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Feb

27

2020

Céspedes inspires today’s just causes

Cuba’s founding father was honored on the 146th anniversary of his death in battle, by the people of Santiago, on behalf of the entire nation

"What makes Céspedes great is not only the firm, decisive decision he made to take up arms, but the act that accompanied that decision, which was to grant freedom to his slaves (...) his willingness to abolish slavery in our country. With this phrase from Comandante en jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez tweeted his tribute to the father of the homeland, on the 146th anniversary of his death in battle, yesterday February 27.

Feb

27

2020

Cuba maintains valuable relations with its citizens living abroad, despite U.S. government hostility The Fourth Nation & Emigration Conference will take place April 8-10 in Havana

"The strengthening of Cuba's ties with its citizens abroad is a continuous, irreversible and permanent process," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla recently posted on his Twitter account.

Feb

24

2020

Cuba’s war of independence was re-initiated February 24, 1895

José Martí entrusted Juan Gualberto Gómez, a son and grandson of slaves, to re-launch the insurrection, with the independence forces better organized and more determined than ever

Every February 24, Juan Gualberto Gómez, son and grandson of slaves, raised a Cuban flag at Villa Manuela, his residence in the Mantilla neighborhood of Havana, after Spanish colonialism had been replaced by U.S. domination. Flying the lone star flag on this date was his way of saying that Cuba's sovereignty was an aspiration that had not been forgotten.

Feb

21

2020

With a medical doctor from Bhutan

With a medical doctor from Bhutan (first picture) graduated in Cuba in 2012 after 7 years of university studies in Manzanillo, Cuba, at the celebration of the auspicious occasion of the 40th birth anniversary of H.M. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan.

Always proud of the Cuban Medical International Cooperation, which delivers not only excellent health care doctors but also amazing Spanish-speaking professionals with outstanding human values. Good to have a new good half-Cuban friend in Bangkok!!!

Congratulations!

Feb

20

2020

Fifty-eight years later, Cuba continues to resist U.S. blockade

The U.S. blockade on Cuba was imposed February 7, 1962, by President John F. Kennedy, and has recently reached increasingly extreme dimensions

The blockade is real and has lasted more than five decades. Generations of Cubans have suffered its consequences. Its impact is felt in all sectors of society and constitutes a flagrant violation of the human rights of our people, an act of genocide and of economic warfare, the main obstacle to our development, violating international law, the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and the principles of free trade.

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