Dear Jamaican friends!

Today Jamaica celebrates 57 years of political independence.

The birth of an independent Jamaica on 6 August 1962 wouldn’t have been possible without the sacrifices and struggle of generations of its sons and daughters. Let’s not forget them in this moment of joy.

In facing the new challenges –to achieve economic independence and prosperity– Jamaica can count on its naturally talented, innovative people, and with the help of its friends all over the world.

Today, the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Washington sends a message to the U.S. Department of State, which express its heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, the goverment and the people of the United States for the unfortunate loss of human life and injured persons during the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and in Dayton, Ohio.

Pretoria, 4th September, 2019.- The ANC rejects in the strongest possible terms the latest escalation in the aggressive behavior against Cuba, and the strengthening of the unilateral, illegal and criminal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the island for more than 60 years. It is evident that the objective of the imperialists is to impose regime change in Cuba by strangling the Cuban economy, and causing severe damage to the population. With this kind of conduct, imperialism shows their disdain for international law and human rights in general.

Pretoria, 4th September, 2019.- In the framework of the official visit to South Africa Marcelino Medina González, first vice minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, held a meeting with Ace Magashule, general secretary of the African National Congress (ANC).

An official delegation from Cuba, chaired by the first Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina González, arrived today in South Africa to hold the Joint Consultative Mechanism Meeting for 2019.

This Mechanism is carried out each year, in this occasion, in the frame of the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, which were formalized on 11 May 1994. On the South African side, the meeting will be headed by the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Alvin Botes.

Pretoria, 3 de agosto de 2019.- As part of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Cuba-South Africa diplomatic relations, the dancing school of salsa “Estilo cubano”; with over 10 years of continuous work in the city of Pretoria, hosted a cultural event dedicated to the close and historic friendship and cooperation ties between the two countries.  

Namibia, August 2nd, 2019- The Charge d'Affaires a.i. from the Embassy of Cuba in Namibia, Aldo Fuentes, received at that diplomatic headquarters Eunice Iipinge, Secretary General of the SWAPO Party Women´s Council.

Wellington, July 31st, 2019. Ambassador, Mario Alzugaray Rodríguez held a profitable meeting with Sebastián Rodríguez, Executive Secretary of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO), which is based in New Zealand.

CZECH REPUBLIC, July 31st, 2019. - The Cuban Consul in the Czech Republic, Evelyn León Pérez, participated from July 20th to 28th in The 26th Edition of the "Nicolae Titulescu" International Courses for Young Diplomats in Romania, organized by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Pretoria, July 31st, 2019.- The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), made up by the main leaders of that ruling political association, carried out various working sessions during the last few days, where debates addressed core topics for the work of that organization in the national and the international spheres.