Cuban president sends message of solidarity to People's Summit
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked the participants in the Peoples' Summit for their solidarity with the countries excluded from a regional meeting called by the United States.
In a video message sent on Friday to the event hosted by progressive organizations in parallel to the IX Summit of the Americas, the President said that solidarity caused the Summit not to be what its sponsors intended.
Solidarity is not only an inseparable principle of revolutionary practice. He said it is the most formidable weapon for those of us who believe in the power of the masses.
“Summit of the Americas: Imperialist domination and exclusion”.
Statement by the Revolutionary Government
Havana, June 6th, 2022.- The US Government, abusing its privilege of being the host country, decided at a very early stage to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the 9th Summit of the Americas to be held in the city of Los Angeles this month of June. It has refused to attend to the just claims of many governments to change that discriminatory and unacceptable stand.
Cuban Medical Brigade celebrates scientific day
In celebration of the annual scientific day, the Cuban Medical Brigade in Seychelles presented more than twenty scientific results based on their experiences in medical care in Seychelles.
This took place at the Sheikh Khalifa diagnostic centre on Saturday.
The Republic of Cuba and Seychelles established relations on April 12, 1978. The relation between the two countries has strengthened through various bilateral agreements revealed through the 300 Seychellois graduates.
U.S. lifts Cuba flight restrictions imposed under Trump
The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on U.S. airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana.
Reuters reported that the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) issued the order at the request of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said the action was "in support of the Cuban people, and in the foreign policy interests of the United States."
ALBA-TCP Summit rejects exclusion and discrimination
A resounding rejection of the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, organized by the United States, was expressed on Friday by the ALBA-TCP member countries.
The 21st Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), held in Havana, condemned in its final declaration the discriminatory treatment of these nations.