Castries, October 5, 2018.
The Saint Lucian Minister responsible for Agriculture, the Honorable Ezechiel Joseph, signed on October 5, 2018 the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of Cuba (MINAGRI), which was represented by Ambassador Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis.
During the signing ceremony of the agreement, the Saint Lucian Minister mentioned the satisfactory results of his visit to Cuba in 2018 to evaluate the exchange opportunities.
Zimbabwe will vote once again against the unjust economic blockade that the United States has imposed on Cuba for almost 60 years, in the United Nations as it does every year. This was said by the Director of Multilaterals of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe, Ambassador Mr. Vusumuzi Ntonga, in the meeting he held today with the Ambassador of Cuba Carmelina Ramírez.
A delegation from the International Association of Students of Agriculture and Allied Sciences (IAASP) of the "Kwame Nkrumah" University of Science and Technology, headed by its President, Mr. Richard Adu, visited the Embassy of Cuba; they were received by the Cuban Ambassador, Pedro Luis Despaigne González.
Ulan Bator, October 5, 2018.- The Ambassador of Cuba in Mongolia, Raúl Delgado Concepción, arrived at the Vietnamese Embassy in Mongolia to pay tribute on behalf of the people and Government of the Island for the recent death of the former Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Do Muoi.
New York, October 5, 2018. In her statement at the debate on Item 29: Advancement of Women, in the Third Committee of the United Nations, the Permanent Representative of Cuba to the international organization, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, urged to work to achieve a fair and equitable international order, which eradicates poverty and hunger, to put an end to wars, to privilege the human being over capital and to preserve the environment, emphasizing that in this way, progress will be made towards full gender equality and the empowerment of women.
New York, October 5th, 2018. According to the United Nations, human development fosters prosperity and economic opportunities, improves social well-being and enhances environmental protection. Consequently, the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States (USA) has broadly qualified as the main obstacle to Cuba's development for nearly 60 years. The following examples show how the criminal and genocidal U.S. policy affects the development of the island and, therefore, the Cuban people.
With H.E. Mr. Nguyen Hai Bang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Thailand, paying tribute to the recently deceased former Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and former Prime Minister Do Muoi.
On behalf of the people and government of the Republic of Cuba, I conveyed to the people and government of that country our deepest sorrow for the passing away on October 1st of a dear friend of Cuba.
Ottawa, October 2, 2018- In the framework of his working visit to Canada, Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero Cruz was received today afternoon by his counterpart Mrs. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie of Canada, at her office in Parliament Hill. It was a cordial and fruitful meeting, which generated an extensive discussion on the challenges and development strategies and prospects for the tourism industry, a priority for both countries.