Five years have passed since the vile and absurd kidnapping of Assel and Landy - Statement if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Havana, April 13, 2024- Five years have passed since the kidnapping in Kenya, on April 12, 2019, of Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, Cuban physicians who were serving in that country as part of an intergovernmental cooperation agreement in which they were voluntarily participating.
Since the news of the vile and absurd kidnapping was known, the governments of Kenya, Somalia and Cuba have made countless and enormous efforts to achieve the rescue of our two doctors and their return to their homeland.
Cuba: Pillar of Peace and Solidarity in the Region
Stockholm, April 6, 2024. The Second Secretary of the Embassy of Cuba in Stockholm, Yohanna Cordero Llanuch, engaged in a virtual exchange with supportive friends discussing Cuba's role in maintaining peace in the region.
The meeting, sponsored by the Latin American-European Link project, comprised European Ecuadorian residents and was streamed live on the group's YouTube and Facebook channels.
"Cuba ensures food import despite U.S. blockade"
Havana, April 4th. - The Cuban Government ensures the importation of essential food items, despite the restrictions imposed by the United States, stated today Oscar Pérez-Oliva, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (Mincex).
Speaking on the audiovisual program "Desde La Presidencia," hosted by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Pérez-Oliva detailed that the island's basic basket of goods heavily relies on imported products, and this process still feels the effects of post-pandemic Covid-19 recovery.
First Vice President of the Uppsala Communal Council receives the Cuban Ambassador
Stockholm, April 2, 2024 - At the headquarters of the Communal Council of the City of Uppsala, First Vice President Carl Lindberg received the Ambassador of Cuba.
The traditional ties of friendship that have united Cuba with that city, as a result of university exchanges and with regional authorities, were part of the exchange.
Meeting of the Cuban Ambassador with the President of the Swedish Peace Council
Stockholm, April 1 - A cordial meeting took place at the Cuban Embassy in Stockholm, between the President of the Swedish Peace Council, Hans Örns, and the Cuban Ambassador, Alba Soto Pimentel.
The exchange was conducive to addressing Cuba's work in favor of Peace, and the upcoming celebration of the International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of all Foreign Military Bases, which will take place in Cuba next May, organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in conjunction with the World Peace Council (WPC).