The Nassau Guardian highlights The Bahamas’ solidarity with Cuba through donation of cancer medications
Amid harsh economic challenges in Cuba, The Bahamas government has donated $500,000 worth of critical chemotherapy medication to help children receiving care...
Cuba’s diplomatic victory at the United Nations
On July 7, at the request of the Republic of Cuba, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convened an urgent debate on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States against the Caribbean island.
The debate took place against the backdrop of a tightening of the blockade since the beginning of this year, including an energy siege...
The Spanish NGO Open Arms arrived in Cuba on Sunday aboard its sailing vessel Astral, delivering seven tons of humanitarian aid to a children's hospital in Havana. The mission was carried out as part of the "Rumbo a Cuba" (Course to Cuba) campaign, launched in partnership with more than 150 political and social organizations.
Ottawa, March 4, 2026 - The Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, held a meeting with Ms. Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress.
During the meeting, they discussed the effects of the U.S. blockade against Cuba, particularly regarding the new executive order from the U.S. administration that escalates the collective punishment to which the U.S. has subjected the Cuban people.
Madam Vice-President:
A dictatorship has emerged in the globalised world. The order born out of the Second World War to prevent a third is being destroyed, and the philosophy of plunder is proclaimed as the exceptional and supreme right of the United States of America to conquest and the use of force as an immanent, natural, and everyday way of being. Beyond ideologies, all nation-states are in danger regardless of their cultural or political models.
Montreal, February 18, 2026. – The delegation of the Republic of Cuba to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) denounced the total blockade of fuel supplies to Cuba under the January 29 executive order promulgated by the United States government. Cuba stated the order has detrimental effects not only for the Island, “but also for airlines, passengers, third countries, and the general stability of the global aeronautical system.”
Full remarks by Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, at a discussion organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), Ottawa, February 13, 2026.
Good afternoon. I want to thank the Canadian Network on Cuba for convening this meeting. We are pleased to welcome you to the Embassy to address your interest in learning more about the situation in Cuba. We appreciate the participation of our friends of Cuba and Cubans residing in Canada who are with us in Ottawa, as well as all those joining us online.
Ottawa - In a talk organized by the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC), Cuban Ambassador Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz reported on the current situation in Cuba in the face of threats from the United States government and the intensification of the policy of siege on the Cuban economy.
On Thursday, February 12, the Consul General of Cuba in Toronto, Víctor Manuel García Sánchez, along with Consul Tania Valenzuela Veiga, gave an online lecture to students at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, regarding sexual and reproductive rights under the new Family Code.
Ottawa – The Ambassador of Cuba, Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, held a friendly meeting with the Honorable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
During the exchange, the Cuban Ambassador provided an update on the situation in Cuba, which has been exacerbated by the tightening of the U.S. economic blockade, particularly in the energy sector.
Minister MacKinnon reiterated Canada’s historic position of friendship toward the Cuban people.
