New York, 19 September 2016. The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States remains an absurd and morally unsustainable policy. It has not served its purpose of bending the decision of the Cuban people to determine its political system and control its future.

The development achieved by Cuba in the Public Health sector for over 58 years is undeniable. Cuba´s indicators, which are widely recognized in international fora, are a proof of this. However, this sector has not been exempt from the rigorous implementation of the genocidal blockade.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Mr. Pedro Luis Despaigne González was received at the General Headquarters of the Trades Union Congress of Ghana (TUC) by the Secretary General, Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah.

The Ambassador of Cuba met with the directive of the small Cuban community in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, within the framework of which the presentation of the report of Cuba was made, on the resolution 70 / 5 of the United Nations Assembly General "The need to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba."

Responding to an invitation by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, next September 18th the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Dr. Hassan Rouhani, will start an official visit to Cuba. He will arrive to Havana from Venezuela, where he is going to participate in the XVII Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

During his stay on the Island, Dr. Rouhani will hold official talks with his Cuban counterpart and it is expected that important bilateral agreements will be signed in the context of the visit.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Mr. Pedro Luis Despaigne González, received at the embassy the Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle, National Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP).

In a cordial atmosphere, the two leaders discussed the good state of relations between Cuba and Quebec, as well as prospects for their development. They also agreed on the willingness to broaden ties in the economic and commercial spheres

KINGSTO, JAMAICA, September 14th, 2016.During this afternoon, September 14th, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information of Jamaica, Floyd Green, welcome a Cuban delegation from the Ministry of Education, headed by Mijail Benavides, head of Cooperation at the Department of International Relations, and Cuban Ambassador, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez.

As everyone surely knows, Cuba, like other major countries like India, Egypt and the former Yugoslavia, is one of the founders of NAM. Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959, the foreign policy of the island has been focused on the guiding principles, emanating from the First Summit of Bandung in 1955 and the XIV Declaration of NOAL Summit in Havana 2006.

New York, 13 September 2016.During the period from April 2015 to April 2016, some progress has been achieved in the bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba; particularly significant are the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and the reopening of embassies, preceded by the fair exclusion of Cuba from the spurious list of States sponsoring terrorism, in which it never should have been included.