Havana, January 4, 2020. The Helms-Burton Act aims to internationalize the US blockade against Cuba, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes this Saturday.
On Twitter, the Cuban Foreign Ministry denounced that Washington employs coercive measures against third countries under that legislation.
The Ministry adds that the goal is to hinder investment and commercial relations with Cuba.
The text emphasizes that Washington intends to submit sovereign States with an Act that supports the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
The Ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne González, in his speech, thanked Cuba's friends in Ghana for their concrete expressions of solidarity expressed during the year 2019, and again expressed the will of the people and the Antillean government to follow the path of the construction of Socialism, and to overcome any obstacle that arises in that way. He also paid tribute to Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, and Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, initiators of diplomatic relations, who recently turned 60.
Toronto, January 4, 2020 - This Saturday night an event was held to celebrate 61 years of the Revolution, organized by the CCFA Toronto, the Juan Gualberto Gomez Association of Cubans and Latin American friends in permanent solidarity with Cuba.
The Ambassador of Cuba to Canada, Josefina Vidal highlighted the achievements of the Revolution, the obstacles faced, the future challenges and the unwavering determination of our people and government to succeed.
Kingstown, January 3. The Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Her Excellency Susan Dogan and Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, led the ceremony celebrating the advent of the year 2020 on this Caribbean island.
In her words of welcome to the new year, the Governor General thanked the members of the diplomatic corps, ministers, educators, politicians, businessmen, and journalists for their presence and wished them every success in their respective endeavors.
Havana, January 3, 2020. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez rejected this Friday the US sanctions adopted against the island's Defense Minister, which he described as threatening and without practical effects.
'I strongly reject #US State Department decision to bar Minister of Revolutionary Armed Forces of #Cuba from entering the #US. This threatening and slanderous step has no practical effect. I reiterate our unwavering solidarity with #Venezuela. #CubaVsBlockade,' Rodriguez tweeted.