Yadirys Echenique Paz, Ambassador of Cuba to Grenada, held a meeting with Roxie McLeish-Hutchinson, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development of Grenada. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to exchange views on issues of interest on the bilateral and international agenda.
Mr. President of the General Assembly,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
In approximately three hours, it will be exactly 66 years since the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, in a memorable speech at this very podium, declared: “Let the philosophy of plunder disappear, and the philosophy of war will have disappeared! Let colonies disappear, let the exploitation of countries by monopolies disappear, and then humanity will have reached a true stage of progress!”
Mr. President,
With the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, a hope was born.
Forty years later, that promise remains unfulfilled. The current international economic order, unjust by design, perpetuates dependence and exploitation of developing countries through a predatory financial architecture and the proliferation of unilateral coercive measures.
At the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), the ceremony was held to welcome the thirteenth shipment of humanitarian aid from Mexico, accompanied on this occasion by donations from the member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Welcome to the Cuba Analysis Podcast. It is a pleasure to be here with you, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez. Minister, thank you for taking some time out of your busy schedule to speak with us today.
Nina will start with the questions. Minister, before talking about international policy, I would like to start with you. You have been at the forefront of Cuban diplomacy for almost two decades, and have represented Cuba in some of the most complex moments in its recent history.