Luxembourg, October 13, 2026. The Cuban ambassador to the Netherlands, accredited to Luxembourg, held talks with Ms. Nora Back, president of the Independent Trade Union Confederation (OGBL) of Luxembourg. This is the leading trade union in Luxembourg in terms of membership.

It is a union that brings together men and women from different economic sectors, in small or large companies, in the private or public sector, who live in any region of Luxembourg or beyond its borders.

Luxembourg, October 13, 2026. The Cuban ambassador to the Netherlands, who is also accredited to Luxembourg, Eva Yelina Silva Walker, held a meeting with Mr. Claude Wiseler, president of the Luxembourg Parliament.

The Cuban ambassador provided an update on the extreme intensification of the U.S. government’s aggressive policy, including the energy blockade imposed in January of this year.

Luxembourg, October 12, 2026. During her working visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Cuban ambassador to that country, Eva Yelina Silva Walker, held a meeting with members of the board of the NGO Solidarité Luxembourg-Cuba and several of its key collaborators, including artists, professors, economists, and others.

The Cuban diplomat denounced the impact of the U.S. government’s policy of suffocation and acknowledged the NGO’s valuable expressions of solidarity with the Cuban people.

London, 18 October 2026. A delegation from Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power will undertake a working visit to the United Kingdom from 19 to 23 October, organised by the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU), with the aim of strengthening ties between the legislative bodies of both countries.

The delegation is led by Dr Enrique Alemán Gutiérrez, President of the Cuba–UK Parliamentary Friendship Group, and includes Members of Parliament Marta Hernández Romero and Carlos Rafael Fuentes León.

Nicosia, Cyprus, October 17, 2026. The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Cyprus, Rubén Pino Martínez, participated this Saturday in the inaugural session of the Congress of the Pan-Cypriot Council for Peace (2026).

The event "is being held under intense and peculiar circumstances, both for the homeland and worldwide," commented Mr. Tasos Costeas, President of the Cyprus Peace Council, in his opening remarks.

Amid armed conflicts, where efforts to diversify energy sources are accelerating, with the rising prices of energy and food, and when the burdens on households and businesses are increasing globally; the current conflicts “highlight the strategic interest of the major economies, on the one hand, and their distance from international law, the protection of human rights, and peace on the other,” reflected Tasos Costeas.

Dili, October 17, 2026. In the multipurpose halls of the GMN, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forests, Marcos da Cruz, presided over the awards gala honoring domestic products distinguished with the export quality seal, an initiative aimed at stimulating domestic production.

Nicosia, Cyprus, October 16, 2026. – The Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Cyprus, Rubén Pino Martínez, was received this Friday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, H.E. Ambassador Ms Theodora Constantinidou. 

During the meeting, in which he was accompanied by Mr Haris Chrysostomou, Director of the Americas Department of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry, the Cuban diplomat provided a thorough update on the reinforcement of the economic strangulation policy, energy blockade, and excessive threats assumed by the United States government against the Caribbean nation. “Among the most dramatic consequences of this blockade policy,” Pino Martínez pointed out, “our nation today faces damages and costs exceeding 8,083,300,000 USD, just in the period from March 2025 to February 2026.” 

When detailing to her the consequences of that hostile policy on all sectors of Cuban society, the Antillean diplomat shared with Mrs Constantinidou details from the report 'Need to End the Economic, Commercial, and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba,' which will be presented to the United Nations General Assembly on October 27 and 28, as a repeated criticism before the international community.

Pretoria, 16 October 2026. — Clever Banganayi, a South African solidarity leader with FOCUS, reaffirmed the commitment of the South African solidarity movement to Cuba and condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the island.