Oct
02
2017
Cuba will host World Space Week 2017
The World Space Week 2017 will be held in Cuba with a workshop that will take place in the Planetarium in Old Havana, from October 2 to 4, reported the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (IGA).
The World Space Week 2017 will be held in Cuba with a workshop that will take place in the Planetarium in Old Havana, from October 2 to 4, reported the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (IGA).
The State Department announced Friday that it will withdraw more than half of the staff from the US embassy in Cuba after the "incidents" reported by diplomats.Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, director general for the United States of Minrex, emphasized to the press that the Government of Cuba has no responsibility in the alleged facts and it fulfills seriously and rigorously its obligations with the Convention of Vienna on Diplomatic Relations. We consider that the decision announced by the State Department is hasty and will affect bilateral relations.
Declaration:
Today, we have learned about a media note by the Department of State, informing of the decision of the US Government to draw down their Embassy staff in Havana.
Worldwide nuclear disarmament is one of the oldest goals of the United Nations and one of the aspirations and basic principles of the foreign policy of the Republic of Cuba, which has maintained a consistent position on the prohibition and elimination of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. General disarmament, full and immediate, under a strict and effective control, is a priority in the international arena.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 27th, 2017. Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, welcomed this morning, the Cuban Ambassador, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez, who´s ending his tour of duty in this Caribbean nation.
During the friendly meeting, carried out in the Office of the Prime Minister, both parts expressed the satisfaction for the excellent level of the bilateral relations and the cooperation in different areas.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 26th, 2017.The Peace Council of Jamaica made a public statement urging all the governments from Latin America and the Caribbean to act in correspondence with the Declaration of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to preserve the region as Zone of Peace, through the signature and ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, launched by United Nations last September 20th, 2017.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 25th, 2017.Jamaica joined the voice of tens of countries that denounced and condemned, at United Nations, the criminal policy of blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba during almost 60 years.
New York, September 22. - Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Dennis Moses spoke during his speech at the high-level segment of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in favor of the definitive lifting of the blockade against Cuba. In this sense, the Trinidadian Foreign Minister express “
1wish to reiterate to this august body, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago's unequivocal commitment and unceasing call for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, September 22nd, 2017. The Embassy of Cuba in Jamaica joined the rest of the Latin American and Caribbean missions accredited in Jamaica in the celebration of the Cane and Rum Festival held in this capital.
Republic of Cuba, Jorge Gestoso, Telesur journalist, at the United Nations headquarters, September 19, 2017, "Year 59 of the Revolution."
(Shorthand versions - Council of State)
Jorge Gestoso.- Mr. Chancellor, thank you for being with us.
Bruno Rodríguez.- Thank you very much.
Jorge Gestoso.- Your reaction to this morning's speech by Donald Trump.
Bruno Rodríguez.- It has been an unusual, aggressive, dominating, blatantly imperialist discourse.
