Cuba Vietnam Friendship

Nguyen Phu Trong: “Cuba-Vietnam friendship is a priceless treasure”

Nguyen Phu Trong: “Cuba-Vietnam friendship is a priceless treasure”
CUBANEW/ACN
22 DECEMBER 2022

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 21 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met online with Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who described the relations between the two countries and the special friendship between Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro as an invaluable treasure to be preserved for future generations.

Phu Trong updated Díaz-Canel on the current state of affairs in Vietnam and the challenges facing its economy. He also praised Cuba’s international successes and his country’s opposition to the US blockade.

Both leaders exchanged invitations for visits to their respective countries in 2023 and wished each other prosperity, whereas comrade Nguyen Phu Trong offered his Cuban counterpart his congratulations on the imminent new anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1st.

Alba-TCP, Latin America

Cuban Parliament dedicates an extraordinary session to ALBA-TCP

Cuban Parliament dedicates an extraordinary session to ALBA-TCP
Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, on its last day of debates this Wednesday, will have a moment dedicated to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP).

Author: Radio Habana Cuba | internet@granma.cu

december 14, 2022 11:12:08



Photo: Prensa Latina
Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power, on its last day of debates this Wednesday, will have a moment dedicated to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP).

The extraordinary session will commemorate the 18th anniversary of the creation of the regional mechanism, as well as the years of cooperation, solidarity, and Latin American and Caribbean integration among the countries of the bloc.

ALBA-TCP was created on December 14, 2004, through an agreement signed in Havana between the then presidents of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and Cuba, Fidel Castro, as a response to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), promoted by the United States and finally rejected by Latin America in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 2005.

Since its creation, it has maintained solidarity, justice, and cooperation as fundamental principles of the existing relations between member states.

It is also a political, economic, and social alliance in defense of the independence, self-determination, and identity of the people, by its precepts.

Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Grenada, and Cuba are members of this political coordination mechanism.

Cuba Caricom

The Eighth CARICOM-Cuba celerated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations

Brotherhood has a home in the Caribbean
The Eighth CARICOM-Cuba celerated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the first four nations of that bloc and Cuba.

Author: International news staff | informacion@granma.cu

december 14, 2022 12:12:29


Díaz-Canel conveyed an embrace from Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, “admirer of the dignity of our Caribbean brothers and tireless defender of the relationship between our peoples and governments” to the Summit participants.

Photo: Estudios Revolución
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez invoked more solidarity, more understanding, more cooperation and more unity among the Caribbean nations while speaking at the Eighth Caricom-Cuba Summit, held on Tuesday on the island of Barbados.
The event commemorated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the first four nations of that bloc and the largest of the Antilles. In the opening session, the Cuban Head of State invited to reflect on the significance of “the achievements made in these years and how much more we can do for the welfare of our nations.”
“I bring you an embrace from Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, admirer of the dignity of our Caribbean brothers and tireless defender of the relationship between our peoples and governments,” he said.
He evoked Fidel’s contribution to the growing rapprochement of the region and expressed Cuba’s gratitude for their “unwavering” solidarity and friendship of the Caribbean.
The heads of state and government attending the Summit also accompanied President Díaz-Canel in a tribute to the 73 victims of the terrorist attack on a Cubana de Aviación plane in mid-flight, which took place in 1976, near the coast of Barbados.
At the tribute, the dignitaries in attendance agreed to commemorate Caricom-Cuba Anti-Terrorism Day every October 6 because as host Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said, “the memory of those victims must always inspire us to preserve our Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.”
“Cuba can only be on the list, if it existed, of the victims of terrorism,” said Díaz-Canel.
At the end of an emotional day, the president met with members of the medical brigade working on the island, Cuban residents and members of the diplomatic mission.
Translated by ESTI

Cuba / US Relations, Cuba and US Normalization

The FBI Must Stop Harassing & Criminalizing Cuba Solidarity!

¡El FBI debe dejar de hostigar y criminalizar la Solidaridad con Cuba!

 

* Featuring speakers from the U.S. & Puerto Rico who are standing up against FBI harassment *

Webinar available in English y en Español

THURSDAY DECEMBER 15 2022

4pm Vancouver / Pacific Time

7pm Cuba / Eastern Time

8pm Puerto Rico Time

Event Co-Moderators:
woman protesting against the blockade towards cuba
 

DÉBORAH B. SANTANA – Organizer with the Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, Brigadista with the Juan Rius Rivera Brigade, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College
Canadian activist in solidarity with Cuba
TAMARA HANSEN – Coordinator of Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Organizer with the U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Committee & Author of “5 Decades of the Cuban Revolution: The Challenges of an Unwavering Leadership.”

Special introduction:
Former president of Casa de Las Americas New York City
NANCY CABRERO – Casa de las Américas New York City

Invited Speakers:
cuba american activist and founder of bridges of love
CARLOS LAZO – Cuban American founder and central organizers of Bridges of Love (Puentes de Amor) who Initiated the Caravan Movement to End the U.S. Blockade and unite Cuban families
female director of the Interreligious Foundation of Community Organizations/IFCO
GAIL WALKER – Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization / Pastors for Peace
Puerto Rican activist, president of the committee of solidarity with Cuba
MILAGROS RIVERA – President of the Committee of Solidarity with Cuba in Puerto Rico and Director of the Juan Ríus Rivera Brigade
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BANBOSE SHANGO –  All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP), former co-chair National Network on Cuba, led 2022 delegation to CUBA
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Comité de Solidaridad con Cuba de Puerto Rico & International U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference Coalition