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Cuba will continue to advocate for the total, transparent, irreversible and verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said today.

This was stated by the foreign minister on the social network X, on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, which he described as a huge crime committed by U.S. imperialism.

The atomic bombs dropped on August 6 and 9, 1945 on the civilian populations of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Japan the only nation to have suffered attacks of this magnitude.

The Santa Clara Bombarderos team, which will represent Cuba in the Little League Baseball World Series, Williamsport, Pennsylvania was flagged off today in this city in the center of the island.

In the ceremony, held at the Ernesto Che Guevara memorial, which holds the challenges of the Argentine-Cuban commander, player Alejandro Vazquez, read the commitment of the athletes who will participate in the event in the United States from August 14 to 25.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said today that four-time Olympic champion Mijaín López is already a legend and living history, on the occasion of his two victories in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

"Mijaín's fifth goes and the whole of Cuba is accompanying him," said the president in his account in X, platform from which he sent the athlete the embrace of the people.

Lopez advanced this Monday to the semifinals, in the division of more than 130 kilograms, beating Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh 3-1.

Geneva, June 26th, 2024

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