Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries call on the US to take Cuba off the “state-sponsor of terrorism” list
Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries across the globe have written a joint letter, coordinated and published by the Progressive International (PI), condemning Cuba’s designation by the United States as a “state-sponsor of terrorism” as “cynical, cruel, and a clear violation of international law”. In the letter, published today, Friday 20 September, the legislators call on their respective governments to “take immediate action to advocate for [the designation’s] removal.”
President of the People's Political Party ‘Marcus Garvey’ visits Cuba.
Havana, 16 September 2024. Antwayne Campbell, president of the Marcus Garvey People's Political Party (MGPPP) paid a working visit to Cuba between 9 and 13 September.
During his stay, he held a meeting with the president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) Felix Duarte Ortega, in which possibilities for cooperation in agricultural matters were evaluated with a view to advancing food security programmes. He also visited the facilities of the Institute of Animal Science.
35 former world presidents send letter to US president requesting that Cuba be removed from list of countries that support terrorism
Former Colombian President Ernesto Samper released a letter signed by him and 34 other former presidents from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia.
In the letter, the former leaders asked President Joe Biden to remove Cuba from the list before the end of his term in office and asked him to heed this humanitarian call to alleviate the situation of millions of innocent people. ‘No country should compromise the seriousness of the fight against the scourge of terrorism for political ends,’ the document concludes.
STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE U.S. BLOCKADE AND THE INCLUSION OF CUBA ON THE LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM
The Cuban people have had to suffer, face and stoically and heroically resist the most prolonged, systematic and devastating economic aggression that any country has faced in modern times.
New Cuban teachers arrive in Jamaica
Kingston, August 27, 2024. As part of the bilateral cooperation agreement in the field of education, 28 new Cuban teachers arrived in Jamaica and will join schools starting next September.
The intensive preparation for their teaching duties began with a professional orientation program in the parish of Saint Ann, which was opened by the Honorable Marsha Smith, Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Youth; Cuban Ambassador Fermín Quiñones Sánchez, as well as other officials of the Ministry and the Cuban Embassy.