43 years of fruitful bilateral relations between Cuba and Lesotho
Pretoria, June 14, 2022.- Cuba and Lesotho today celebrate the 43rd anniversary of their bilateral diplomatic relations, established on June 14, 1979. Throughout these 43 years, the two nations have paved productive relations, based on friendship, cooperation and solidarity.
The permanent exchange of first-level visits and the important cooperation agreements in force are expression of the good state of these relations.
More than seven million people in Cuba receive an anti-COVID-19 booster dose
Havana, Jun 3 (RHC) The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported Friday that some seven million 275,031 people have received anti-COVID-19 booster doses.
Of these, 324,090 are part of the clinical study, and 6,950,941 belong to the booster vaccination applied to the population of selected territories and at-risk groups.
Regulations on travel and remittances to Cuba do not change the essence of the blockade
Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- The publication on Thursday of new regulations on U.S. travel and remittances to Cuba do not constitute a significant change in the essence of the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade against the Caribbean island.
Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, tweeted that the regulations on the measures announced on May 16 by the U.S. administration on Cuba confirm their extremely limited character and that the full enforcement of the economic blockade and that the most aggressive aspects of Trump's measures remain in place.
The Embassy of Cuba in South Africa held an act in remembrance of the National Hero of Cuba José Martí Pérez
Pretoria, My 19, 2022.- Today marks the 127th anniversary of the fall in combat of José Martí Pérez, National Hero of Cuba, poet, essayist, journalist and founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. He fell on May 19, 1895 in the fight against Spanish colonialism, after organizing the war to achieve freedom.
28 years of fraternal diplomatic relations between Cuba and South Africa
Pretoria, May 11, 2022.- Cuba was the first country diplomatically recognized by the government of the African National Congress under the leadership of Nelson Mandela.
On May 11, 1994, in what was considered one of the first foreign policy acts of the South African democratic government, Presidents Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro formalized ties that really dated back to the 1960s, when the first anti-apartheid fighters went to Cuba to study, receive medical care and military training.