Riyadh, November 17th - The Ambassador of Cuba to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vladimir Gonzalez, paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political and Economic Affairs, Eid Mohammed Althakafi, with whom he reviewed several related issues with the good state of bilateral relations.
Declaration by the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba
Once again, the European Parliament has fulfilled the sad role of hostage to a small group of MEPs of the far right, obsessed with destroying the Cuban revolution, who have known links to Miami-based organizations funded by Washington.
We have learned to our disgust that a small group of MEP’s servile to Washington have placed an item on the agenda of the next plenary session of the European Parliament (8 June) regarding the “Political Situation and Human Rights in Cuba”.
Vietnam Fatherland Front reiterates its rejection of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for almost 60 years: President of that organization, Tran Thanh Man, said in Hanoi.
The statement was issued in a meeting with the Cuban ambassador, Lianys Torres Rivera, to review the cooperation between that organization and its counterpart on the island, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
The New Zealand / Cuba Society published a statement emphasizing that, as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the planet, it is time for the New Zealand Government to actively support the UN’s call to the U.S. to urgently lift the blockade of Cuba, that is obstructing the country’s health care system’s ability to fight the COVID-19 crisis.
“Our Government is acutely aware of both Cuba’s commitment to training health professionals in the Pacific and its role in combating the pandemic internationally. Now is the time to stand beside them.”
The Baki –Xeber newspaper “Baku –News” published the communiqué of the Azerbaijan-Cuba Friendship Society and signed by the president of the World Center for International Relations of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences and publicist, Yasif Nasirli, and the teacher and Artist Azerbaijani popular, Arif Huseynov, where the United States government blockade of Cuba is condemned.
Excerpts from the intervention of Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mr. President, history has taught us that the maintenance of international peace and security cannot be separated from the sustainable development , in this regard we maintain that the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against Cuba, a Caribbean nation, which has been in place for almost six decades undermine the country potential to achieve sustainable development and economic growth.
Cuba’s report on Resolution 73/8 of the United Nations General Assembly entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf has received a message sent by his Cuban counterpart, H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
The message was conveyed to the Saudi Foreign Minister by the Cuban Ambassador to the Kingdom, Mr. Orlando Requeijo Gual, during an audience conceded on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ headquarters in Jeddah.
PRESS RELEASE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FRIENDS OF CUBA CONDEMNING THE ESCALATION OF THE ECONOMIC BLOCAKADE AGAINST CUBA.
The Trinidad and Tobago Friends of Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the escalation of the Economic Blockade against Cuba. In June 2019 the State Department headed secretary Mike Pompeo and the US National Security Adviser John Bolton have adopted, with new vigour, the most extreme incarnation of the Muroe Doctrine which is designed to give the US hegemonic control of the Western Hemisphere. The Cuban revolution remains an affront to this doctrine. These new measures include among other things, the placing of Cuba on the list of countries which have not fought human trafficking and the adoption of the Title III, the most draconian Clause of the Helm Burton Act (1996).
These measures are tantamount to economic warfare against the Cuban people. Sixty (60) years of the economic blockade has cost the Cuban economy $134 B US. This translates into the suffering of the Cuban people and this reduction in the pace of development in many areas of the Cuban economy. Despite the foregoing and the unjust identification of Cuba as a state who does not fight human trafficking Cuba still has the most stable society in Latin American in terms of crime, health care and social justice. Compared to its powerful neighbour to the north where that country is still grappling with the lack of universal health care, the mal treatment of immigrants, social injustice including racism and human trafficking particularly in the sex trade inclusive of children.
