Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Japan Niwano Peace Prize, in its 39th edition, will award to Father Michael Lapsley, from South Africa, in recognition of his tireless struggle against apartheid and social discrimination, his support for the liberation movement in South Africa and his active participation in various peacebuilding activities in other parts of the world.
Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador Enrique Orta González met today with Zola Saphetha, General Secretary of the South African Health and Education Workers Union (NEHAWU) .
NEHAWU has maintained its solidarity with Cuba in the most difficult moments, through the firm support it gives to the struggle to lift the United States blockade against Cuba, the defense of our right to self-determination and the construction of the road to socialism.
Pretoria, February 22, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, held a fraternal meeting with members of the leadership of the Association of South African Graduates in Cuba.
During the meeting, they exchanged on the main activities of the Association for 2022, as part of which, the fight for the lifting of the blockade of the United States government against Cuba, constitutes a central axis.
Pretoria, February 16, 2022.- The Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa, Enrique Orta González, held a meeting with Father Michael Lapsley, renowned religious leader, prestigious fighter against Apartheid and president of the Association of Friendship with Cuba in the City of Cape Town (FOCUS).
Parliament, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 – The 7th of February marked 60 years since the United States (US) has enforced its unilateral economic embargo against Cuba and which severely restricts the flow of goods to the island.
The extraterritorial laws of the US punish foreign companies that do business with Cuba. The United Nations General Assembly has consistently passed a resolution every year since 1992, demanding the end of the US economic embargo against Cuba.