The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force.
The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
On January 14, 2025, the government of the United States announced the following decisions:
1. Remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism;
2. Make use of the presidential faculty to prevent US courts from taking action with regards to lawsuits that might be filed by virtue of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and
In the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, the Cuban Government releases persons who are serving prison sentences.
In the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, the Cuban Government releases persons who are serving prison sentences.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
President Díaz-Canel: "Thank you for your heroism in the face of the barbarity of the economic war against us"
Havana, January 2, 2025.- Cuba's top authorities sent a message to the people just hours before celebrating the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, this January 1st.
"Dear compatriots: Infinite thanks for your heroism in the face of the barbarity of the economic war that is being waged against us," declared Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic.
Congratulatory message from the Bahamas on the 66th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution
Nassau, 1st January 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, through a note verbal addressed to the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba, requested to transmit to the Government and the People of the Republic of Cuba the following message:
"The Government and People of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas express their most sincere congratulations to the Government and People of the Republic of Cuba on the occasion of the Sixty-Sixth Anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, led by Fidel Castro, over the regime of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Convention Palace, on December 23, 2024, "Year 66 of the Revolution"
(Shorthand Versions - Presidency of the Republic)
Dear Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution;
Comrade Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Comrades of the Presidency;