Staff Writer

#China, August 5, 2023 – Cuba and China have made new ties to enhanced its cooperation in higher education. This comes as new cooperation agreements were signed with Chinese counterparts during a visit to China by Miriam Nicado García, rector of the University of Havana.

This development is in-line with Garcia’s aim, that is to expand collaboration between the Universities of the two countries as she expressed in an interview with Prensa Latina.

While in China, she took part in the Global Forum of University Presidents which focused on the debate on the work of universities after Covid-19 as well as the challenges to bring about innovation, science and technology in the development of countries.

Additionally, she had talks with Zhou Zuoyu, vice president of the Beijing Pedagogical University of humanities and social sciences, which has a high development in scientific and technological innovation.

As she continues her agenda, Nicado will take part in other meetings with the universities of Hebei and Liaocheng which can potentially lead more development.

“We have the projection of creating joint centers and colleges with the aim of teaching common careers in China with ours (…),” she said.

The Forum is a wide-reaching international academic conference held in recent years by China’s higher education circles.  It’s aim is to building a platform for exchange and dialogue for the presidents of the world’s top universities.

Staff Writer

January 11, 2023 – The Swedish-Cuban Solidarity Association has announced that it plans to ship two 40-foot containers collected in Sweden and Denmark to Cuba to assist the Caribbean nation with the economic blockade imposed by the US.

In statements to the state news agency of Cuba, Prensa Latina, President of the organization, Zoltan Tiroler, said the shipment consists of 18 tons of aid for the country’s health, education, agriculture, electronics and construction sectors.

The items, which are expected to arrive in Cuba at the end of January, include medical and electronic equipment, agricultural tools, toiletries, masks, surgical gloves, syringes, material for schools and other supplies for health care.

They will be sent to various provinces across Cuba, such as schools in eastern Santiago de Cuba, Holguin and Western Pinar del Rio, and hospitals in Eastern Las Tunas.

Tiroler said the Swedish organisation planned to donate 55,000 euros to Cuba last year to help the country combat the effects of the US blockade, but the money transfer was difficult; as such, they decided to buy and ship equipment and supplies to Cuba.