This year’s International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties, hosted by the Communist Party of Cuba in Havana, concluded on August 8 with the closing session following two days of meetings.
A delegation from the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) was received at Cuba's Ministry of Public Health in Havana by Dr. Henry López Jimenez, Deputy Director of Public Health, a veteran of Cuba's Medical Brigades in Mozambique.
The 24th International Meeting Communist and Workers' Parties convened in Havana, Cuba. The meeting will be held from 7-8 August, coinciding with the centenary of Fidel's birth.
With the presence of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the inauguration of the IV Continental Assembly of the ALBA Movements: For Socialism 100 Years Walking with Fidel took place at the Varona Convention Center of the University of Havana, which will be held until August 8 in the Cuban capital.
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and its youth organisation KNE prepared a broad summer programme combining historical commemorations, political meetings, cultural events, the KNE Festival, and anti-imperialist mobilisation.
The European Communist Action issued a statement on the anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, emphasising the crimes of the USA. The statement has the subtitle "Against the backdrop of escalating imperialist warfare and nuclear threats against the peoples."
Communist Youth Front, youth organisation of the Communist Party of Mexico, has released a statement titled "On Anti-Communist Attacks Against Members of the Communist Youth Front".
The candidate for President of the Republic for the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), Edmilson Costa, gave an interview to the news portal AC em Pauta during a visit to Rio Branco.
On July 30, the Communist Front (FC) and the Communist Youth Front (FGC) of Italy, held a large public assembly at the Piazzale Inzani in Parma, to prepare a mobilization in response to the reactionary attacks targeting the headquarters of both organizations.
A protest was held at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi at the call of the joint Left parties over the issues of housing for the poor and forced evictions.
A rally was organised in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, demanding the end of US intervention in the country.
Communist Party held a press conference to challenge the federal government's push to war economy.
