Delaration by Mr. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados

Delaration by Mr. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados

Addis Ababa, January 20, 2025.- The Ambassador of Cuba-designate to the African Union, Lucas Domingo Hernández Polledo, presented his credentials to the President of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, accrediting him as Ambassador Permanent Observer of the Republic of Cuba to the continental organization.

Statement from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Decision of the Government of the United States of America to Remove Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is pleased to note the decision of the Government of the United States of America, on 14 January 2025, to issue a certification of rescission of the Republic of Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

Harare, January 20, 2025- The president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando González Llort, sent a message of condolences to the family and friends of Chen Chimutengwende, renowned political and solidarity leader who passed away in the capital of Zimbabwe.

It is with great consternation that we received the sad news of the physical demise of our great friend and Patron of the Zimbabwe-Cuba Friendship Association (ZICUFA), the document reads.

Harare, January 20, 2025- Solidarity with Cuba, the call for justice and an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba are the focus of today's publication of The Pan Afrikanist, a center for the restoration of African dignity.

While the removal of Cuba from the State Department's list of so-called sponsors of terrorism, the suspension of lawsuits under Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and the lifting of restrictions on certain financial transactions are a step in the right direction, they are but small cracks in the walls of an unjust and inhumane blockade.

«Πώς θα ήταν σήμερα η Κούβα αν μπορούσε να υπολογίζει στα 164 δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια που μας στέρησε ο αποκλεισμός από την επιβολή του; Οι ζημιές αυτές ανέρχονται σε 1 τρισεκατομμύριο, 499 δισεκατομμύρια, 710 εκατομμύρια δολάρια, αν λάβουμε υπόψη τη συμπεριφορά του δολαρίου έναντι της αξίας του χρυσού», ανέφερε ο Πρέσβης της Κούβας στην Κύπρο, Angel Gustavo Suarez Cordero, σε αποκλειστική συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε στη «Χ», μιλώντας για τις συνέπειες του οικονομικού, χρηματοοικονομικού και εμπορικού αποκλεισμού των ΗΠΑ, τις προσπάθειες της Κούβας να εξασφαλίσει τις ανάγκες των Κουβανών, το Κυπριακό και τις κυπροκουβανικές σχέσεις που συμπληρώνουν φέτος 65 χρόνια.

The US State Department's decision to remove Cuba from the list of state that sponsor terrorism is a victory for the Cuban people! We will continue to fight together with the anti-imperialist people for the protection of the Cuban revolution - Wimal Weerawansa, Chairman, National Freedom Front

The removal of Cuba from the US State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) is a victory for the entire anti-imperialist world
On January 14, the US State Department took steps to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT). This is a matter of great joy for the Bolivarian solidarity of Sri Lanka, which unconditionally stands in defense of the Cuban Revolution.