Harare, October 6, 2025 – The Cuban Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Her Excellency Ms. Susellys Pérez Mesa, today denounced the intensification of the United States blockade and predicted a new victory for the island in the upcoming vote on the resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, on October 29.
In an exclusive interview with the television program Diplomatic Couch, the head of the Mission stated that Cuba and Zimbabwe are facing the application of unilateral coercive measures, which were rejected, once again, by their Foreign Ministers at the recent High-Level Segment of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
It is important to highlight that 43 countries demanded an end to the embargo in this context and, on 19 occasions, rejected Cuba's inclusion on the spurious, arbitrary, and illegitimate list of state sponsors of terrorism, the Ambassador emphasized.
She also expressed her gratitude for Zimbabwe's support for the just fight against Washington's hostile policy, which is almost unanimously shared by the international community, with the support of 187 countries last year.
For more than 60 years, the Cuban people have been victims of this extraterritorial policy, which violates international law and constitutes the main obstacle to the country's economic and social development.
In her statements to the Diplomatic Couch, the Ambassador praised the condemnation of the embargo in February, during the session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, as a sign of support from the brothers and sisters of this region.
During the interview, the Cuban diplomat referred to bilateral relations with Zimbabwe, established 45 years ago, two days after the African nation's independence, and especially to collaboration in key areas such as public health and education.
In this regard, she recalled that Cuban medical brigades have been in Zimbabwe since 1986 and, for example, the 14th Brigade currently works in hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo, with more than 61,000 consultations and over 2,000 surgeries, in addition to holding health fairs in hard-to-reach communities.
The Ambassador also referred to the history of Cuban medical cooperation, which began in Algeria in 1963, with the participation of some 605,000 professionals in 165 countries, with 2.2 billion consultations and more than 15 million surgeries, saving the lives of more than nine million people.
Other topics discussed in the interview included potential areas of cooperation and ongoing projects to expand the excellent bilateral relations cemented by leaders Fidel Castro and Robert Mugabe.
