Hu Jintao’s message to Fidel

Beijing, April 19, 2011 Havana Esteemed Fidel Castro Ruz: On the occasion of the closing of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, allow me to convey, in the name of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, and my own, our most sincere respect and cordial greetings. The 6th Congress of the [...]

ALBA Solidarity Marks Continental Geopolitics

Escrito por By Doris Calderón    lunes, 03 de enero de 2011 Caracas, (Prensa Latina) The recent visit to Venezuela by Bolivian President Evo Morales reaffirmed the spirit of solidarity among the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, which is setting standards in the region’s new geopolitics.   Morales was [...]

Fidel pays tribute to the 26th of July martyrs in Artemisa

WITH his khaki shirt of 1,000 battles, Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro Ruz paid tribute last Saturday morning to the martyrs of the 26th of July at the mausoleum to their honor in Artemisa, Habana province. Accompanied by Commanders of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez and Guillermo García Frías; Ramón Pez Ferro and Gelasio Fernández, [...]

Venezuela commemorates bicentenary of the independence struggle with patriotic event

• Raúl attends 9th ALBA Summit and commemorative events in Caracas Jorge Martín Blandino CARACAS, April 19.—The 9th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), which ended last night in a Teresa Carreño Theater filled with thousands of Venezuelans, was an excellent culmination of the celebrations for the bicentenary of [...]

The two centuries of common history have taught us that we have only one alternative: to unite, fight, and overcome

• Speech given by Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the 9th ALBA-TCP Summit, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, April 19, 2010, “52nd Year of the Revolution.”  (Typescript version, Council of State)