Jan
17
2019
Cuba categorically rejects the threat of activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act
Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On January 16, 2019.- the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States and the efforts to expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba, and include factors such as the Cuba’s regime’s brutal oppression of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its indefensible support for increasingly authoritarian and corrupt regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.”
On January 16, 2019, the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States and the efforts to expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba, and include factors such as the Cuba’s regime’s brutal oppression of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its indefensible support for increasingly authoritarian and corrupt regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.”
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, in the framework of the 20th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of Baku and Azerbaijan, was received today by Archbishop Alexander at the headquarters of the Eparchy.
The religious leader valued the friendship between both nations, wished that the cooperation develop and reiterated the solidarity with the Cuban people.
Invited by Her Excellency Ambassador of Austria to Thailand, Dr. Eva Hager, and Dr. Michael J. Dichand, of Güssing Renewable Energy International Holding GmbH,I had the privilege of participating in the inauguration of a renewable energy generation project in Nong Bua, Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand.