US hostile rhetoric escalation
Statement by the Director General in charge of the United States, Carlos Fernández de Cossío
The Director General in charge of the United States Carlos Fernández de Cossío alerted that in recent months the US government has escalated its hostile rhetoric against Cuba. “It makes use of reiterated statements from high level officials aimed at manufacturing pretexts that steer toward a climate of greater bilateral tension”, said the official.
East Timor Prime Minister receives Cuban 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
EAST TIMOR, October 11th, 2018.- Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Taur Matan Ruak, received this afternoon Cuban 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina González, who carries out a brad work program as part of his visit to this nation.
CALL BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF CUBA AGAINST THE GENOCIDAL BLOCKADE IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES #NoMásBloqueo #UnblockCuba
The Deputies who are members of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of the Peoples Power’,
Remembering that the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, from the start of its implementation in October of 1960, constitutes the most unfair, severe and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions ever applied on any country,
150 years of October 10, 1868 - founding event of the National Liberation Revolution of #Cuba
On October 10, 1868, the patriot lawyer Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819-1874) freed his slaves and took the Cubans into arms, the first founding event of the #Cuba National Liberation Revolution.
The ringing of the bell of his sugar-cane factory "La Demajagua", Manzanillo, in the east of the country, meant 150 years ago a triumph of the independence ideas, against the Hispanic fundamentalism and the reformist and annexation movements.
In the words of Céspedes that day: "The soldier of duty must not allow the aurora to surprise him in his bed."
October 9, 1967
Che Guevara was wounded and captured in an ambush by the Bolivian army on October 8, 1967. The next day he was executed in cold blood, on instructions from Washington. When this news was confirmed, on October 18, a solemn evening in memory of Che, in the Plaza de la Revolución de La Habana, was attended by a million people. There, Fidel Castro pronounced a sensitive speech.