Pretoria, 4 July, 2019.- The Embassy of Cuba and the Director of the International Ballet Competition of South Africa, Dirk Badenhorst celebrated a Cultural Gala with the performance of young South African and Cuban Ballet dancers at the Lyric Theatre of Johannesburg.

The show was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Cuba and South Africa cooperation, particularly in Ballet, and the 25th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations.

Georgetown, July 2, 2019.The Guyana-Cuba Solidarity Movement (GCSM) presided by Haleen Khan posted in social networks have sealed its rejection of the application of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, and reaffirms its commitment to legally protecting companies that operate in Cuba.

Title III of the Helms-Burton Act allows for lawsuits to be filed in U.S. courts against companies operating on property that the Cuban government seized after the year 1959.

Beirut, July 3, 2019. On the morning of today, the Embassy of Cuba was visited by a delegation of the Meeting of Arab Nationalist Parties and Movements to express their support for the Cuban Revolution in the face of the aggressive policy of the Trump administration against the island and in particular in front of the reinforcement of the economic, commercial and financial blockade that causes so much damage in the population of the country.

A political-cultural event was held at the Cuban Embassy in Accra in solidarity with Cuba, with the presence of the members of the Solidarity Movement with the island, and the presence, among others of the Ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne González, accompanied by former Ambassadors of Cuba to Ghana, and Ghana to Cuba, Juan Carretero and Kojo Amoo-Gottfried.

Namibia, July 3rd, 2019- The SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) and the Friendship Associations with Cuba and Venezuela organized a march of solidarity with these countries along Independence Avenue, one of the main arteries from Windhoek, capital of Namibia.

Canberra, July 2, 2019.- For the second time in a row, members of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) met in front of the United States Consulate General in the city of Perth, to demand the end of the policy of blockade against Cuba, recently intensified with new unilateral measures by the Donald Trump´s administration .

A representation of the leadership of the National Democratic Congress party (NDC), led by its General Secretary, Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, paid a visit to the Cuban embassy in Accra, where they were received by the Ambassador of Cuba, Pedro Luis Despaigne González.

On a visit to Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 27th to 29th, the Third Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington DC, Sulia Paez Chacón attended the Annual Convention of the National Association of Newspaper Publishers (NNPA), where she exchanged with members of the leadership of this organization and she learned about the work that its publishers do. Within the framework of this event, the official attended presentations made by communicators, corporations linked to the NNPA as well as local and federal politicians. She could also realize the high esteem of its president, Dr. Benjamin F.