Within the framework of the 21st period of sessions of the United Nations High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation, Cuba denounced the unprecedented intensification of the blockade imposed by the United States and the arbitrary inclusion of the Greater Antilles in the list of States. sponsors of Terrorism.
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.
London, 9 August 2021- The Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the United Kingdom held a virtual event on Monday entitled "What´s going on in Cuba? And why the US blockade needs to end now!" Among its panellists were the Cuban Ambassador to the UK, Barbara Montalvo; British MPs Grahame Morris, also chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba, and Richard Burgon; the General Secretary of the Unite Trade Union (the biggest of its kind in the UK), Len McCluskey; Bolivian reporter, Ollie Vargas, and Cuban journalist, Cristina Escobar.
Just Remove the Blockade
It is hypocritical of US President Biden to ask the Cuban Government to listen to the protesters, a few weeks after the US and Israel rejected the UN General Assembly Resolution (a vote of 184 countries out of 189) for the US to end the illegal economic blockade on Cuba.
The Philippines-Cuba Cultural and Friendship Association or PhilCuba believes that the statements of the Biden government, Senator Marco Rubio, and the former State Secretary Pompeo, calling for support for the Cuban people are like “crocodile tears.”
Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2021. 4:23 pm CST.
By Benjamin Flowers: As anti-government protests rage on in Cuba, former Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa has publicly declared his support for the country and its people.
Musa took to his Facebook account today, noting that, while protests are an occurrence that every nation in the world must contend with on occasion, the people of Cuba have a unique situation.
PM Says Region Will Pushback Against US Bill Targeting Cuban Healthcare Workers
June 22, 2020
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua & Barbuda will lobby and pushback against a proposed US bill targeting Cuban healthcare workers.
He notes that the recent bill introduced by Republican Senator Rick Scott which classifies Cuba’s humanitarian assistance as “human trafficking” seeks to extend punitive measures against countries accepting this medical assistance.
PM Says Region Will Pushback Against US Bill Targeting Cuban Healthcare WorkersJune 22, 2020
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua & Barbuda will lobby and pushback against a proposed US bill targeting Cuban healthcare workers.
He notes that the recent bill introduced by Republican Senator Rick Scott which classifies Cuba’s humanitarian assistance as “human trafficking” seeks to extend punitive measures against countries accepting this medical assistance.
“They will be literally punishing countries who utilize Cuba nurses and doctors,” he said
Caribbean among countries unfairly targeted by US Senators over Cuba
June 18, 2020
Sir Ronald Sanders is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and at Massey College in the University of Toronto.
By Sir Ronald Sanders
Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, said on Monday that the US blockade against Cuba continues, and so does solidarity with this Caribbean country.
