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Cuba: A bet on science in the face of adversity

Cuban biotechnology is one of the most significant outcomes of a science policy formulated more than four decades ago by the Cuban Revolution. Its advancement was closely linked to the strategic vision of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, who wisely understood that a small country, lacking substantial natural resources, blockaded by the world's leading superpower, and facing severe limitations in accessing advanced technologies, had to transform education, research, and the talent of its scientists into a source of sovereignty and prosperity.

Kuwait Commemorates the Century of Fidel’s Birth

Kuwait, August 13, 2026. The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Kuwait held a commemorative event to mark the centennial of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, whose legacy and ideals remain fully relevant and continue to serve as a model for the struggle for sovereignty, social justice, and solidarity among peoples. The event was attended by ambassadors accredited to Kuwait, journalists, members of the diplomatic corps, and friends of Cuba, who joined in paying tribute.

Strong Rejection of New Slanderous Campaign by the State Department

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Cuba rejects, in the strongest terms, the report published on July 20 by the United States Department of State, concerning Cuba's alleged subversive influence against that country. This is a mediocre propaganda pamphlet. It seeks to bolster the mendacious message that Cuba constitutes a threat to the United States, a pretext that the U.S. government uses for collective punishment and genocide against the Cuban people. Through the construction of accusatory narratives, it aims to fabricate support for a potential military aggression.

Reply by Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations to the delegation of Israel during the debate under Item 38, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed by the United States of Ameri

Mr. President:

We are forced to exercise the right of reply in the face of the unfounded and unacceptable accusations made by the delegation of Israel against my country.

Simply based on a matter of decency, we will avoid referring to other speeches drafted in Washington, similar to that of Israel and to the one that two other delegations have read in this hall.

Assistant Minister for International Organizations Receives Cuban Ambassador

Kuwait, June 22: The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Alain Pérez Torres, was received by His Excellency Sadiq M. S. Marafi, Assistant Minister for International Organizations at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the bilateral ties between the two countries in the multilateral sphere and described them as positive. For his part, the Cuban diplomat briefed His Excellency Ambassador Sadiq on the situation in Cuba as a result of the sanctions imposed by the United States.   

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