Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, during the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries . October 9, 2020.
His Excellency Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
Esteemed Ministers and Heads of Delegations;
Delegates and guests;
Sixty years after their adoption, the principles of Bandung, which were the most immediate precedent of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, remain fully valid and are ever more relevant.
We recognize the work carried out by the Presidency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Movement and its efforts to preserve and strengthen the indispensable activism of the countries of the South.
Che Guevara living presence beyond a symbol
Athens, October 8. Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the assassination of the Heroic Guerrilla man, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, the Che of the Cubans, the Che of the revolutionaries from all over the world, an exceptional man.
Representatives of the Greek Committee requesting the Nobel Peace Prize for contingent of Cuban doctors Dr Henry Reeve express solidarity with Cuba.
Athens, October 7. Representatives of the Greek Committee applying for the Nobel Peace Prize for the internationalist contingent of Cuban doctors Dr Henry Reeve, Velissarios Kossyvakis, coordinator of the Committee; Giannis Milios, professor emeritus, who was the personality who submitted the application to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on behalf of the Greek Committee and Takis Varelas famous plastic artist, held a meeting with Cuba's ambassador to Greece Zelmys Maria Dominguez Cortina at the Cuban diplomatic headquarters.
Solidarity support for Cuba on Greek island of Lefkada.
Atenas, 6 de octubre. La embajadora de Cuba en Grecia Zelmys María Dominguez Cortina y el consejero José Oriol Marrero Martinez sostuvieron varios encuentros de trabajo en la isla griega de Lefkada en el mar Jónico.
44th Anniversary of a Terrorist Attack to a Cuban Plane.
Athens, October 6. Today marks the 44th anniversary of what was called the "Crime of Barbados", on October 6, 1976, by a terrorist attack, which caused the destruction in mid-flight, of Cuban Aviation's CU-455 aircraft, which was heading from the island of Barbados to that of Jamaica bound for Havana. The 73 people on board the aircraft, a US-made Douglas DC-8, were killed in the until then worst attack of its kind in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most brutal acts of terrorism executed by people in the service of the CIA against the Cuban Revolution