The Mayor of Rotorua visits our Embassy.
Wellington, June 15. The mayor of the tourist city of Rotorua was received by Ambassador Edgardo Valdés and Consul Dalila Vázquez, who thanked her for her friendship and systematic support for the Cuban Festival that is held every year in that city.
H.W Steve Chadwick, who has also been Minister of Conservation and Women's Affairs, as well as Associate Minister of Health, took an interest in the Cuban health system, particularly primary care.
Friends of Cuba visit our Embassy.
Wellington, June 12. Members of solidarity groups with Cuba visited the Embassy this Sunday to share ideas and coordinate future actions, including the celebration of July 26.
Together with union activists and others who have been involved in solidarity for years, we enjoyed a pleasant afternoon.
The Ambassador updated them on the situation in Cuba and we exchanged on the international situation.
President Diaz-Canel remarks to the Cuban civil society excluded from the Summit of the Americas.
Havana, June 8. President Miguel Díaz-Canel, meeting with Cubans excluded from the so-called Summit of the Americas, quoted Martí and said: “When a strong nation wants to fight a battle with another, it demands allegiance and service from those nations dependent upon it. The first thing a nation does to dominate another is to separate it from other nations.”
Statement of the Government of Cuba on the Summit of the Americas.
Havana June 6. The Revolutionary Government of Cuba issued a statement entitled "Summit of the Americas: Imperialist Domination and Exclusion" in which it denounces that the United States government, abusing the privilege granted by its status as the host country, decided in advance to exclude Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the 9th Summit of the Americas, and refused to meet the just demands of numerous governments to change this discriminatory and unacceptable position.
Cuban Ambassador participates in Celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen.
Wellington, June 3. Ambassador Edgardo Valdés attended the celebrations for the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand.
Following a service at St Paul's Cathedral, he attended a reception at Parliament, where he had the opportunity to speak with the Prime Minister, the Right Honorable Jacinda Ardern.