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Jul

14

2020

Cuban president reaffirms pride in health collaborators

Havana, Jul 14, 2020.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel reaffirmed on Tuesday this nation's pride for Cuban health collaborators who fought the Covid-19 pandemic in other countries.

'Proud of our heroes in fighting Covid-19. Solidarity, commitment, love,' the president posted on his Twitter account.

On Monday, the head of State and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero welcomed the 52 members of the Henry Reeve contingent, who returned to the country after fighting the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Andorra, Nicaragua, and Antigua and Barbuda.

Jul

14

2020

Cuba reiterates commitment to fight against corruption in UN Human Rights Council

Geneva, July 14, 2020 -- Cuba reaffirmed at the UN Human Rights Council its commitment to the fight against corruption, and called for it to always be addressed with respect for the sovereignty of countries.

Speaking in an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, Cuban representative Jairo Rodríguez noted that the island had successfully completed two cycles of the review mechanism of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Jul

10

2020

Statement of the Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra Díaz

Cuba maintains status as guarantor in implementation of peace agreement between Colombia and the FARC-EP

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba on June 4 issued a statement rejecting and denouncing the actions of political manipulation regarding Cuba's role in the process to achieve peace in Colombia.

Jul

10

2020

Almost 70 flights guarantee Cubans to return

Havana, Jul 10, 2020.- The director general of Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad of Cuba's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ernesto Soberon, announced on Thursday that some 70 flights guaranteed the return of Cuban citizens stranded abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In Covid-19 times, 4,615 Cubans stranded in 49 countries have returned, as a result of 69 flights arranged by Cuban consulates and different counterparts in Cuba and abroad, Soberon explained on Twitter.

Jul

09

2020

Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Global Leaders’s Day of the International Labor Organization Global Summit on COVID-19 and the world of work.

Mr. Director General;

Excellencies, Heads of State and Government;

I feel honored to bring into this virtual Summit the voice of Cuba, a small developing country, where workers in power struggle on a daily basis to achieve all the justice, which was the dream and commitment of the founding fathers of our nation.

Today, as has been always the case throughout the last 61 years, Cuba is sharing the new and serious challenges facing the International Labor Organization as it enters into its second century of its existence.

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