بيان صادر عن وزارة العلاقات الخارجية
تكشف وزارة العلاقات الخارجية النقاب وتدين بشدة عدوان حكومة الولايات المتحدة الأخير على كوبا من خلال برنامجٍ "للوكالة الأمريكية للتنمية الدولية" (USAID) مخصّص لتمويل تحركات والحصول على معلومات هدف تشويه وتعطيل التعاون الدّولي الذي تقدّمه كوبا بمجال الصحّة في عشرات البلدان ويستفيد منه ملايين الأشخاص. إنه مسعىً جديد يضاف إلى الضغوط الفظة التي تمارَس على عدة حكومات من أجل عرقلة التعاون وإلى محاولات سابقة ذات أهداف مماثلة، كالبرنامج الخاص "بارولي" الساعي لنهب الموارد البشريّة المؤهَّلة في كوبا.

Declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

DECATUR, ILL. – August 28, 2019 – Today the Illinois Cuba Working Group welcomed Rodney Gonzalez, the commercial attaché for the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C, to the Farm Progress Show. The purpose of his visit was to meet with leaders in agriculture, including farmers, to explore opportunities between Illinois and Cuba.

Illinois has a long relationship of partnering with Cuba. For more than 20 years, Illinois business and civic leaders have been working with Cuban officials to support trade between the countries.

Ottawa, August 29, 2019.- On August 28 and 29, 2019, the IV Round of Talks on Migration between Cuba and Canada was held in Ottawa, chaired by Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, General Director of Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, and Kathy Thompson, Vice-president of the Canada Border Service Agency.

During the working sessions, the migration flow between Cuba and Canada was assessed and negotiations continued in view of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Migratory matters.

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 August 2019. Dr. Katherine Muller-Marin, director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, paid a courtesy call on the Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, H.E Mrs. Ines Fors Fernández.

During the meeting, held in an atmosphere of cordiality and respect, Dr. Muller-Marin updated the Cuban diplomat on the work carried out by the said Office, including details on some programs, projects and initiatives they promote in the field of culture.

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 August 2019. The official ceremony to welcome the Cuban teachers who arrived in Jamaica on 27 August was held in this capital with a large participation of representatives of the Ministry of Education of Jamaica.

Doctor Sharon Anderson-Morgan, representing the Ministry, extended the gratitude of the Jamaican authorities to Cuban teachers, highlighted the importance of the work they carry out and commended the contribution of the Cuban Education Brigade to training at different levels of education in this Caribbean nation.

NIGERIA, August 29, 2019. An act of solidarity with Cuba was held, within the framework of the activities scheduled for the celebration in Nigeria of the VI Continental Meeting of Solidarity with our country and reminder of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.

It took place in the Theater of the Faculty of Management Sciences and more than 200 people attended, including students, teachers and other guests.

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Author: Digital news staff | informacion@granma.cu

august 29, 2019 14:08:28

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs energetically denounces and condemns the recent aggression of the government of the United States against Cuba via a USAID program designed to fund actions and information searches to discredit and sabotage the international cooperation being provided by Cuba in the health area in dozens of countries for the benefit of millions of persons.  This is an endeavor added to the crude pressures exercised against a number of governments in order to obstruct Cuban cooperation and to the earlier efforts for the same purpose such as the special “parole” program designe