The Granma, breaking through the fog
Neither the bad weather, the rough seas, or the overloading of a yacht in no way suited to make the crossing from Mexico to Cuba, could daunt the 82 expeditionaries committed to being "free or martyrs," as the Granma broke through the fog, in the words of poet Luis Rogelio Nogueras.
December 2, 1956, at a point on the southern coast of eastern Cuba known as Los Cayuelos, the men under Fidel's leadership disembarked, intent upon honoring the blood spilled in the name of independence before them.
"Henry Reeve" International Medical Brigade nominated to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in Thailand
Prof. Dr. Krasae Chanawongse, renowned Thai academician and President of the "KRIRK" and "Naresuan" universities nominated today #Cuba's "Henry Reeve" International Medical Brigade to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the Virtual Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Ibero-american Conference. November 30, 2020.
Her Excellency Mrs. Rebeca Grynspan, Ibero-American Secretary General;
Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of Ibero-America;
May you receive cordial greetings from Havana.
I thank the Pro-Tempore Secretariat of Andorra for the successful celebration of this meeting and the wise way in which the Conference activities have been conducted, even amidst the exceptional circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We reiterate our support and recognize the work of the Ibero-American General Secretariat in these efforts.
Cuba denounces complicity of the US administration in terrorist attack
On April 30th, 2020, the Embassy of Cuba in the United States was the target of a terrorist attack. Since then, the US government has kept a complicit silence, without condemning or even rejecting such action. It refrains from acting against terrorist individuals and groups based in US territory who are fueling violence against Cuba and its institutions.
The Cuban diplomatic mission was attacked with an AKM assault rifle, resulting in more than 30 bullet impacts on the premises. The intention of the attacker, in his own words, was to kill Cuban diplomats.
Tribute to Fidel in Thailand
BANGKOK, November 26, 2020.- At the Cuban Embassy in Thailand, an emotional tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz took place four years after his physical disappearance on 25 November 2016.