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Buenos Aires, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, met Saturday in Havana with Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, within the framework of her visit to learn about the process of the vaccines produced by the island.
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From April 16 to 19, the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) was held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana. The quinquennial meeting – not always held – of the island’s most powerful body to review the country’s leadership and elect new members to the Political Bureau and the Party Central Committee. For this year, the main novelty was the announcement of the retirement of Raúl Castro.
Although there was speculation about a possible delay in the decision, due to the serious crisis the island is going through, Raúl Castro resigned from his post on the first day of the meeting, keeping his word and opening the possibility of ‘a change of course. from the country. However, the days ahead showed that luck was in store and Miguel Díaz-Canel, Raúl’s successor as first secretary, would be tasked with ensuring continuity.
Cuba s Council of State appoints new deputy prime minister in gov t
Cuba s Council of State appoints new deputy prime minister in gov t
Havana, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba s Council of State decided on Tuesday to release Roberto Morales as deputy prime minister and appoint Jorge Luis Perdomo, who had been serving as minister of Communications since July 2018, to that post.
According to an official press release, the appointment was made at the proposal of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel regarding Morales move to professional activity in the Communist Party of Cuba, in the responsibilities of member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee.
Cuban president congratulates communications workers on their day
Cuban president congratulates communications workers on their day
Havana, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday congratulated communications workers on their day, which marks the anniversary of the first official broadcast of Radio Rebelde from Sierra Maestra in 1958.
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) has experienced a rapid expansion of its services in recent years, with 6.6 million mobile phone users in 2020 and 4.4 million people with access to the Internet via mobile telephony.
The company deployed 816 mobile base stations with different technologies, reaching 85.61-percent coverage countrywide; 151 municipalities already have 4G coverage, while 59 percent of the country s municipalities have access to the 3G network, Cubadebate reported on its website.
Last September, Cuba s minister of communications Jorge Luis Perdomo gave an interview on internet access to the Russian state channel Russia Today.
Asked if there were any politically-motivated reasons behind restrictions on internet access in Cuba, Perdomo smiled and replied that “there have never been any political motivations to block access to information to the Cuban population”.
He added that “restrictions to Internet access in Cuba are due, only and exclusively, to the economic limitations we have faced”.
Indeed, high-ranking Cuban officials usually justify internet access restrictions due to a lack of financial resources.
Unlike other countries where direct investment in industry usually comes from big transnational capitals, Cuba’s investment is made solely through state-owned companies.