United Nations

To commemorate International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Liberian government organized an event attended by representatives from various branches of the executive and judicial branches of government responsible for upholding human rights.

As a guest at the official event, Cuban Ambassador Dr. Indira López Arguelles denounced the war and the violations of human rights suffered by the Cuban people due to ongoing U.S. imperialist aggression. She also expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government.

Suva, December 13. With a call to defend the principles of the United Nations and strengthen its role on the international scene, the Cuban Embassy participated in the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of that Organization and for Human Rights Day, which took place in Nadi, to the west of the country.

The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the government of the United States of America against Cuba for almost six decades is the most unfair, severe and extended system of unilateral sanctions ever applied against any country.  From April of 2017 until March of 2018, the period with which this report deals, the blockade policy has intensified and it continues to be applied will all rigor.

Full text of speech by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, on the "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba," in United Nations headquarters, New York, November 1, 2017