Madam Ambassador, Mrs Beatriz Parra González receive HE Mr. Okada Takashi, Ambassador of Japan to Finland on a courtesy visit. Both authorities discussed issues of the historical and cultural relationship between their countries. Cuban diplomat conveyed her gratitude to Ambassador Okada for Japan's historic support to Cuba against the US embargo.
The participants of the Seventh International Assembly (7IA) of the International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) approved the resolution entitled "Campaign to Lift the US Blockade and Remove Cuba from the US List of States Sponsoring Terrorism".
The 7IA assembly, which was held in Penang, Malaysia, was attended by 535 participants from 44 countries, representing the different member organizations, as well as guests, including the Cuban ambassador, Florentino Batista González.
The International Movement for a Just World (JUST), a prestigious organization based in Malaysia, recently highlighted in its newsletter a call made by a U.S. senator to end the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over 60 years.
The Malaysian Socialist Party (Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PSM) developed this week the Solidarity Forum with the theme Resistance and Liberation in the 21st Century.
The Cuban ambassador to Malaysia, Florentino Batista González, was invited as a speaker at this event, which took place in a hybrid manner (in-person and online).
Florentino Batista spoke about Cultural Colonization, and how the phenomenon of categorizing and labeling certain nations or situations dominates the global discourse of the major media and governments.
Warsaw, November 2, 2023
The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Poland strongly condemns the illegal and inhumane economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States and demands its abolishment.
The „act” known as Helms-Burton Act which is a part of this blockade, puts the illegal sanctions on companies from third countries, which were conducting their businesses on Cuba. These actions were frequently condemned by the international community, including the United Nations General Assembly, defined as breaking of international law.
On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly's vote on the draft resolution against the US blockade against Cuba, which must be carried out today, the Irish solidarity demanded its lifting in a demonstration held on the iconic Dublin bridge, "Ha'penny Bridge". Personalities from the Solidarity movement, including the Irish MEP from the left group, Clare Daly, reiterated their solidarity with Cuba and called on the world to express their support for the project against the blockade, which has been approved year after year by an overwhelming majority.
Pretoria, September 20, 2023 - The President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, called for an end to the criminal blockade of the United States of America against Cuba in his speech at the General Debate of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Cork, Ireland, April 20, 2023. Deputy President & Registrar's Office at University College Cork, Professor Stephen Byrne and the Head of the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies of the University itself, Professor Nuala Finnegan, received the Cuban Ambassador to Ireland, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez.
