Cuba condemns and denounces new escalation of US economic blockade
Vientiane 31 january, 2026. Statement by the Revolutionary Government
The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the new escalation by the US government against Cuba in its efforts to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to our country.
The executive order issued by the US President on January 29, 2026, declares a supposed national emergency, under which his government will be able to impose trade tariffs on imports of products from countries that supply oil to Cuba.
The figure of Cuban National Hero José Martí was celebrated in Laos on occasion of his 173rd anniversary of his birth.
The Apostle of Independence “distinguished himself in all aspects of the struggle for national liberation and against Spanish colonialism,” emphasized Bundith Phathomvanh, Vice President of the Laos-Cuba Friendship Association, who also recognized him as a fighter against the threat of U.S. expansionism and power in Latin America.
Lao friends sent message of support to the ICAP president
Friendship and solidarity that has stood the test of time.
Vientiane, January 21, 2026. The Vice President of the National Assembly and President of the Lao-Cuba Friendship Association and Parliamentary Group, Dr. Chaleune Yiapahoeu, sends a message of support to the President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Comrade Fernando Gonzalez Llort.
Honor and Glory
Comrade Fernando González
Member of Parliament
Ambassador of Cuba received by Lao Party lider
Vientiane, January 2021. The Cuban Ambassador Enna Viant held a friendly meeting with Comrade Bounleua Phandanouvong, member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Head of the Foreign Relations Commission.
Cuban Embassy in Laos pays posthumous tribute to the 32 Cuban combatants who fell down in Venezuela.
Vientiane, January 20, 2026. The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in this capital paid posthumous tribute to the 32 Cuban combatant heroes who fell in Venezuela following the treacherous US attack. For them and their memory, the head of the Mission, Enna Viant, requested a minute of silence during the moving ceremony.