Ambassador of Cuba offers political seminar on the blockade
Pretoria, 25 February, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, participated in a new edition of the "Michael Harmel" political studies seminar, an event organized by the South African Communist Party (SACP) on various topics. Harmel, who was the first editor of the then illegal magazine, "The African Communist", played a key role in forging and maintaining the unique ties that developed between the ANC and the Communist Party during the 1950s.
Cuba participates in the provincial congress of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions
Pretoria, February 19, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, participated in the congress of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) of the province of Gauteng.
At the important event, he offered an update on the Cuban reality and the impact of the United States blockade against Cuba as the main obstacle to the island's socioeconomic development. The leaders of the organization and affiliates in general issued emotional declarations of solidarity with Cuba.
Father Michael Lapsley ’honoured’ by Japanese Peace prize award
Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Japan Niwano Peace Prize, in its 39th edition, will award to Father Michael Lapsley, from South Africa, in recognition of his tireless struggle against apartheid and social discrimination, his support for the liberation movement in South Africa and his active participation in various peacebuilding activities in other parts of the world.
Ambassador of Cuba holds meeting with the Secretary General of NEHAWU
Pretoria, February 24, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador Enrique Orta González met today with Zola Saphetha, General Secretary of the South African Health and Education Workers Union (NEHAWU) .
NEHAWU has maintained its solidarity with Cuba in the most difficult moments, through the firm support it gives to the struggle to lift the United States blockade against Cuba, the defense of our right to self-determination and the construction of the road to socialism.
Ambassador of Cuba meets with the board of the Association of Graduates in Cuba
Pretoria, February 22, 2022.- The Cuban Ambassador to South Africa, Enrique Orta González, held a fraternal meeting with members of the leadership of the Association of South African Graduates in Cuba.
During the meeting, they exchanged on the main activities of the Association for 2022, as part of which, the fight for the lifting of the blockade of the United States government against Cuba, constitutes a central axis.