Cuban ambassador pays visit to the Vincentian Foreign Ministry.
Kingstown, January 16, 2025 - The Cuban ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, visited this morning the headquarters of the Vincentian Foreign Ministry, where he was received by the Permanent Secretary, Her Excellency Mrs. Sandy Peters-Phillips.
Both sides reviewed the bilateral agenda, evaluated ongoing cooperation projects and highlighted the excellent relations of brotherhood and solidarity that have always existed between the two peoples and governments.
The Cuban ambassador thanked Ms. Peters-Phillips for the unconditional support of SVG in the struggle against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, while the Vincentian diplomat expressed her wish to increase collaboration in areas such as Health, Education, Sport and Engineering.
STATEMENT BY THE CUBA-ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
Kingstown, January 15, 2025
The Cuba-St. Vincent and the Grenadines Friendship Society has been calling repeatedly for the lifting of the criminal and illegal economic blockade against Cuba and the ending of the unjust designation of Cuba as a country that allegedly “sponsors Terrorism”.
Although the blockade remains in force and still harms the lives of the Cuban families, our organization welcomes with satisfaction the recent measures taken by the US Government
In the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, the Cuban Government releases persons who are serving prison sentences.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
As part of the close and fluid relations with the Vatican, the Government of Cuba has remained in touch with Pope Francis and his representatives and, as has occurred in the past, has kept His Holiness informed about the processes of review of the convictions and the release on imprisoned person, a practice that is common in our judicial system and has characterized the humanitarian record of the Revolution.
The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force.
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
On January 14, 2025, the government of the United States announced the following decisions:
1. Remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism;
2. Make use of the presidential faculty to prevent US courts from taking action with regards to lawsuits that might be filed by
Cuban Embassy in Saint Vincent participates in book launch on the history of the Caribbean.
Kingstown, December 19 2024. The Cuban Embassy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was present at the launch of the book "The Story of Paulene Bramble", by the prominent Vincentian lawyer, writer and diplomat Dr. Richard Byron-Cox.
The book, is a journey that tells an intimate story of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 1800 to 1939 and recreates much of the economy, society, religion, family life and much more, through the lives of its characters, crystallized in its main protagonist, Paulene Bramble.