Cuba participated in the first Indonesia - Latin America Business Forum (INA-LAC Forum), held on October 14 and 15 in Tangerang, Indonesia. The Caribbean island was represented by the company Labiofam Asia S.A and the Embassy of Cuba in Indonesia.

The event was attended by around 200 representatives of Indonesian companies and countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Forum was opened by the Indonesian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdurrachman M. Fachir.

The Saint Lucia Labour Party held its annual conference at Stanley Jon Odlum High School, which was attended as a guest by the Ambassador of Cuba, Alejandro Simancas. During his speech the leader of this political force Philip J Pierre expressed his solidarity with Cuba and called for the removal of the trade embargo on Cuba and the immediate cessation of all economic and political sanctions contemplated or imposed on the people of Cuba by the United States government.

The Hague, 7 October 2019. Ambassador of Cuba in the Netherlands, Soraya Alvarez Núñez, visited the stand of Guillermo Veldhoven, founder of the Project Holland Pro Cuba, in an autumn fair held in the heart of this city.

The Hague, 5 October, 2019. Ambassador of Cuba to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Soraya Alvarez Núñez, made a presentation on the genesis, development and tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba for almost 60 years and constitutes the center piece of the current US administration´s policy government against our country with a strong extraterritorial character.

In a press conference to the Austrian media, the Ambassador of Cuba to Austria, H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Fernández Palacios denounces the damages caused by the economic, financial, and commercial blockade that U.S maintains against Cuba for almost 60 years and, particularly the tightening of this policy by the current U.S Administration.

Vice President Meriton sent a congratulatory message to H.E. Mr. Salvador Valdés Mesa, the newly elected Vice President of Cuba.

“On the memorable occasion of your election as Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, it is a pleasure to extend to you, my most cordial congratulations and best wishes” conveyed the Vice President.

Vice President Meriton added “I wish you every success in the exercise of your important duties. I look forward to working with you to further consolidate the good working relationship between our two respective countries.”

Kuala Lumpur, October 15 - In an exclusive interview with the Malaysian National Press Agency, BERNAMA, the Cuban ambassador to that country, Ibete Fernández Hernández, denounced the harmful effects caused by the worsening of the blockade imposed by the United States To Cuba.

According to Ambassador Fernández, reaffirmed that this unjust policy caused damages of 4, 343 billion dollars between April 2018 and March 2019.

Kuala Lumpur, October 15 - Malaysian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senator Dato Yahaya Marzuki received the Cuban ambassador to that country, Ibete Fernández.

During the meeting the Cuban diplomat informed about the presentation for the twenty-eigth time, on November 6 and 7 of the resolution “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba ”At the general assembly of the United Nations.

Havana, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday underscored his support for the campaign for the release of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

'With our signatures we will demand the immediate release of Lula da Silva. #LulaLivre #LulaInocente #SomosCuba #SomosContinuidad,' he posted on Twiter in reference to the mobilization that begins here today demanding the freedom of the leader of the Workers' Party (PT).

The Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González, visited the headquarters of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), where he was received by the Secretary General, Mr. Arezki Mezhoud, who in his words expressed his respect for the Cuban Revolution, and its historical leaders, especially the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro and the Commander, Ernesto Ché Guevara, whom he met during his youth in his native Algeria.