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Manuel Marrero Cruz appointed as Cuba’s first PM in more than 40 years
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has appointed Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in more than four decades (40 years). Marrero Cruz who was named prime minister for a five-year term, has served as Cuban tourism minister for 16 years. He is an architect by trade and has helped boost Cuba’s economy by ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Cuba • Cuban Communist Party • Fidel Castro • Manuel Marrero Cruz • Prime Minister of Cuba • Raúl Castro
Cuba appoints new Prime Minister after more than 43 years
Located in the Northern Caribbean with a population of approx 1.2 crores, the Republic of Cuba has named its new Prime Minister on Saturday, 21st December 2019 after a gap of more than 43 years years. The incumbent Tourism Minister of Cuba, 56-years-old Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new and the 17th Prime ..
Topics: Caribbean • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Government of Cuba • Manuel Marrero Cruz • Miguel Diaz-Canel • Prime Minister of Cuba • Tourism Minister
Fidel Castro dies at the age of 90
Former President of Cuba and the leader of the Communist revolution, Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90. He was ruling Cuba as a one-party state for nearly half a century till 2008, after which his brother Raul assumed the power. He governed as a Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 ..
Topics: Anti-revisionists • Awards • Che Guevara • Cuba • Cuban Revolution • Fidel Castro • Fulgencio Batista • Government of Cuba • Granma • Orders, decorations, and medals • Raúl Castro
Cuba's former President Fidel Castro passes away
Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution Fidel Castro passed away due to old age. He was 90. He was commander in chief of the 1959 Cuban revolution 1959 and had successfully built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States during Cold War. He had ruled Cuba as a one-party ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Topics: Cuba • Cuban missile crisis • Cuban Revolution • Fidel Castro • International • Obituary • Persons in News
New travel and trade rules between US and Cuba come into effect
New travel and trade rules between the United States (US) and Cuba have come into effect on 16 January 2015. It is considered as biggest policy shift between the two countries in more than 50 years after restrictions were imposed on travel and trade . New travel and trade rules between the US and Cuba It ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2015
Topics: Alcohol • Cuba • Cuban missile crisis • Current Affairs 2016 • Fidel Castro • Soviet Union • United States
Current Affairs Current Affairs : International : September -October 2009
October 9, 2009: Nobel Peace Prize to Barak ObamaUS President Barack Obama was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.The annual award’s committee bestowed the honor on Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” October 7, 2009: World record with 1,725-pound pumpkin!A woman from Ohio has grown ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Topics: Awards • Bengali people • Current Affairs 2009 • Fidel Castro • Grameen Bank • Grameenphone • Muhammad Yunus • Nobel Prize • Nobel Prize in Literature • Orders, decorations, and medals • Rural community development • Telenor • United Nations Foundation