The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the measures announced by the United States Government on 4 June 2019, further tightening the economic blockade imposed on Cuba for over 60 years, at a cost for the Cuban economy which amounted to over 134 billion dollars in 2018 at current prices, and to the figure of 933 billion dollars, taking into account the devaluation of the US dollar vis-à-vis the price of gold in the world market.

A Cuban business delegation, headed by Jesus Gonzalez Perez, Coordinator for the Caribbean in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), and composed of Loretta Blanco Martin, Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade Business Group (GECOMEX) and Maria Elena Velez Gonzalez, Deputy Director of ALIMPORT, is in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in a mission commercial exchange and business exploration.

Speaking at the press conference, convened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and the Interior of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the occasion of the visit of a Cuban business mission, Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino denounced the new restrictions announced, the eve, by the U.S. Treasury Department, in the framework of the reinforcement of the blockade against Cuba.

Athens, June 6. It was opened the photo exhibition "With Greece in the heart", from the amateur lens of the Counselor of the Cuban Embassy in Greece José Oriol Marrero Martinez, with his photos of some sites of Greece, which were mentioned by the national hero of Cuba Jose Marti in his writings, many of whose texts in Spanish and Greek showed viewers of the exhibition what were the thoughts of the Apostle of Cuba about the "mother Greece" who so much loved. The exhibition, organized by the Embassy of Cuba in the Francisco Miranda gallery at the headquarters of the Embassy of Venezuela in Greece, was inaugurated in the framework of the annual festival LEA (Iberic American literature in Athens) and was in tribute to José Martí , the most universal of Cubans in the year of the 60th anniversary of the Cuban revolution .

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba repudiates, in the strongest terms, measures announced by the United States government on June 4, 2019, reinforcing the economic blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years, at a cost to the Cuban economy that in 2018 exceeded 134 billion dollars at current prices, or 933 billion dollars, when considering the depreciation of the dollar as compared to the value of gold on the international market.As is known, this new escalation, effective June 5, further strengthens the stringent restrictions U.S. citizens face in order to travel to Cuba, and adds full prohibitions on travel by sea from the United States, of all types, and prohibits cruise ship stops in our country immediately.

Havana, June 6, 2019. The Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of Peoples today expressed its ''strong repudiation'' of the recent measures and actions by the United States against the Caribbean island.

In a statement the organization rejected the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act and other decisions applied by Washington to restrict U.S. visits to Cuba and suffocate the Cuban economy.

Paris, June 6, 2019.UNESCO recognized the Havana restoration work reaching its 500th Anniversary in the presence of Eusebio Leal, historian of Havana.

The Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO, Ernesto Ottone, highlighted the efforts made by Eusebio Leal, institutions and the State, in order to restore and preserve the historic city.

Washington, June 6, 2019. The Center for Responsible Tourism (CREST) expressed its concern about the impact that the new travel restrictions applied from today by the US government may have on the Cuban people.

CREST's executive director, Martha Honey, stated that the news about ending group educational visits of people-to-people contact is a devastating blow for millions of Cubans, as well as for US travel companies, airlines and cruise lines'.

Revolutionary Government Declaration

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba repudiates, in the strongest terms, measures announced by the United States government on June 4, 2019, reinforcing the economic blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years, at a cost to the Cuban economy that in 2018 exceeded 134 billion dollars at current prices, or 933 billion dollars, when considering the depreciation of the dollar as compared to the value of gold on the international market. As is known, this new escalation, effective June 5, further strengthens the stringent restrictions U.S. citizens face in order to travel to Cuba, and adds full prohibitions on travel by sea from the United States, of all types, and prohibits cruise ship stops in our country immediately. The objective continues to be pressuring the Cuban nation to make political concessions, by strangling the economy and causing damage at the population’s level. In this particular case, the measures also seek to prevent the people of the United States from learning about Cuba’s reality, and thus undermining the slanderous propaganda campaigns against our country that are fabricated on a daily basis.

These actions are contrary to the majority opinion of U.S. citizens, whose interest in seeing Cuba, and exercising their right to travel, is made clear by the 650,000 who visited us in 2018, along with half a million Cubans resident in the United States.

Declaration of the Revolutionary Government

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the measures announced by the United States Government on 4 June 2019, further tightening the economic blockade imposed on Cuba for over 60 years, at a cost for the Cuban economy which amounted to over 134 billion dollars in 2018 at current prices, and to the figure of 933 billion dollars, taking into account the devaluation of the US dollar vis-à-vis the price of gold in the world market.