CARICOM condemns blockade against Cuba and exclusions from summit
Georgetown, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM) condemned the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, and the selective exclusion of countries from the 9th Summit of the Americas.
A CARICOM statement highlights that among the agreements of the Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, the member states reaffirmed the need to lift Washington’s economic, financial and commercial blockade against Havana, and agreed to continue claiming that.
ALBA-TCP Summit announced in Cuba
Havana, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The XXI Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) will take place in Havana next Friday, it was announced.
This was reported by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its web page.
At the forum, the nations that make up the alliance “will share common development strategies and analyze the regional political situation,” the announcement said.
Iran is the first country to produce Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccines
Tehran, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Iran became the first country to produce Cuba's Covid-19 vaccines with the inauguration of a plant for the production of the PastoCorona vaccine, which was inaugurated in this capital on Sunday.
The inauguration of the PastoCorona vaccine plant in Iran consolidates the scientific collaboration and the international insertion of BioCubaFarma’s companies,” the president of that Cuban firm, Eduardo Martínez, tweeted.
“One Limited Step in the Right Direction” Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.
Havana, May 16, 2022. Today, the government of the United States announced several measures, which are positive but of a very limited scope, regarding Cuba associated to the granting of visas, regular migration, flights to Cuban provinces, remittances and adjustments to the regulations governing transactions with the non-state sector.
UN General Assembly to resume Cuban resolution against the blockade
Havana, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced today that the United Nations General Assembly will take up again this year the Cuban resolution demanding an end to the blockade imposed by the United States.