Documents adopted by the VI African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba held in Nigeria
Pretoria, 27 October.- See below the Declaration of Solidarity with Cuba Against the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade of the United States Government towards Cuba, and the Final Declaration, both adopted by the VI African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba held in Nigeria, from 23-25 of September 2019.Declaration of Solidarity with Cuba Against the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade of the United States Government towards Cuba, and the Final Declaration, both adopted by the VI African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba held in Niger
4th African Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba concluded
Pretoria, 26 September, 2019.- Between September 23 and 25, the VI African Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba took place in Abuja, Nigeria, under the slogan "Hands out of Cuba", in rejection of the aggressive escalation of the United States Government against Cuba. More than 150 delegates from 20 nations participated.
Cuba Presents New Report on Impact of USA Blockade
Pretoria, 22 September, 2019.- Cubaminrex, Havana, September 20, 2019.- The report covers incidents ranging from April 2018 to March this year. Cuban foreign minister reiterated that the blockade continues being the main cause of the difficulties experienced by the Cuban people. (Photo taken from RHC). The US blockade on Cuba was drastically reinforced from April 2018 to March this year, according to the annual report on the effects on the US decades-old measure against Cuba.
Cuban Ambassador offers lecture at the University of Johannesburg on the role of Cuba in the struggle for the liberation of Southern Africa
Pretoria, 14 de septiembre de 2019.- Cuban Ambassador to South Africa Rodolfo Benítez Verson, offered a lecture at the University of Johannesburg on the role of Cuba in the struggle for the liberation of Southern Africa.
Cuban Vice-president Inés Chapman meets with former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki
Pretoria, September 13, 2019.- Vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba Inés María Chapman Waugh, in her trip to Zimbabwe at the head of the Cuban delegation to the funeral of Robert Mugabe, exchanged salutations with South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki.
Thabo Mbeki, who held the South African presidency from 1999 to 2008, also traveled to Zimbabwe to take part in the funerals of former President Mugabe.