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Cuba hosts 105th inter-parliamentary conference in April Around 1,500 legislators from all over the world will participate in
the 105th Parliamentary Union Conference to be held in Havana from the
1st to the 7th of April. The event was made public on December 27th
by the president of the International Relations Commission of the National
Assembly of People's Power (Cuban parliament), Ramσn Pez Ferro. The
Parliamentary Union (IU), founded in 1889, is the world's first multilateral
institution, and deals with political issues of global interest. At
present, the IU is constituted by the legislative organs of over 140
countries, as well as regional entities such as the Andean, Pan-Latin,
Central American, and European Parliaments.
Close to 800 US students meet Castro On December 20th, Havana's Palacio de Convenciones held an encounter between Cuban president Fidel Castro and 772 US students integrating the University Explorer project. The project consists of a semester of studies aboard a cruise ship that takes students to 10 ports in different continents. Issues discussed during the event included the future of relations between the US and Cuba, the current global economic situation, and even Castro's favorite color (red). The Cuban president declared that "The future will belong to optimists. It will depend on how many optimists there are in the US and here.", and that "It doesn't only depend on you or on us, it also depends on others who are not present here today". On a potential normalization of relations to the US, Castro stated that Cuba does not fear losing control of its destiny .
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Visits
- Russian president Vladimir Putin's visit has resulted in the signing of five agreements between Russia and Cuba, including a Joint Declaration of Political Character. The document, endorsed by the two countries' ministers of Foreign Affairs, is oriented toward the joint preparation of a compilation of files recording the history of relations between the two nations from 1902 to date. Putin is the first Russian statesman to visit Cuba since 1989. - Burundian chancellor Severin Ntahomvukiye has participated in a tribute to the Island's apostle, Josι Martν. In Havana and accompanied by Cuban vice-chancellor Josι Guerra, Ntahomvukiye deposited a floral offering at the Josι Martν monument, in memory of last century's wars of independence in Cuba. The Burundian chancellor also met with Cuban high officials and visited places of economic, social, and cultural interest in the western part of the Island. - The Argentine-Cuban Friendship Parliamentary Group has visited Havana to meet with Cuban State and Government officials as part of the program toward establishing stronger ties between the two nations. The Argentine delegation led by Teodoro Flores traveled to Cuba on invitation of the Cuban Parliament, which held its 6th Ordinary Session Period, attended by the South American legislators.
- High military officials from Cuba and China have signed a military cooperation protocol as part of the historic ties of friendship and brotherhood between the two institutions. The agreement was signed by the Chinese Chief of Staff, coronal general Fu Quanyou, and Alvaro Lopez, Cuban vice-minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. - French police experts have instructed 246 Cuban specialists in courses relative to the fight against the drug trade and other connected activities such as money laundering. The 10 courses were made possible by cooperation agreements signed by Cuba, France, the UK, Canada, and Spain geared toward making the fight against drugs more effective and professional.
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