Spokesperson of the Government of Timor-Leste
Ninth Constitutional Government
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Dili, January 5th, 2026
Press Release
The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in the Republic of Türkiye received a condolence visit from Nahide Özkan, President of the José Martí Cuba–Türkiye Friendship Association, accompanied by members of the association’s board of directors, who came to convey their deepest sympathies for the loss in combat of 32 Cuban citizens, victims of the attack carried out by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
At the organizational meeting of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, called on the Office of the High Commissioner to continue providing comprehensive and systematic information on the costs, available financial resources, and human resources associated with the implementation of Council-mandated activities. He added that such information would enable Member States, together with the Office, to develop an effective, transparent, and verifiable methodology, allowing for timely and well-informed decisions on mandated activities, particularly in the current context of severe financial difficulties. He reaffirmed that it is always the responsibility of Member States to make decisions regarding Council-mandated activities, including any decisions concerning those that may be affected by the impact of the financial and liquidity crisis.
At the organizational meeting of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Permanent Representative of Cuba, called on the Office of the High Commissioner to continue providing comprehensive and systematic information regarding the costs, available financial resources, and human resources associated with the implementation of Council-mandated activities. He added that such information would enable Member States, together with the Office, to develop an effective, transparent, and verifiable methodology that allows for timely and well-informed decisions on mandated activities, particularly in the current context of severe financial difficulties. He reaffirmed that it is always the responsibility of Member States to make decisions regarding Council-mandated activities, including any decisions concerning those that may be affected by the impact of the financial and liquidity crisis.
The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in the Republic of Türkiye commemorated the 67th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, a foundational event that took place on January 1, 1959, and which irreversibly marked the history of Cuba and of the peoples of the world, opening the path to a profoundly humanist, sovereign, and solidarity-based project, led by the historic leadership of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and Army General Raúl Castro Ruz.
The Vice President of the Palestinian National Council and Deputy Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine sends a message of condolence to the President of the National Assembly of People's Power for the death of Cuban combatants in the US terrorist attack against Venezuela
H.E. Esteban Lazo Hernández
President of the National Assembly of People's Power
Mr. President of the Cuban Parliament, Your Excellency Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández.
Greetings from Palestine
Victims of a new criminal act of aggression and state terrorism, perpetrated against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the United States, 32 Cubans lost their lives in combat actions and after fierce resistance, who were carrying out missions representing the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterpart bodies of the South American country.
Pretoria, 8 January 2026. This morning, at the headquarters of the diplomatic mission, the Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Fakri Rodríguez Pinelo, received the Deputy Director General of the Department of Basic Education, Simone Geyer, and the subdirector from the Latin America and Caribbean Directorate of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Joe Erasmus.
Intervención íntegra del canciller cubano, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, en acto de homenaje a los caídos en Venezuela tras la agresión imperialista estadounidenes:
"Viene Cuba a rendir emocionado tributo a los combatientes cubanos que en desigual combate enfrentaron al enemigo imperialista que profanaba la soberanía de la Patria venezolana y protegían al Presidente Constitucional Nicolás Maduro Moros.
