Cuba reiterates its solidarity with Venezuela and its internationalist stance despite the defiant attitude of the United States.

New York, 24 April 2019. During the High-Level Event of the General Assembly to commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, held at the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. and Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the organization, reiterated the unwavering solidarity of the island with the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which, she explained, is a right of Cuba as a sovereign State and is also a duty that is part of the tradition and inalienable principles of the foreign policy of the Cuban Revolution;

The Cuban diplomat acknowledged that the region of Latin America and the Caribbean is presently an area of constant threats, inconsistent with the "Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace", signed in Havana by the Heads of State and Government of the region, in 2014, on the occasion of the 2nd Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.

She also emphasized that no threat of reprisal against Cuba, no ultimatum or blackmail by the current US government will divert the internationalist stance of the Cuban nation, despite the devastating human and economic damage caused by the genocidal blockade to our people.

Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations