Cuba expresses concern for deterioration of the situation in the Middle East
Nueva York, 22 January 2020. Ambassador Oscar León González, Chargé d´Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, deplored the inability of the UN Security Council to put an end to the Israeli military aggression and occupation of the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, in accordance with its resolution 2334 (2016).
World Travel Awards to the Cuban National Hotel
Havana, January 21, 2020. Cuba's National Hotel won the World Travel Awards as Cuba's Leader for the 16th consecutive time, officials said today.
The award was presented in the Bahamas during the 27th World Travel Awards ceremony, considered the Oscars of the hotel industry.
The note indicates that the National Hotel is the only United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Memory of the World hotel in Cuba.
Despite limitations, Cuba’s state budget maintains its eminently social focus
Havana, January 21, 2020. The planned budget for 2020 is based on principles of conservation and rationality in expenditures, and maximizing income, mobilizing all untapped potential that exists in the economy, stated Vladimir Regueiro Ale, first deputy minister of Finances and Prices, during a press conference yesterday.
29th Havana International Book Fair to offer 400 new titles
Havana, January 21, 2020. More than 200 invited guests from some 44 countries will join capital city residents for the country’s most popular literary event, one that nurtures our spirits: The 29th Havana International Book Fair, February 6-16, with its main venue in the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, and set to travel across the country, concluding April 12 in Santiago de Cuba.
Diaz-Canel highlights humanist cooperation between Cuba and Venezuela
Havana, January 21, 2020. President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed today on Twitter that the cooperation between Cuba and Venezuela has a 'profoundly humanist' character.
Diaz-Canel shared an article published on the Cubadebate website that summarizes the intervention of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, at the 20th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of the Comprehensive Cuba-Venezuela Cooperation Agreement.