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Oct
02
2020

Alexander Pellicer: "The United States has kept a complicit silence"

Exclusive interview granted by Ambassador Alexander Pellicer Moraga to Wafica Ibrahim of the Al Mayadeen channel

Al Mayadeen spoke with the Hon. Mr. Alexander Pellicer Moraga, Ambassador of Cuba in Lebanon, on the events that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, April 30, 2020, when a man shot at the Cuban Embassy in the United States; and what has been the position taken by the US government, several months after the incident.

Aug
20
2020

Lebanese President thanks Cuba for its solidarity after explosion in Beirut

Beirut, August 20, 2020. The President of the Lebanese Republic, General Michel Aoun, sent a message of gratitude to his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, for his solidarity after the explosion in the port of Beirut on February 4. August.

In the letter, the Lebanese Head of State thanked the Cuban president for his condolences and the expressions of support and solidarity with the families of the victims of the explosion. "His message gave us confidence and let us know that we are not alone in the face of the consequences of this disaster." He delivered the message.

Aug
12
2020

Shake Fidel's hand

By Alexander Pellicer Moraga

Shaking Fidel's hand in historic Damascus forever marked my life as a young diplomat and revolutionary.

It was the month of May 2001, and we were already aware of the tour of the Chief of the Revolution through countries in North Africa and the Middle East, where, distressingly for us, Syria was not included.

Aug
10
2020

Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba signs book of condolences at the Lebanese Embassy in Havana

Beirut, August 10, 2020. The Cuban Deputy Prime Minister, Ricardo Cabrisas, attended this morning the signing of the book of condolences opened by the Lebanese Embassy in Havana, for the victims and material damage caused by the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4.

On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra attended the Lebanese diplomatic mission, expressing his condolences and dismay for the fatalities and material damage caused by the explosions that recently occurred in Beirut.

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