Red Spark, issued a statement as Open Letter in support of Cuba and against the embargo.
Brisbane, February 1, 2024. The Australian solidarity organization Red Spark, issued a statement in the form of an Open Letter in support of Cuba and against the Blockade and the unjust inclusion in the list of countries sponsoring Terrorism.
Firmness and Dignity in the Face of the Outrage
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On 31 January 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he communicated to the U.S. Congress the revocation of the suspension of the possibility of filing lawsuits in U.S. courts under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.
Australian delegates participate in the VI International Conference for the World Balance
Havana,31 January 2025. Australian delegates participated in the VI International Conference for the World Balance, held in Havana from January 28 to 31, 2025.
The event was attended by more than 1200 foreign delegates from 98 countries. The editor of The Workers' Weekly Guardian newspaper, Floyd Kermode was one of the Australian delegates .
Kermode took advantage of his attendance to reaffirm the cultural ties between both countries.
Cuba rejects U.S. decision to incarcerate migrants in the Guantanamo Naval Base
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cuba rejects the decision announced by the President of the United States to use the Guantanamo Naval Base to imprison tens of thousands of migrants he has proposed to forcibly expel. It is a demonstration of the brutality with which that government is acting to supposedly correct problems created by the economic and social conditions of that country, the government's own management and its foreign policy, including hostility towards countries of origin.
Public Statement by “Australian Solidarity with Latin America”
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump has reinstated the designation of Cuba as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism". Cuba is not and has never been a terrorist nation. The inclusion of Cuba on such a list is a violation of International Law, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights of the Cuban people to sovereignty, self-determination and economic development. Cuba itself, has been the target of numerous terrorist attacks planned and launched on U.S. soil.