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“Cuba does not pose a threat to the United States, much less an extraordinary and unusual threat”

Excerpts from the interview with President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and Tom O’Connor, senior foreign policy editor and deputy editor of national security and foreign policy at Newsweek

April 7, 2026 

Newsweek: You have confirmed that the United States and Cuba are in talks and have proposed areas of cooperation such as science, migration, and the fight against drug trafficking. President Trump seems to be seeking regime change. Do you think it is possible to reach an agreement and that diplomacy could prevail?

FITCuba 2026 will take place from May 6 to 10

In the early part of the second half of the 20th century, Cuba laid the groundwork for the establishment of a socially oriented tourism sector that would provide an opportunity to combine recreation and leisure in a single experience—one that was healthy, enriching, and educational. It was then that this sector began to take shape with a view toward sustained and sustainable development. 

Cuba reaffirms its commitment to international humanitarian law

Geneva, April 11, 2026.—Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, held a meeting with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric. Both sides noted the smooth nature of bilateral exchanges and the strong state of existing relations.

Message from Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Second International Conference on Unilateral Coercive Measures

Dear Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: 

Dear Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on human rights: 

Distinguished participants in this important Conference: 

Cuba is currently the victim of collective punishment aimed at bringing its people to their knees through hunger, disease, and severe shortages of basic supplies. 

Cuba extends its deepest condolences on the passing of the former President of Fiji His Excellency Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

Suva, April 9, 2026. - The Embassy of Cuba in Fiji extends its deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathies on the passing of the former President of the Republic of Fiji, His Excellency Ratu Epeli Nailatikau. We gratefully remember the visit of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, then Minister of Foreign Affairs of Fiji, to Havana in 2008, his vision and commitment to cooperation between our countries. During this time of mourning, our thoughts are with the family. We join the nation in honoring his life and his remarkable service.

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