Statement by H.E. Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, at the General Debate of the Seventy-Sixth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembl
Mr. Secretary General;
Mr. President;
We are living uncertain times. Under the demolishing impact of a pandemic that has worsened structural inequities and the global crisis, the role of multilateralism and the United Nations becomes ever more important. And international cooperation has been insufficient.
The implementation of neo-liberal formulas for decades has been reducing States’ capabilities to meet the needs of their populations.
93% Of Cubans Will Be Fully Vaccinated in November
Cuba’s Ministry of Health (MINSAP) announced that 92.6 percent of the population over two years of age will have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines by next month.
MINSAP Science and Innovation Director Ileana Morales confirmed that this policy goal implied increasing the production of vaccines to meet the expected demand. Previously, the Cuban pharmaceutical industry announced the production of 20 million doses of the Abdala vaccine and 10 million doses of the Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus vaccines.
Open letter to President Biden about Covid Vaccines for Cuba
President Biden:
You recently referred to Cuba at a White House saying: "I would be prepared to give significant amounts of vaccines if… an international organization would administer those vaccines and do it in a way that average citizens would have access to those vaccines." You also called Cuba a “failed state”.
Tribute to Fidel in Thailand on the 95th anniversary of his birth
BANGKOK, August 13, 2021.- The Cuban state mission in Thailand pays emotional tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, on the 95th anniversary of his birth on August 13, 2021. #FidelPorSiempre
The New York Times reaffirms what Cuba has denounced so many times: there is no evidence of a sonic attack
The statement came after a meeting called by the director of National Intelligence, Avril D. Haines, with the intention of evaluating the investigations carried out on the alleged sonic attacks on State Department officials, CIA officials and their families.
Author: Raúl Antonio Capote | internacional@granma.cu
August 10, 2021