{"id":209474,"date":"2019-11-18T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T18:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=209474"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T18:59:19","slug":"raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former president and leader of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), <\/span>Ra\u00fal Castro<\/span><\/a>, received this Saturday the chairwoman of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ex-president, who participates in few public events since leaving the State in the hands of Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel in 2018, also met with former French President Francois Hollande, who also traveled to the Island for the celebrations of the half millennium of the Cuban capital.<\/span><\/p>\n

State television broadcast images of the meetings, described as \u201ccordial,\u201d which took place after the official reception offered by D\u00edaz-Canel in the renovated Havana Capitol building, partly restored with millionaire funds donated by Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Castro and Matviyenko conveyed their \u201cmutual satisfaction over the excellent state of relations\u201d between the two countries, united by \u201chistorical\u201d ties dating from the time of the former Soviet Union.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the leader of the PCC expressed to Hollande his pleasure over the good state of relations and highlighted the French support against the U.S. economic and trade embargo on Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

Havana celebrated its 500th birthday this Saturday, for which the Cuban authorities spared no effort, and had its culminating moment with a lavish gala on the steps of the Capitol for some 5,000 people, including Cubans and foreign guests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former president and leader of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Ra\u00fal Castro, received this Saturday the chairwoman of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years. The ex-president, who participates in few public events since leaving the State in the hands of Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel in 2018, also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3606,"featured_media":209475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13902],"tags":[18381,4121],"ppma_author":[33548,17270],"class_list":["post-209474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cuba","tag-cuba-and-russia","tag-raul-castro-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRa\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OnCubaNews English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EFE, EFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EFE\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"EFE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea\"},\"headline\":\"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cuba and Russia\",\"Ra\u00fal Castro\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cuba\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea\"},\"description\":\"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":510,\"caption\":\"The former Cuban president and leader of the Communist Party of the island, Ra\u00fal Castro, talking with the chairwoman of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, in Havana, on November 16, 2019. Photo: @PresidenciaCuba \\\/ Twitter\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/cuba\\\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"OnCubaNews English\",\"description\":\"Revista sobre Cuba\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea\",\"name\":\"EFE\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=gd23dcd71e12bce3843a7572453d0d981\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"EFE\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oncubanews.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/efe\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English","description":"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English","og_description":"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.","og_url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/","og_site_name":"OnCubaNews English","article_published_time":"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":680,"height":510,"url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"EFE, EFE","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EFE","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/"},"author":{"name":"EFE","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea"},"headline":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France","datePublished":"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/"},"wordCount":228,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg","keywords":["Cuba and Russia","Ra\u00fal Castro"],"articleSection":["Cuba"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/","name":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France | OnCubaNews English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-18T18:15:03+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-18T18:59:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea"},"description":"Valentina Matviyenko and Francois Hollande are visiting the island invited to the celebrations for Havana\u2019s 500 years.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/raul-senado-rusoa-1.jpg","width":680,"height":510,"caption":"The former Cuban president and leader of the Communist Party of the island, Ra\u00fal Castro, talking with the chairwoman of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, in Havana, on November 16, 2019. Photo: @PresidenciaCuba \/ Twitter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/raul-castro-receives-chairwoman-of-russian-senate-and-former-president-of-france\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ra\u00fal Castro receives chairwoman of Russian Senate and former president of France"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/","name":"OnCubaNews English","description":"Revista sobre Cuba","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4a4376ef86616685852e6d895d4d0eea","name":"EFE","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=gd23dcd71e12bce3843a7572453d0d981","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=g","caption":"EFE"},"url":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/author\/efe\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":33548,"user_id":3606,"is_guest":0,"slug":"efe","display_name":"EFE","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a1de33ef07ae580021e92116e205cdb099068c1ff1fdba600b998c78b6347eb?s=96&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""},{"term_id":17270,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"cap-efe","display_name":"EFE","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209474"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=209474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}