Finnish Solidarity Activists Reject the Helms-Burton Act
Friday, 05 July 2019 13:04
Written by Paula A. Ramos Benítez - Student of Journalism, Periodico 26
The Victoria de Girón brigade, from the Finland-Cuba Friendship Association, visits Las Tunas once more. Its members expressed their rejection to the Helms-Burton Act.
The United States has no authority to judge Cuba´s performance against trafficking in persons
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On June 20, 2019, the US State Department added Cuba to the lowest tier in its 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report. The Report claims that “Cuba does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so.”
This ranking has conceivably nothing to do with Cuba’s true performance in actively combating trafficking in persons and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs absolutely rejects it for being a complete slander.
Important Notice
The Consular Office will be closed from June 24, 2019, until August 22 2019. Konsulaatti en suljettuna 24.06.2019 - 22.08.2019
For tourist cards please contact your travel agency or the travel agency AVENTURA: http://www.aventura.fi/kuuban-turistikortti . For very urgent cases regarding Cuban citizens, please contact the Consular Office of the Embassy of Cuba in Sweden E-mail: konsulat@kuba.se Phone: + 46 (8) 545 83 277
Cuba is not frightened by the measures tightening the blockade
Declaration of the Revolutionary Government
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the measures announced by the United States Government on 4 June 2019, further tightening the economic blockade imposed on Cuba for over 60 years, at a cost for the Cuban economy which amounted to over 134 billion dollars in 2018 at current prices, and to the figure of 933 billion dollars, taking into account the devaluation of the US dollar vis-à-vis the price of gold in the world market.