Public Statement by the Association of Friendship with Cuba in Norway
The Friendship and Solidarity Association with Cuba in Norway
Condemns the intensification of the aggressive policies of the United States against Cuba.
They violate international law and human rights.
The new memorandum intensifies the ban on travel from the United States to Cuba.
Fuel supplies and money transfers are further hindered.
Sanctions are imposed on third-country governments that use Cuban medical services and on the treatment of their respective populations.
Cuba rejects the U.S. Presidential Memorandum tightening the economic blockade
The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of National Security Presidential Memorandum No. 5, which the U.S. government itself issued on June 16, 2017, at the start of Donald Trump's first term.
Cuba categorically denounces and rejects both versions of the infamous document.
Cuban Ambassador meets with members of the Board of the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association
Oslo, June 30, 2025. For the Cuban Ambassador to Norway, Maité Rivero Torres, it was a great pleasure to meet with the members of the Board of the Norway-Cuba Friendship Association (Cubaforeningen i Norge) on the occasion of their semester-end review meeting.
It was an excellent opportunity to celebrate the beginning of summer together and exchange ideas on the work of the Association in the remaining months of the current year. (Embassy of Cuba in Norway)
U.S. Pressure and Coercion Impose Mercenary on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
For months, the U.S. Secretary of State led an aggressive campaign aimed at installing a prominent member on Washington’s payroll—an outspoken supporter of the blockade and aggression against Cuba—as an allegedly impartial human rights expert.
Cuban expert actively participates in the Internet Governance Forum 2025, taking place in Lillestrøm, Norway
Oslo, June 26, 2025. Juan Alfonso Fernández González, advisor to the Cuban Ministry of Communications, is actively participating in the Internet Governance Forum 2025, taking place in Lillestrøm this week.
His participation as a panelist at the Open Forum "Building Bridges for the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Plus: A Multistakeholder Dialogue" was significant.
The Cuban expert also attended a consultation session held by the co-facilitators of the WSIS+20 process, which is underway in preparation for the upcoming UN General Assembly.