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May

13

2020

U.S. includes Cuba on infamous list of countries that do not cooperate in fighting terrorism

The State Department's report to Congress came on the same day Cuba’s Foreign Minister condemned the U.S. government for its complicit silence in the face of the terrorist attack on our embassy in that nation

The State Department notified the U.S. Congress on May 12 that Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba were certified under Section 40A (a) of the Arms Export Control Act as "not fully cooperating" with U.S. anti-terrorism efforts in 2019.

The State Department's official website published the notification, clarifying that Cuba has now been reinstated on the infamous list from which it was removed in 2015, following the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations under the leadership of Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro.

May

13

2020

Virtual Press Conference offered by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

(STENOGRAPHIC VERSION – PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC)

Juan A. Fernández (Moderator).- Good afternoon. From the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, we announce the beginning of the press conference that will be offered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, about the terrorist attack perpetrated against our embassy in the United States on April 30 last.

May

12

2020

Cuban interferon proven effective against COVID-19

Currently more than 80 countries have expressed interest in acquiring Heberon. Photo: CIGB

Since the appearance, March 11, of the first cases of COVID-19 in Cuba, the country’s Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) has reported that the inclusion of Recombinant Human Interferon Alpha 2b in treatment protocols for these patients has shown positive results.

Details on the effectiveness of the product were presented by Dr. Eulogio Pimentel Vázquez, director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), affiliated with the BioCubaFarma Enterprise Group, where the medication was first produced in the late 1980s.

May

12

2020

The rule of imperial impunity must end

President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated on Twitter yesterday that Cuba continues to wait for a response to its denunciation of the April 30 firearm attack on the island's embassy in Washington

The President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, reiterated on Twitter yesterday that Cuba continues to wait for a response to its denunciation of the firearm attack on the island's embassy in Washington, during the dawn hours April 30.

"We have not forgotten the long history of terrorism against our diplomats. Cuba saves lives and repudiates violence and death," Díaz-Canel tweeted.

May

08

2020

Cuba and Russia look to the future of bilateral relations with optimism

Comandante en jefe Fidel Castro visited several Soviet Republics in 1963. Photo: Granma Archives

Russian-Cuban links have a long, fraternal history. Exchanges between our peoples dates back to the 18th century, when in 1782 the Russian doctor Fyodor Karzhavin arrived in Havana. After living in Cuba for two years, he came to agree with many of the principles that would later motivate Cubans to struggle for their independence from the Spanish colonial power.

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