Manila, October 17- The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs of Philippines, Ambassador Enrique Manalo, expressed his country's opposition to the economic, financial and commercial blockade of the United States and acknowledged the negative effects that this causes to the development of commercial relations between Cuba and the rest of the world.

NASSAU, October 16th, 2017.-The Grand Prix of the International Cultural Festival of The Bahamas, held in Nassau on 14th  and 15th October, was once again awarded to Cuba,  only a few days before the celebration of the Cuban National Culture Day.

Besides, the Cuban artists Silvia Irene Blanco and Iracema Arias were awarded individually with the prizes within the Caribbean region for their guaracheras made out of paper and the sample of papier maché, respectively.

New York, October 16, 2017.  Cuba supports and strictly complies with the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, stated Cuban Second Secretary to the United Nations, Lilianne Sanchez Rodriguez, during the Thematic Debate on "Other Weapons of Mass Destruction", of the First Committee at the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly.

Resolution 71/5 of the United Nations General Assembly entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, June 2017

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The Latin America and Spain Film Festival opens with the premiere of "Cuba Libre"

Palmerston North, October 15, 2017. - With the presentation of the film "Cuba Libre", the Latin American and Spanish Film Festival was inaugurated at The Globe theater in this city. 

50 years after Che's death, the Cuban Embassy in Egypt paid homage to the Heroic Guerrilla Fighter on October 14 in Cairo with the collaboration of the Egypt- Latin America and Egypt-Cuba Friendship Associations, the Syndicate of Journalists of Egypt and the Al-Ahram newspaper.The validity of Che's legacy and his ties to the Arab nation from his visits to Egypt in 1959 and 1965 were the focus of the speeches made by some of the personalities participating in the event.

The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Cuba for almost 60 years still persists, continues to cause suffering to the Cuban people and obstructs the economic development of the country. The purpose of this Report is to summarize the negative impacts resulting from the implementation of this policy from April 2016 to June 2017.

Kingston, Jamaica, October 14th, 2017. Members of the Association of Cubans Resident in Jamaica Antonio Maceo y Grajales issued a statement to condemn the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States Government against Cuba for almost 60 years, which continues provoking damages to the Cuban people and hindering the economic development of the country, despite the claims to end it expressed by the overwhelming majority of the international community during 25 years.

Organized by the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG), a massive activity took place last Saturday, October 14th, at the headquarters of the Central University of London, in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Triumph of the October Socialist Revolution. At the ceremony, Cuban Ambassador Teresita Vicente took the floor and answered questions from a young and active audience, eager to know the Cuban and Latin American reality, and made reference to the validity of Marxism-Leninism in our society nowadays.