21st of September 2018
Swedish-Cuban Association statement
The US blockade against Cuba is a crime!
With a president like Donald Trump, the United States has of course a national emergency, and its more than a hundred years old TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT requires a national emergency in order to be applied.
Georgetown, September 20, 2018. The Prime Minister of Guyana, Hon. Mr. Moses Verassammy Nagamootoo, and his wife Ms. Zita Nagamootoo, received today, at the venue of their official residence, the Director of International Relations of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, Dr. Celia Labora and the Regional Manager of Sales of the company FARMACUBA, Laura Vives, who participate in the Trade and Investment Exhibition of Guyana, (GuyTIE, 2018). There were also present the Ambassador of Cuba, Narciso R. Amador and the Counselor Ana Violeta Castañeda Marrero.
New York, September 21, 2018. On June 8, 2017, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a 87,255 dollar fine on the company American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC) because one of its subsidiaries in Canada -Honda Canada Finance Inc.-, approved and financed 13 vehicle leasing agreements between the Cuban Embassy in Canada and a concessionary of Honda in Ottawa between February of 2011 and March of 2014.
Condemnation of the blockade as a brutal practice was the focus yesterday at the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) during a twitter campaign and an online panel discussion, held as part of a worldwide month of activities against the blockade and terrorism.
Addis Ababa, September 18, 2018. The members of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Addis Ababa meet to discuss the Draft of the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.
The meeting was led by H.E. Mrs. Vilma Thomas, Ambassador of Cuba. From the audience were received several proposals of amendments, changes and substitutions with the aim to enrich the text.
This process will continue during this week in the country.
Addis Ababa, September 18, 2018. The members of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Addis Ababa meet to discuss the Draft of the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba.
The meeting was led by H.E. Mrs. Vilma Thomas, Ambassador of Cuba. From the audience were received several proposals of amendments, changes and substitutions with the aim to enrich the text.
This process will continue during this week in the country.
Comrade Ismael Drullet, Director of International Relations of the Workers' Confederation of Cuba, intervened yesterday, September 19, at the sessions of the 13th National Congress of the Congress of Trade Unions of South Africa (COSATU), held this week in South Africa . Below we reproduce his intervention in its entirety.
Dear comrade Sidumo Dlamini, president of COSATU
Dear comrade Zingiswa Losi, new elected president of COSATU
Dear comrade Bheki Ntshalei Ntshalei
The Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Teresa González, held a meeting with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Khatuna Totladze, on the occasion of the visit to that Caucasian nation.
At the meeting, the Cuban vice chancellor reiterated the will of our country to maintain the bonds between the two nations on the basis of mutual respect, cooperation and dialogue.
Likewise, the diplomats identified areas of common interest to develop bilateral relations, mainly in the economic-commercial field.
The staff of the Cuban Embassy in Ghana welcomed three new Ghanaian doctors (Josephine Oboshie Laryea, Yusiff Abass and Richardson Kofi Gordor), who completed their medical studies on the Caribbean island.
The Ambassador Pedro L. Despaigne González in his welcoming words congratulated them for the excellent academic results obtained during their student life, encouraging them to continue to excel in their work sphere.
Cuban Ambassador Francisco Fernández held a fraternal exchange with the Honorable Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, prior to the first bilateral meeting to be held shortly by the president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and the Honorable Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, during her attendance at the sessions of the UN General Assembly. The meeting served to confirm details of the scheduled meeting of both leaders in New York the following week, in which the priorities of the bilateral agenda will be updated, as well as other aspects related to regional integration and multilateral affairs, including historical support from Barbados to the Cuban struggle for the unconditional lifting of the blockade imposed by the USA.
