LatinNews Daily - 12 November 2026

*Cuba’s state mouthpiece Granma has announced that Vietnamese company Agrivma has donated 1,500 tonnes of rice to Cuba in the framework of a cooperation agreement between Vietnam’s agriculture and environment ministry and Cuba’s agriculture ministry. Along with China, Vietnam has become a key supplier of rice to Cuba in recent years. It is the latest sign of strengthening ties between the two countries as Cuba is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis stemming from the maximum pressure campaign by Washington aimed at forcing its political and economic opening. In June Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel hosted a delegation from Vietnam headed up by Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung. In September 2025 President Díaz-Canel visited Vietnam as part of a tour which also took in China and Laos. The two countries have diplomatic ties dating back to December 1960.