Pretoria, 18 July 2024 - The Cuban Alumni Association of South Africa (CAASA) has issued a statement condemning the recent terrorist attempts against Cuba by the United States. It also condemned the continued inclusion of the island on the spurious and unilateral list of countries that sponsor terrorism. The text also calls on the US government to lift the blockade against Cuba.
Havana, July 16, 2024 - The Fidel Castro Centre in Havana will open today the photo exhibition "Two men, two peoples, united in a hug: Fidel and Mandela", which testifies to the ties of brotherhood and solidarity between Cuba and South Africa. The exhibition brings together pictures of South African leader Nelson Mandela's first visit to the Caribbean country.
Cape Town, 15 July 2024 - South Africa's Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, condemned the US blockade against Cuba and the island's continued inclusion on the spurius and unilateral list of countries that sponsor terrorism, in an appearance before the country's National Assembly. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs briefly mentioned some of the country's main foreign policy lines and mentioned Cuba.
Pretoria, 13 July 2024 - South Africa's Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes, has published an article in the prestigious online platform "The African" on the principles and priorities of South Africa's foreign policy under a Government of National Unity. In the article, he made special mention of Cuba and its just struggle against the blockade.
Havana, 10 July 2024 - Almost fifty governments around the world have so far rejected the inclusion of Cuba in the State Department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism. To this demand the statements of rejection by movements, organisations, institutions, activists and international personalities who have denounced this designation as unjust and arbitrary have been added.