The Ambassador of Cuba, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, received at the headquarters of the Mission Mr. Ernesto Cooke, Journalist and Director of the popular Vincentian digital newspaper "News 784".
Today, April 17, is the anniversary of the launching of the United State’s 1961 military invasion at Playa Girón. (Bay of Pigs) The Cuban people’s resolute response in defense of the Revolution and socialism, within only 72 hours, produced the first military defeat of imperialism in America.
Strangely, the date was chosen by the current U.S. government to announce new aggressive measures against Cuba and to reinforce their implementation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Port of Spain, April 18.- The Embassy of Cuba in Trinidad and Tobago served as the venue for the Act in commemoration of the 58th Anniversary of the Victory of Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs). The political - cultural evening included the screening of fragments of the Cuban documentary "66 horas" in which the history of the events was reviewed with real images of fact and texts by Luis Báez. In the same way those present had the opportunity to hear a fragment of the recent words of the cro. Raul Castro Ruz, during the act of proclamation of the new Constitution, which denounces the new maneuvers of the US Government. against Cuba and Venezuela and reaffirms the firm solidarity and support for the Bolivarian and Chavez Revolution, President Nicolás Maduro Moros and the Civic Union of his people, while expressing the just demand for the release of Comrade Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, one year after his unjust imprisonment.
In response to Trump Administration's announcements of additional sanctions on Cuba, the organization Cuban Americans for Engagement (CAFE), an emigration group in the US, condemned the new aggressive measures of United States against Cuba, announced yesterday in Miami by National Security Advisor, John Bolton.
"Cuban Americans for Engagement condemns the implementation of these regulations aimed at causing more hardship to the Cuban family," said the organization in a note.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. April 19, 2019. The new Minister of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia, Mr. N.Tserenbat, received the Ambassador of Cuba, Raúl Delgado Concepción, at the Government Palace in a working meeting whose main objective was give continuity to the strengthening of relations in this important sector for both countries. The Cuban Ambassador updated the Minister on tourism development on the island and the challenges facing the sector today considered the engine of the current Cuban economy from the sustained increase in the arrival of tourists to Cuba.
Kingston, Jamaica, 18 April 2019. Heather Cooke, Clerk for both Houses of Parliament of Jamaica, was received today at the headquarters of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba by the Ambassador of that country to Jamaica, H.E. Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández.
Declaration of the Revolutionary Govenment
Today, the 17th of April, we celebrate another anniversary of the start of the military aggression at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón) in 1961. The decisive response of the Cuban people in defense of the Revolution and socialism resulted in the first military defeat of imperialism in the Americas, in just 72 hours.
The Jamaica-Cuba Friendship Association joins with the rest of progressive humanity, in condemning the recent sanctions against our sister country Cuba, as a desperate attempt by the most bellicose and greedy sections of United States government, to try and asphyxiate a 60-year revolution which has been beacon of hope for all of us who struggle for a better world.
New York, April 18, 2019. Cuba attended today the 4th Forum of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Financing for Development, held at the New York headquarters of the world organization.
