Growing aggressions against Cuba are rejected in First National Meeting Cuban Association Residents in South Africa
Pretoria, 29 June, 2019.- The Association of Cuban Residents in South Africa (ACRSA) held their first national meeting on June 29, in Pretoria. Presiding over the meeting were ACRSA Chairwoman Cristina Flores Fourie, the Ambassador of Cuba Rodolfo Benítez Verson; and the Secretary of Consular Affairs Liliam Tápanes Bellas.
Friends of Cuba Society in Cape Town reaffirms its commitment to the people of Cuba and rejects the policy of blockade
Pretoria, 28 June, 2019.- The Ambassador of Cuba, Rodolfo Benítez Verson held a meeting with the filial of FOCUS (Friends of Cuba Society in South Africa) of Cape Town led by the renowned anti-apartheid fighter, Father Michael Lapsly and Fatima Swartz in the South African city. The meeting was also attended by leading members of the Congress of South Africa Trade Union (COSATU) of Western Cape Province and the Ambassador of Venezuela, Mairín Moreno.
Message by Ambassador of Cuba Rodolfo Benitez Verson to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) National Policy Conference
Pretoria, 27 June 2019.- Message by Ambassador of Cuba Rodolfo Benitez Verson to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) National Policy Conference.
Dear Comrades:
First of all, on behalf of our people and government I thank the leadership and members of NEHAWU for inviting Cuba to be present in this important National Policy Conference.
US Actions against Cuba doomed to Fail, South African Leader
Pretoria, June 24 (Prensa Latina) The tightening of US actions against Cuba was considered as unjust, illegal and destined to fail since these ones will be unable to achieve the coveted change of rule Washington is seeking.
Member of the leadership of the Friends of Cuba Society (FOCUS) Lefika Chatti expressed that the Donald Trump administration took advantage from Venezuela’s issues to put more pressure on the island and cause great difficulties in its economy.
Article by the Ambassador of Cuba in South Africa, Rodolfo Benitez Verson published in important Lesotho newspaper
Pretoria, 21 June, 2019.- Artículo del Embajador de Cuba en Sudáfrica, Rodolfo Benítez Verson en el marco del 40 aniversario del establecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y Lesotho, fue publicado en el importante periódico de Lesotho "The Post".
CUBA AND LESOTHO: 40 YEARS OF FRUITFUL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
Author: Rodolfo Benítez Verson, Ambassador of Cuba to the Kingdom of Lesotho
On June 14, 1979, the Republic of Cuba and the Kingdom of Lesotho decided to formalize their diplomatic relations.