Cuba in Australia

The President and other ICAP officials meet with members of the solidarity movement in Australia.

Canberra, 12 May 2026. The president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando González, along with other officials from the institution, held a videoconference with representatives of the Solidarity movement with Cuba in Australia.

Also participating were the Cuban Ambassador to Australia, Gilma Moreira Lino, and members of the Cuban Diplomatic Mission.

Statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

The Executive Order of May 1st and the blockade measures announced today further increase the harm to the Cuban Population and reinforce the threat of aggression.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the Executive Order issued by the White House on May 1st, 2026, which tightens, to unprecedented and extreme levels, the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

Cuban Ambassador meets with Senator David Shoebridge

Canberra, 6 May 2026. The Cuban Ambassador to Australia, Gilma Moreira Lino, met with David Shoebridge, a Green Party senator representing the state of New South Wales, who is responsible for foreign affairs, among other issues.

Statement by the Committee on International Relations of the National Assembly of People’s Power

Havana, 6 May 2026.

To parliamentarians, parliaments, and interparliamentary organizations

We, the deputies who are members of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba, reject the new Executive Order issued by the President of the United States, which intensifies the economic war and aims to further exacerbate the illegal and immoral collective punishment of the Cuban people.

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