Havana, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The US blockade against Cuba is a crime against humanity, President Miguel Diaz-Canel, now as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), reiterated on Monday. The Cuban president closed the 8th Congress of the party, which he described as a milestone in the historic continuity of the Cuban Revolution.
At the Congress, he said that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington for over 60 years on its small neighboring country has worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez was elected today, Monday, as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, during the first plenary meeting of the leadership body, elected by the delegates to the 8th Party Congress Sunday evening.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz made this announcement after reporting the 14 members of the Political Bureau, including nine returning to the body and five added as new members:
Speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla at the II Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ibero-American Conference, held by videoconference, 15/4/2021 (Español a continuación)
Her Excellency Maria Ubach Font: I express to you my fraternal wishes for a speedy recovery.
Your Excellencies Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations.
Her Excellency Rebeca Grynspan.