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.

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.

SRI LANKA, June 6, 2019. - Members of the Association of Friendship with Cuba, of the Association of Graduates and leaders of several political parties, expressed their rejection of the new measures put into effect against Cuba by the Government of the United States as part of its policy of intensifying the economic, commercial and financial blockade it has maintained against our country for nearly six decades and the application of Titles III and IV of the Helms Burton Act.

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.

H.E. the Ambassador Patricia L. Pego Guerra makes an Official Visit to the district of Lobatse, in the South of the country.

In the meetings with local authorities and members of Parliament, the contribution of Cuba in sectors like health, sport and education is acknowledged.

The Ambassador also pays a Courtesy Call on the Botswana Meat Commission Acting CEO Dr. Boitumelo Mogome-Maseko, to discuss areas of potential cooperation between Botswana Meat Commission and the Republic of Cuba.

Kuala Lumpur, June 6 - The national news agency of Malaysia, BERNAMA, published an article based on a comment by the ambassador Ibete Fernández, addressed to the press about the Helms Burton law.

In the letter the ambassador explained that title three pursues the internationalization of the blockade creating uncertainty and discouraging foreign companies to do business with Cuba, said that in summary, it is a North American law that claims to have an effect outside its borders and (which) legally can not be.

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 .