Ambassador Inés Fors Fernández, delivered a high-level lecture to participants of Course 28-2025/2026 at the National Defence College on 17 March 2026. Her lecture focused on the panorama of contemporary Cuba, in particular, the situation that the country is experiencing due to the effects of the US blockade against the Island and the resilience of the Cuban people in the face of this challenge, economic and financial war imposed for more than 60 years.

Pretoria, March 17, 2026.—Veterans of South Africa’s liberation struggles, organized under the ANC Veterans’ League, held an emotional virtual meeting in which they reaffirmed their unwavering solidarity with Cuba in the face of ongoing threats from U.S. imperialism against the island. Cuban Ambassador Fakri Rodríguez thanked them for their unwavering determination to stand with Cuba through solidarity initiatives.

Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson delivered an statement in the general debate under agenda item 4, entitled “Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention”

The new diplomatic officials, Ambassador Yadirys Echenique Paz and Consul Ariel Pazos Ortiz, welcomed Dr. Malachy Dottin, coordinator of the Committee of Graduates in Cuba, at the Cuban Embassy in Grenada.

The Cuban government announced a set of decisions intended to broaden the participation of Cubans residing abroad in the country's economy, including their access to private businesses, productive projects, and the national financial system.

Yaren, March 16, 2026 – President of Nauru, David Adeang, received Néstor Torres Olivera, in a formal audience today, where the diplomat presented his credentials as the official Ambassador to Nauru, resident in Fiji.

During a friendly dialogue, both parties reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and expanding technical cooperation, especially in vital sectors such as health and human resource development, working together for the well-being and resilience of both nations.

The U.S publicly threatens Cuba, almost daily, with overthrowing the constitutional order by force. And it uses an outrageous pretext: the severe constraints of the weakened economy that they have attacked and sought to isolate for more than six decades. They intend to and announce plans to take over the country, its resources, its properties, and even the very economy they seek to suffocate in order to force us to surrender. This is the only way to explain the fierce economic war being waged as collective punishment against the entire people. Faced with the worst-case scenario, Cuba is guided by one certainty: any external aggressor will face unyielding resistance.

Cuban Ambassador to Grenada, Yadirys Echenique Paz, participated this Sunday in the commemorative event organized by the Ex-PRA and Patriots Welfare Association to mark the 47th anniversary of the Grenadian Revolution. The event also provided an opportunity for representatives of the Grenadian people to express their solidarity with Cuba.

On March 15, the official launch of the "Barbados-Cuba Aid" Initiative took place. In a press conference held at Pellican Village in Bridgetown, the different actors of this initiative provided information to various national media outlets.

The initiative, led by the Hibiscus Sports and Culture Foundation and the Barbados-Cuba Friendship Association, aims to mobilize national support from Barbadians in response to the ongoing economic and material challenges affecting the Cuban people.

Addis Ababa, March 14, 2026.- The Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the continental organization, Lucas Domingo Hernández Polledo, in a meeting held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.