Díaz-Canel receives UN Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Measures: The Blockade Has Marked the Lives of Cubans
November 21, 2025
“The lives of all Cubans have been marked by the blockade,” President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stated this Friday upon receiving Alena Douhan, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the negative impacts of unilateral coercive measures.
The Cuban Presidency reported that the president highlighted Alena Douhan’s busy schedule in the country.
SIPTU relaunches its Solidarity Forum with Cuba.
Dublin, November 7, 2025. Organized by Ireland's largest trade union, the SIPTU (Industrial and Technical Services Professional Union) relaunched its Solidarity Forum with Cuba, chaired by its Deputy General Secretary, Ethel Buckley, and board member Adrian Kane. Senator Chris Andrews, coordinator of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Cuba, the Cuban ambassador, Bernardo Guanche Hernández, Irish and Cuban residents, and other guests, also attended the event, called “Cuban Night”.
United Nations General Assembly approves resolution against blockade by absolute majority
Another victory for Cuba at the United Nations for the elimination of the unjust blockade
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez sent a congratulatory message to Irish President-elect Catherine Connolly
Dublin, October 28, 2025. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez sent a congratulatory message to Irish President-elect Catherine Connolly. In the message, the Cuban leader emphasized his willingness to continue strengthening the historic ties of friendship, solidarity, and cooperation between the two countries.