Ambassador Alejandro Simancas Marín highlighted Cuba's attractions as a tourist destination, in the First Edition of the Outbound Tourism Summit, organized by the FICCI Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi. The Cuban diplomat also highlighted the opportunities for foreign investment in this sector, while explaining the different facilities and protections granted to investors in Cuba. The event was chaired by FICCI executives and was attended by a hundred tourism agencies and tour operators.

Copenhagen, August 13, 2022. The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in the Kingdom of Denmark, Roger López García, recalled in an act organized by the diplomatic headquarters, the 96th anniversary of the birth of the Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz, in a solidarity meeting that took place today in the revolutionary park of the town of “Christiania” in the Danish capital.

Cuban Ambassador to Türkiye Dr. Alejandro Diaz Palacios, inaugurated this Saturday the photographic exhibition "Fidel on his 96th Anniversary", a tribute to the historic leader of the Revolution that took place at the Nâzım Hikmet Cultural Center in Ankara. The images show us different facets of the Commander's life and work. A man whose legacy is everlasting. The activity was organized by the Cuba-Türkiye Friendship Association with the participation of the Cuban Embassy in this sister country.

Copenhagen, August 12, 2022. The 96th birthday of the Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz, the representatives of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, with the participation of the unions, and the Communist Youth of Denmark (DKU), are celebrated in this city.

The Communist Party of Norway sends our regards to the Cuban embassy and the Communist Party of Cuba on the occasion of comrade Fidel Castro’s 96th birthday. We honor his struggle against imperialism, for a Cuba that provides access to healthcare for not only the people of Cuba, despite facing an imperialist blockade, but to millions of people around the world, a Cuba that helped end Apartheid and helps people around the world in the face of natural disasters. Doctors, not bombs!

Oslo, August 13, 2022. The staff of the Embassy of Cuba in Norway, led by the Ambassador, Maité Rivero Torres, commemorated the 96th anniversary of the birth of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.

The Chargé d' Affaires a.i of the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Orlando Ortegano Quevedo; his wife, Rosalva Azuaje de Ortegano, and the Counselor, Marynna Saatdjian, participated as special guests in the activity organized for such a significant date.

Dominica. Roseau. August 13, 2022. The Embassy of Cuba in Dominica, the health collaborators who are in this country and the members of solidarity with Cuba, have developed throughout the day, a day of commemoration on social networks for the 96th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Dominica, Roseau. August 13, 2022. A letter signed by the President of the House of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Honorable Josepht Isaac, on behalf of the parliamentarians and his own behalf, was sent to the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Ulises Arranz Fernandez.

The Embassy of Cuba in South Africa held yesterday, Friday, at the Mission headquarters, a simple but heartfelt tribute to the Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz, on the 96th anniversary of his birth. The event was chaired by the Ambassador Enrique Orta González. Embassy personnel, cooperation chiefs and collaborators from the different brigades working in South Africa also participated.

Port of Spain, August 13, 2022. The Embassy group, health collaborators and representatives of Cuban residents, celebrate the 96th birthday of the largest giant. The audiovisual made with phrases, images, as well as anecdotes and evaluations extracted from the publication "I met Fidel" by the Cuban journalist Wilmer Rodríguez, allowed us to get closer to the depth of his historical, political, and revolutionary thought and to learn even more about his personality.

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Stockholm, August 12, 2022- Organizations of Cuban residents and solidarity movements (Cubans for Cuba, the Swedish-Cuban Friendship Association, Sandinista Front for National Liberation and Defense for Life and Democracy), as well as the Communist Party, expressed during this week his solidary support to the people of Cuba after the fire that occurred at the SuperTanqueros base in Matanzas.

  The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] expresses solidarity with the Republic of Cuba and deeply regrets the devastation caused following a tragic fire accident triggered by an electrical discharge that affected storage tanks in the Matanzas supertanker base.

The South African Communist Party (SACP) conveys its message of solidarity to the Cuban people following the fire which erupted from a fuel tank at the Supertanker Depot in the Cuban province of Matanzas on Friday, 5 August 2022, after it was struck by lightning.

Monrovia, August 12, 2022.- Liberians graduated in Cuba thank the eternal Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz for their training as professionals, having benefited from the programs of the Cuban Revolution to instruct foreign students who carry the formation of human values, as a banner of struggle, to all corners of the world.

“The members of the Mongolian Association of Graduates in Cuba have learned with deep sorrow of the massive fire of several oil tanks that began on the night of last August 5 at the fuel base in the port of Matanzas, which has left an unfortunate balance of numerous wounded, disappeared and considerable material losses.

We share the deep pain of the Cuban people for the loss of human lives, the missing firefighters and those injured in this fire caused by nature.

A delegation of the Cuban banking system, headed by Yamile Berra Cires, Vice President of the Central Bank, and composed of representatives of commercial banks, visited the city of Mumbai. In this city, India's main financial center, they held different exchanges with authorities of banks and financial institutions, including the Indian Reserve Bank and the Export-Import Bank (Eximbank).

The Cuban Ambassador to Turkey, Dr. Alejandro Díaz Palacios was received by Neval Orbay, Director General a.i. of Multilateral Political Affairs of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

On August 13, a political-cultural activity will take place to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the birth of Commander Fidel Castro Ruz with the participation of Cuban Ambassador to Turkey Dr. Alejandro Francisco Diaz Palacios. The activity will take place at the Nâzım Hikmet Cultural Center in Ankara.

Havana, 11 August 2022. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla received on Thursday a delegation from the Colombian government that traveled to Havana to begin talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN) to resume peace talks.

On a Twitter thread, Rodriguez appreciated the statement made by Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, in which he called for an end to the illegitimate designation of Cuba as a State sponsor of terrorism by the U.S. Government.