On January 16, 2019, the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States and the efforts  to expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba, and include factors such as  the Cuba’s regime’s brutal oppression of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its indefensible support for increasingly authoritarian and corrupt regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.”

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Pretoria, 18 de enero de 2019.- El 16 de enero de 2019, el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos anunció la decisión de suspender sólo por 45 días la aplicación del título III de la Ley Helms-Burton, “para realizar una cuidadosa revisión… a la luz de los intereses nacionales de los Estados Unidos y los esfuerzos por acelerar una transición hacia la democracia en Cuba, e incluir elementos tales como la brutal opresión del régimen contra los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales y su inexcusable apoyo a los regímenes cada vez más autoritarios y corruptos de V

Pretoria, January 18,2019.- On January 16, 2019, the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States and the efforts  to expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba, and include factors such as  the Cuba’s regime’s brutal oppression of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its indefensible support for increasingly authoritarian and corrupt regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.”

In an atmosphere of cordiality, they exchanged on the positive state of bilateral relations and agreed on the will to work for their permanent strengthening. They also discussed issues on the international agenda.

Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu

January 18, 2019 21:01:20

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, visited in the afternoon of this Friday to His Excellency Brigadier David Arthur Granger   

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, visited this Friday afternoon His Excellency Brigadier David Arthur Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, who is visiting our country.

In an atmosphere of cordiality, they exchanged on the positive state of bilateral relations and agreed on the will to work for their permanent strengthening. They also discussed issues on the international agenda.

The distinguished visitor was accompanied by the Ambassador of Guyana in Cuba, His Excellency Mr. Abdool Halim Majeed.

On the Cuban side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, participated.

New York, January 18, 2019. In her statement at the First Meeting for Ambassadors of the Group of 77, of this year, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations and Chargé d'Affaires ai, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal, pointed out that the history of the group has been intertwined with that of the United Nations, having endorsed since its inception, on June 15, 1964, values such as unity, solidarity and cooperation.

January 17th, 2019. Cuba rejects the recent intentions of the United States to toughen the Blockade, through the State Department announcement of suspending the application of Article III of the Helms-Burton Act, for only 45 days.

Saint Lucia, January 16th, 2019. The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Honorable Allen Chastanet received the Cuban Ambassador, Alejandro Simancas at his Government Office.  During the meeting, the top level Saint Lucian dignitary and the Cuban diplomat confirmed the excellent level of bilateral relations between the two countries

Cyprus, January 16, 2019. - Organized by the Friendship Association of Cyprus with Cuba and the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL, according to its acronym in Greek), an emotional ceremony was held in Nicosia in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

On January 16, 2019, the US State Department announced the decision to suspend, only for 45 days, the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, “in order to conduct a careful review …in light of the national interests of the United States and the efforts  to expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba, and include factors such as  the Cuba’s regime’s brutal oppression of human rights and fundamental freedoms and its indefensible support for increasingly authoritarian and corrupt regimes in Venezuela and Nicaragua.”