Pretoria, February 18, 2026.- The Deputy Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Nomvula Mokonyane, reiterated the party's solidarity with the government and people of Cuba in the face of renewed and harsher sanctions against the island and the United States oil blockade. During the meeting, they also discussed how to strengthen the inter-party relations between the ANC and the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), as well as bilateral cooperation.

Paris, 18 February 2025. — On Wednesday afternoon, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, met with the Director-General of the Organization, Dr. Khaled El-Enany. In that context, she provided a detailed explanation of the negative impact on Cuba of the executive order signed by the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, on January 29.

In this regard, the diplomat denounced this new and brutal act of aggression aimed at reinforcing the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government against Cuba for more than 65 years, which has been tightened year after year. “With this decision, the U.S. government seeks, through threats and coercion against third countries, to reinforce the economic strangulation measures imposed since Trump’s first term,” the representative of the Island stated, explaining that the recent actions are intended to impose a total siege on fuel supplies and to sanction third States that maintain legitimate trade relations with Cuba.

London, 18 February 2026. After more than two decades of occasional exchanges between experts, the National Botanical Garden of Cuba (JBN) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Scientific and Academic Collaboration that takes their historic relationship to new heights.

Kuala Lumpur, February 18, 2026. It was a great pleasure to welcome Malaysian doctors who graduated from the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) to the Cuban House.

The measure adopted by the #US government on January 29, based on the fallacy of an alleged threat to the US national security, whereby it threatens to impose punitive tariffs on those countries that export fuel to #Cuba, poses a challenge of huge proportions to all States.

It is about limiting, through absurd pretexts, the sovereign prerogative of every country when deciding whether or not they would export and to what destinations they would export their national patrimonial products to.

The measure adopted by the #US government on January 29, based on the fallacy of an alleged threat to the US national security, whereby it threatens to impose punitive tariffs on those countries that export fuel to #Cuba, poses a challenge of huge proportions to all States.

It is about limiting, through absurd pretexts, the sovereign prerogative of every country when deciding whether or not they would export and to what destinations they would export their national patrimonial products to.

Kingstown, February 17, 2026 - The ambassador of Cuba in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, participated in the program "Voices" of WE FM 99.9, where he offered a comprehensive intervention on the current situation of the island, among other topics.

During the interview, the diplomat denounced recent measures taken by President Donald Trump’s administration to further intensify the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

Nicosia, Cyprus, February 17, 2026. The Cuban ambassador to Cyprus, Rubén Pino Martínez, received on the morning of this Tuesday Her Excellency Mrs. Mercedes Alonso Frauyle, ambassador of Spain on the Eastern Mediterranean island, who paid a courtesy visit to the Cuban diplomatic mission following her recent arrival.

Both diplomats reviewed issues concerning the regional geopolitical situation and agreed on the importance of the meeting held this Monday between the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, and his counterpart, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation of Spain, José Manuel Albares, during Rodríguez Parrilla's visit to the Spanish capital.

The Cuban ambassador shared with his Spanish counterpart detailed information on the damage the island is currently suffering as a result of more than sixty years of economic, financial, and commercial blockade against his nation, worsened by recent pressures and the specific blockade of fuel supplies to the island, following the executive order of January 29 imposed by the United States Government, in blatant violation of international law and in complete disregard of the United Nations Charter.