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US must lift its Cuba embargo to save lives amid COVID-19 crisis, say UN experts 

Geneva (30 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the United States to lift its economic and financial embargo on Cuba that is obstructing humanitarian responses to help the country’s health care system fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We urge the US Government to withdraw measures aimed at establishing trade barriers, and ban tariffs, quotas, non-tariff measures, including those which prevent financing the purchase of medicine, medical equipment, food and other essential goods,” they said.

Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba:#Cuba rejects the pretexts of #Bolivian putschist authorities to suspend diplomatic relations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia announced the decision of the putschist Government to suspend diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba, claming that the Cuban Government has systematically affected bilateral relations and has been hostile towards the Bolivian authorities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba strongly rejects the unfounded allegations of Bolivia’s de facto government.

Cuban Parliament approves new Council of Ministers

 The Cuban Parliament on Saturday approved the new Council of Ministers proposed by President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes, Roberto Ojeda, Ines Maria Chapman, Ricardo Cabrisas and Jorge Luis Tapia were ratified as deputy prime ministers, who were joined by Alejandro Gil, who will continue to be the minister of Economy.

The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex)

 The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated on Monday the workers and diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) and the Cuban people for the 60th anniversary of the creation of the agency.

"Congratulations to our worthy diplomats, the workers of #CubaMinrex and the Cuban people for building, doing, defending and exalting our foreign policy on the 60th anniversary of MINREX," the president wrote on the social network Twitter.

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