"There is no political-ideological work if we do things wrong, if the people do not participate, if leaders have no prevention and exemplary nature, lack of control, indiscipline and little combativeness, and if individualism emerges: such attitudes are part of a neoliberal and capitalist behavior, quite far from the essence of the Cuban Revolution based on social equity. "

Artemisa, Cuba - Several are the young female teachers who start working this school year in the municipality of Candelaria after the recent graduation in the Teachers Training School. This is the case for example of Raidelis Cárdenas Blanco and María Caridad González. They were placed in the primary school José Martí, where they performed their teaching practices.

Pope Francis, the Pontiff of the Catholic Church, and the head of state of Vatican City, will make an apostolic visit to Cuba, September 19-22.

Beginning with his arrival in Havana, he will receive a cordial welcome from the Cuban government and the capital city’s people. Pope Francis will be able to appreciate the respect, affection and hospitality which we will all proffer during his stay in our homeland.

Havana - Representatives of different denominations and creeds from Cuba, stressed today the significance and importance of the visit Pope Francis will carry out here from September 19 to 22.

In statements to Trabajadores newspaper, the executive secretary of the Cuban Council of Churches, Damaris Gonzalez, stated that the papal visit is an opportunity for the country, the churches and the fraternal movements. This is a door to open to the world and reveal the daily life of the people, she said.

The First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, met with almost a hundred representatives of different religious institutions and fraternal associations on Monday, September 14, at the Party Central Committee, as part of the dialogues initiated a little over 30 years ago, with the first meeting between Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro and the Cuban Council of Churches.

Havana, Cuba - Environmental protection and prevention of natural disasters, health, civil aviation, law implementation and enforcement, the struggle against drug trafficking and human trafficking, and transnational crime, are among the top issues that experts from Cuba and the United States will begin to discuss starting from coming weeks.