Ljubljana, 8 October 2018. The Ambassador of Cuba to the Republic of Slovenia, Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios was received by the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Ms. Simona Leskovar on the occasion of his visit to the capital of this European country.
Georgetown, October 6, 2018. Presided by the Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Hon. Mr. Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo and the Ambassador of Cuba, Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro, took place a ceremony of remembrance and homage to pay tribute to the 73 victims of the terrorist attack perpetrated on October 6, 1976, against Flight 455 of Cuban airliner. The event was held at the Memorial of the Victims of Terrorism, which is located on the campus of the University of Guyana.
Attending the homage, among other personalities were: Dr. Barton U.A. Scotland, CCHMP, Speaker of the National Assembly of Guyana, Mr. George Norton, Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education, Mr. Winston Felix, Minister of Citizenship and Dr. Karen Cummings, Deputy Minister of Public Health. There were also present, Mr. Halim Khan, president of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Georgetown, members of the Association of Cuban Residents, members of the medical and educational brigades of the Cuban cooperation, students and workers of the University of Guyana and officials of the Embassy of Cuba.
The Prime Minister, the Cuban Ambassador, the Honorary Consul of Barbados in Guyana and one of the relatives of the victims, placed a floral tribute before the plaque with the names of the fallen victims of that abhorrent attack.
In his speech the Prime Minister recalled that the criminal sabotage caused the death of 73 people, of them, 57 Cuban citizens, 5 North Koreans and 11 Guyanese and quoted in his own words, the words of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, during the funeral of the victims of the abominable crime, quoting, “When our grief is multiplied, injustice trembles!
On October 6th, the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society(ACFS) and the Cuban Embassy jointly organized an artistic gala in Canberra on the occasion of Cuban culture national day that will be officially celebrated on next October 20th.
The Embassy of Cuba in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Consulate General of Cuba in Rotterdam will remain closed on Wednesday October 10, 2018 for national holidays. The Embassy and the Consulate will resume their activities on Thurssday October 11.
Embassy of Cuba in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Consulate General of Cuba in Rotterdam
The Deputies who are members of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of the Peoples Power’,
Remembering that the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, from the start of its implementation in October of 1960, constitutes the most unfair, severe and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions ever applied on any country,