It is with great regret that the Trinidad and Tobago Friends of Cuba (TTFC) sends condolences to the President, government and people of Cuba in the aftermath of the crash of flight DMJ 0972 in the vicinity of the Jose Marti International Airport.
Today, Cuba elects its new president. It attracts considerable attention in the media that the "Castro era" ends, as it is formulated differently.
Cuba has a unique and different democracy than we know from the western classical bourgeois democracy. Of course, it has landed because Cuba is a socialist country! That's why it's annoying - it's manipulative that almost everybody measures Cuba with a bourgeois scale, and often Cuba's democracy is judging because it's not organized like in Denmark or other western countries.
On April 2 the Danish newspaper Arbejderen published an article that describes a project promoted by residents of the Faroe Islands (autonomous territory of Denmark), which consists of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat towards Cuba and continue to the United States, with a message of friendship among peoples.
By Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa
March 23, 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, a small town in the Angolan province of Cuando Cubango, 825 kilometers southeast of Luanda, at the confluence of the Cuito and Cuanavale rivers, from which it takes its name.
That remote town became a symbol of resistance and courage, after the victory of the Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA), together with Cuban, Namibian and South African internationalists, against the army of the opprobrious Apartheid regime.
In commemorating the 30th anniversary of Cuito Cuanavale battle, the activist Ann Langwadt and Danish friends made an exhibition in Casa Latinoamericana in Copenhagen and paid tribute to the Cuban internationalists. Gorm Gunnarsen, boardmember of the organisation Africa Contact, delivered a speech and highlighted the historical meaning of Cuito Cuanavale battle that was decisive to eliminate the apartheid regime. In the same way the Ambassador of Cuba in Denmark, Yiliam Gómez Sardiñas, made an intervention and thanked their endeavours to carry out this hommage.
Copenhagen- Danish-Cuban Association of Friendship in its annual Assembly held on Saturday, March 17, reaffirmed its solidarity with the Cuban people and its support to the struggle to lift the blockade against Cuba, as well as the return of the territory illegally occupied by the United States in Guantánamo Naval Base. Representatives from different branches of the Association, namely Fyn, Aalborg, Aarhus y Kolding, participated in the meeting.
On the night of March 5, a tribute of remembrance to the Eternal Commander Hugo Chávez Frías was celebrated at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Pretoria, South Africa, on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of his death.
Within the framework of the "Rosa Luxemburg" Conference, held for the first time in Austria; a panel was dedicated to Cuba; with the participation of the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Embassy, Marieta García Jordán and the directors of the Austria-Cuba Friendship Association "ÖKG": Alfred Kohlbacher, President of the Curatorium; Hermann Pernestorfer, General Secretary and Marcus Strohmaier, Vice President.
With this noble gesture of solidarity and love, Luc and Bernardette reaffirmed their love for Cuba and their willingness to continue supporting our country
The Cuba-Denmark Friendship Association has issued a press statement in which it demands that the United States close the base located in Guantanamo Bay and return the illegally occupied territory to Cuba. The declaration indicates that since 1959, the Cuban government and the Cuban people have requested the United States to close the base and return it.
The Cuban-Danish Friendship Association also criticizes in its statement the recent decision of US President Donald Trump to keep the torture camp open, and states that this will not strengthen peace or security.
