London, March 15, 2021.- Officials of the Embassy of Cuba in the British capital participated yesterday in the virtual meeting " Karl Marx Oration", organized by the Communist Party of Britain and the Marx Memorial Library and Workers' School, which was part of the tribute that is held every year to the German thinker in commemoration of his death.
The occasion also provided an opportunity to bid farewell to the member of the Scottish Parliament and Coordinator of the Cross-Party, Elaine Smith, who is standing down from her parliamentary activities.
The Cuban deputy, Oden Marichal, sent a recorded message in which he thanked Elaine, on behalf of the National Assembly of the People's Power, for her important contribution to the movement of solidarity with Cuba in the United Kingdom.
London, February 18th, 2021 – The soft launch of the Caribbean Research and Innovation Collaboration for Knowledge Exchange and Transfer (CRICKET CIC) took place today. This Community Interest Company (CIC, non-profit organization), founded on August 13th, 2020, aims to facilitate collaboration between researchers from the UK and the Caribbean, as a contribution towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Although the extraterritorial application of sanctions against Cuba is illegal in the United Kingdom, it is not the first time that the association “Cubans in the UK” has been affected by this type of measure. We have also had difficulties using the services of other platforms including, Eventbrite, PayPal, and Gofundme, in previous initiatives.
It is cruel to obstruct humanitarian aid intended to save lives in Cuba or in any other country. The application of collective sanctions violates international humanitarian law.
London, February 13 - Under the motto, "Trump has gone - time to end sanctions on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela", a virtual event organized by the solidarity campaigns in the United Kingdom with these three countries was held today.
Cuba's Ambassador to London, Barbara Elena Montalvo, stressed that an unprecedented 242 sanctions, with 136 of them having extraterritorial effects, were applied by the Trump Administration against the island. In a tight summary, she mentioned the most significant ones and examples of the damages they cause.