Cuba

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the unilateral sanctions against the Global South during a speech at the United Nations, saying they are a violation of the UN Charter

The Foreign Ministry said it had uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine; the country is a close ally of Russia, but in its statement stressed that it "is not part of the conflict in Ukraine"

The Belgium-based humanitarian project Sovereign Cuba sent three suitcases with a total of 60 kilograms of medicines and supplies for the Cuban health sector

The 4th International Conference on Child Protection (Proinfancia 2023) will be hosted by the Palco Hotel in Havana, 27-29 September, sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund Office in Cuba

Cuba's National Assembly said it 'strongly condemns' a European Parliament resolution that criticised the country's human rights record and called for EU sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other senior officials

The second anniversary of the widespread protests of 11 July 2021 has been followed by police manoeuvres, increasingly visible in Cuba, with surveillance carried out by uniformed policemen and trucks carrying oldiers

Thanks to the Martiana Association of Cuban Residents in Panama, with the National Co-ordinator of Solidarity with Cuba and contributions from businesspeople who supported the Cuban Revolution, the country will receive an important medical lot

The Union of Computers of Cuba in the province of Camagüey is proposing new topical courses for the upcoming summer months as part of its training strategy for the different actors in society in the public and private sectors

The Banco de Crédito y Comercio de Cuba has set up several accounts to make emergency donations to help those affected by the heavy rains of recent days

With the laying of the first steel slabs, the ground assembly of tank 88 in the industrial area of Matanzas has begun, the first of the four planned to be erected as part of the recovery of the Supertanker Base, burnt down in 2022

29 May marked the 54th anniversary of Cuban hockey, as on the same date in 1969 the first official game of the sport was played on the island between the Green and Blue teams at the Sport City ground in the capital

Around 200 Cubans marched in Havana on Saturday to the beat of the conga, a popular dance, to protest against homophobia and transphobia and to celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage, to the cry of "socialism yes, homophobia no"