Cuba, April 25, 2019. - At a press conference at the headquarters of the Cuban chancellery, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, said that this morning was dawning with the news from the State Department of the update of the so-called list of sanctioned Cuban companies that number around 200, in which 5 new ones are included.
By The Mast, 20 April 2019. CUBA says it is resolutely determined to confront the aggressive escalation of the United States and that Havana will prevail. The government also says Cuba has no troops in Venezuela and does not participate in military or security operations anywhere unlike the US that has over 250,000 marines and bases in foreign soils around the world. Marking the 58th anniversary of the United State’s April 17, 1961 military invasion at Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs)
Cubaminrex, April 18, 2019. Statement of the Revolutionary Government
Today, the 17th of April, we celebrate another anniversary of the start of the military aggression at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón) in 1961. The decisive response of the Cuban people in defense of the Revolution and socialism resulted in the first military defeat of imperialism in the Americas, in just 72 hours.
By Larry Moonze, The Mast, 15 April 2019. CUBA is expected to install a Prime Minister and other executive members before the end of the year in accordance with the new Republican Constitution. Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary Raul Castro says mandated at the beginning of 2020, are the election of provincial governors and vice-governors, and the designation of superintendents by municipal assemblies.
RAUL Castro says the Venezuelan government and the Chavista people are writing admirable chapters of resistance. The Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary asked Cubans to remain alert and aware that “we could face additional difficulties and that the situation could worsen in coming months” in view of US aggression against the island.