In a post on X, Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo, President of the Cuban Parliament and of the Council of State, ratified the condemnation of the new U.S. decisions taken as part of what that government calls the reestablishment of a tough Cuba policy and which described as further steps to asphyxiate the Cuban economy and cause harm to its people.

Pedro Carreño, chairman of the Standing Committee on Administration and Services of the National Assembly of the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who is visiting Cuba at the head of a delegation of parliamentarians from that country, laid a wreath Saturday on the National Hero José Martí Memorial at Havana's Revolution Square.

Statement by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Political Bureau member Esteban Lazo Hernández, president of the National Assembly of People's Power and of the Council of State, met on Saturday with a delegation of deputies of the National Assembly of the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela who traveled to Cuba to participate in the Parliamentary Forum for Peace with Sovereignty and Democracy.

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez referred to the measures taken against the island by the U.S. government as criminal and hardly surprising.

A youth forum called “With All and for the Good of All” underway in this capital as part of the 6th International Conference for World Balance approved a declaration of solidarity with Palestine.

The Temporary Working Group in charge of the National Program for the Advancement of Women (PAM) reviewed two new projects and a communication campaign designed to bolster the action plan to prevent gender and family violence.

In its Extraordinary Version No. 2, the Official Gazette of the Republic reported the extension to April 30, 2025 of tax-free non-commercial imports of food, toiletries, medicines and medical supplies as non-accompanied baggage in packages of up to 50 kg or equivalent to USD 500 in value.

Cuba’s first deputy premier Ines Maria Chapman stressed the significance of the Cuban program against racism and racial discrimination amidst US attempts to revive racist policies and the so called “white supremacy.”

The Cuban and Vietnamese communist parties expect to implement bilateral consensuses and agreements this year, said the Cuban political party’s organization secretary Roberto Morales.

With the presentation in Havana of the José Martí International Award to Liceth Angulo Quiñones, director of the Association of United Midwives of the Pacific of Colombia (ASOPARUPA)―based in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca―the number of Latin American winners since it was instituted by UNESCO in 1994 adds up to 11.

On January 29, 1895, while exiled in New York and after overcoming great obstacles, José Martí signed the order to rise up that marked the beginning of the last war for independence, impelled as he was by the demands of historical necessity and his immense love for Cuba, then under Spanish rule.

A symposium called Open Science for equity: priorities and challenges in the current international scenario, to be held today as part of the VI International Conference For World Balance, features a special presentation by Luis Velazquez Perez, president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences and main promoter of the two-day event, titled “Science in Cuba: achievements and prospects”.

The Youth Forum "With all and for the good of all", in which young communists from Cuba, Paraguay, Türkiye and Portugal will share views and discuss the relevance of José Martí’s thoughts as a beacon and guide for the new Latin American generations, will be held today as part of the VI International Conference For World Balance, currently under way in Havana.

“Highly charged with humanist, ethical and social justice associations, José Martí’s thoughts are an inspiring force and an ideological alternative for those who fight for a better world”, the Brazilian theologian and intellectual Frei Betto said in the opening of the VI International Conference For World Balance, currently under way in Havana.