A high-level bilateral media dialogue between Cuban senior Communist Party officials and the leadership of China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency was co-chaired recently by Liudmila Alamo Duenas, Deputy Head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and Lyu Yansong, Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua. During the opening segment of the talks, Alamo emphasized that cross-nation media alliance building, which the upcoming intergovernmental summit is set to advance, carries critical strategic weight for Cuba as the island nation navigates a complex, challenging domestic and international operational landscape.
Representatives from Cuba’s leading state media outlets took turns highlighting the longstanding, mutually beneficial partnership between Cuban and Chinese press institutions that has spanned more than 60 years. Alejandro Gomez, Information Vice President of Cuba’s official Prensa Latina news agency, extended formal gratitude to Xinhua for the consistent technical and operational support it has provided to Prensa Latina’s ongoing energy transition projects. He traced the historic friendship between the two agencies back to decades of formal cooperation pacts, noting that Prensa Latina established its permanent Beijing correspondent bureau more than 55 years ago, and that Xinhua on-the-ground journalists were the first to document and report on the formal establishment of diplomatic ties between Cuba and China all the way back in 1960.
Oscar C. Zaragoza, Director of Cuban Television, echoed that appreciation, specifically calling out China’s tangible support for the broadcaster’s ongoing digital transformation, including targeted equipment and vehicle donations, accessible credit facilities to upgrade production infrastructure, and long-running professional development training programs for Cuban TV staff. Randy Alonso, director of Cuban multimedia outlet Ideas Multimedios, put forward a concrete proposal to elevate bilateral communication cooperation to the next level, with a focus on exploring joint applications of artificial intelligence technology, paired with new structured exchange programs and specialized professional training for media practitioners on both sides.
The high-level meeting was also attended by Yuniel Labacena, director of Cuba’s prominent Juventud Rebelde newspaper, and Isaura Diez, the current chief China correspondent for Prensa Latina.
Cuban delegation, Xinhua strengthen friendship and cooperation
