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Sep

20

2017

Press Release: Donald Trump's Government Strengthens Blockade against Cuba.

New York, 20 September 2017. On 16 June 2016, as part of his new policy toward Cuba, the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced new measures to intensify the blockade, contained in document "National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba". These measures are:

1. Prohibition of economic, commercial and financial transactions of US companies and entities with Cuban companies and entities related to the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior.

Sep

19

2017

Press Release: Cuban representative demands restitution of the rights of the Palestinian people and the end of Israeli occupation.

New York, September 19, 2017. During her statement at the Ministerial Meeting of the NAM Committee on Palestine, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, demanded the restitution of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, violated by Israel for more than half a century of occupation, as well as the immediate end of the Israeli occupation.

Sep

18

2017

Press Release: Cuba calls for prioritizing the small island states of the Caribbean affected by Hurricane Irma, in the mobilization of international aid.

New York, September 18, 2017.Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, called for prioritizing, in the mobilization of international aid, those States

Sep

16

2017

Information note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

Havana, 15 September 2017. A few days after the recovery phase started in Cuba in the wake of Hurricane Irma, the country continues to receive multiple messages of solidarity and humanitarian aid shipments.

To this aim, the bank account entitled HURACAN-DONACIONES, No. 0300000004978829 of the branch of Banco Financiero Internacional, with offices in Calle 18 entre 1ra y 3ra, Playa municipality, Havana, Cuba is available. To all those interested, contributions should be made in freely convertible currency.

Sep

14

2017

Press Release: The Blockade against Cuba persists and is rejected by the international community.

New York, 14 September 2017. During the years 2015 and 2016, the government of the then President of the United States, Barack Obama, put in place some measures seeking to modify the application of certain elements of the blockade against Cuba, which occurred in the framework of the reestablishment of the diplomatic relations between both countries.

However, significant obstacles to its implementation have persisted and key aspects of the blockade have been maintained, as well as the laws on which this policy is based.

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