Oslo, July 30, 2025. The denunciation of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the US against Cuba for more than 60 years and the call for its lifting were a common denominator in the speeches made in the rally convened by the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association at Eidsvoll Square in this city, on the occasion of July 26, Cuba´s National Rebellion Day.
Oslo, July 28, 2025. This July 26th, convened by the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association, a group of friends gathered in the square located in front of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) to demonstrate their solidarity and support for Cuba, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks and Cuba´s National Rebellion Day.
The Friendship and Solidarity Association with Cuba in Norway
Condemns the intensification of the aggressive policies of the United States against Cuba.
They violate international law and human rights.
The new memorandum intensifies the ban on travel from the United States to Cuba.
Fuel supplies and money transfers are further hindered.
Sanctions are imposed on third-country governments that use Cuban medical services and on the treatment of their respective populations.
The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of National Security Presidential Memorandum No. 5, which the U.S. government itself issued on June 16, 2017, at the start of Donald Trump's first term.
Cuba categorically denounces and rejects both versions of the infamous document.
Oslo, June 30, 2025. For the Cuban Ambassador to Norway, Maité Rivero Torres, it was a great pleasure to meet with the members of the Board of the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association (Cubaforeningen i Norge) on the occasion of their semester-end review meeting.
It was an excellent opportunity to celebrate the beginning of summer together and exchange ideas on the work of the Association in the remaining months of the current year. (Embassy of Cuba in Norway)