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Cuba not alone as UN General Assembly votes to end US blockade for 32nd year

By Cuban Ambassador to SVG Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry

The St. Vincent Times | Kingstown | November 1, 2024 - On 30 October 2024, the General Assembly of the United Nations met once again to consider the item on its agenda “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”

By an overwhelming majority of 187 votes in favour, 2 against (the US and Israel) and one abstention (Moldova), the resolution calling on the US to end the blockade on the Caribbean island was adopted for the thirty-second consecutive time.

Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the presentation of draft Resolution a/79/l.6 entitled “Necessity of ending  the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of Ame

Mr. President;

Distinguished Permanent Representatives;

Esteemed delegates;

For five consecutive days, from Friday, October 18 to Wednesday, October 23, Cuban families had no electricity, except for a few hours, getting all uptight about the possibility that their food would be spoiled, knowing that it would not be possible..

Ambassador of Cuba receives Head of the Public Service Union of SVG.

Kingstown, 15 October 2024. - The head of the Public Service Union of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Elroy Boucher, was received by Ambassador Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry at the headquarters of the Cuban mission in this country.

Boucher, who was accompanied by Nyorkia Cupid, responsible for the youth branch, exchanged with the Cuban diplomat on several issues, like the history and structure of this union, which is one of the largest in the country, as well as about other Vincentian union forces and the possibilities to foster alliances with the Cuban working class.

The ambassador gave details about the Workers' Central Union of Cuba (CTC) and its 19 sectoral unions, their main activities and congresses and the historic parades on the occasion of the International Workers' Day, annually held at the Revolution Square of Havana.

Cuban Special Education Doctor arrived in SVG.

Kingstown, 7 October 2024. - A Cuban Doctor of Special Education Sciences, Mabel Álvarez Bernal, arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the aim to start a new collaboration project and was received by the Cuban ambassador Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry.

In a first stage, the doctor will work in a diagnosis of the current state of special education in this Caribbean nation..

Vincentian ambassador to CARICOM receives Cuban diplomat.

Kingstown - October 3, 2024. The ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Mr. Allan Alexander, received the head of the Cuban mission in this country, Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, an occasion in which both officials shared in a fraternal atmosphere.

The diplomats exchanged views on the good state of bilateral ties, the current international situation and on issues associated with Caricom and Cuba's historic relations with this organization.

On December 8, Caricom and Cuba will celebrate the 52nd anniversary of their fraternal friendship, a sincere relationship of mutual respect and support, which promotes solidarity and cooperation in all possible areas.

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