuban citizen Rubén Martínez Machado, perpetrator of the hijacking of a Cuban civil aircraft on 21 October 2022.»
Cuba advances in domestic oral Polio vaccination campaign
The first stage of the 62nd oral polio vaccination campaign that began last February 27 in Cuba is currently progressing in this central province, health officials said on Wednesday»
Preparations for elections in Sancti Spiritus advance as the plan
While preparations for the elections on March 26 make progress, the meetings between parliamentary candidates to the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) with students and economic institutions continue today and are social.»
The U.S. base in Guantanamo is the fruit of servility 120 years ago
On February 16, 1903, the then president of Cuba Tomás Estrada Palma betrayed the ideas of José Martí and the Cuban Revolutionary Party he helped found, by signing the cession of the Caimanera territory to the United States, in order to establish a naval base against the national will.»
Cuba hosts Habano Festival after two years
After two years, the Habano Festival has resumed in Cuba, an event that promotes the millenary culture and the art of harvesting, making, and enjoying an authentic and unique product.»
Fidel Castro’s legacy lives on as Cuba keeps sending ‘doctors, not bombs’ all across the world
In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims.»
Until when?
The world is regressing. Barbarism is being imposed. Several values, principles and behaviors which Humanity had accepted as valid -even though they reflect societies of antagonistic classes- and which a great deal of that very same Humanity considers “normal”, are being trampled, ill-treated and excluded from every-day life.»
Dogs helping find earthquake survivors in Türkiye
Trained rescue dogs are helping to find survivors buried underneath layers of concrete and otherwise undetectable.»
Henry Reeve Contingent collaborators arrive in Turkey
Cuban collaborators of the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Situations of Disasters and Serious Epidemics arrived today in Turkey to contribute to saving lives and helping in the recovery of the victims of the devastating earthquake that affected the population of that country and Syria.»