Commemoration in Thailand on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
BANGKOK, September 25, 2019.- The Cuban ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, Héctor Conde Almeida, gave a lecture at the “Chulalongkorn University” in commemoration of September 26th as International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, designated by the United Nations Organization (UN) in 2013. The presentation was attended by students of the Spanish Section of the Faculty of Arts and the Center of Latin American Studies of the University, authorities and professors of the prestigious institution.
Cuban foreign minister: slander and little substance in Trump's words
United Nations, (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said today there was a lot of slander and little substance in the speech of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, before the UN General Assembly.
They were statements full of threats to the countries of the south, particularly to our America, and what I hear among the delegations at the UN is that it was full of falsehoods and generated rejection and mocks, Rodríguez told Telesur and Prensa Latina.
Cuba Denounces Multi-Million Damages Caused by US Blockade
Havana, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The US blockade on Cuba, imposed for almost 60 years, has caused losses to the island of over 138.843 billion dollars at current prices, an official source denounced on Thursday.
From April 2018 to March 2019, Washington's economic war against the island caused damages amounting to 4.343 billion dollars, highlighted Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca in a tweet.
'Just how much more could we do if they let us be?' the minister stressed.
US actions to discredit Cuban diplomacy denounced
United Nations, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Mission to the United Nations denounced that the measures adopted by the Government of the United States against its diplomats seek to provoke an escalation of tensions and damage the prestige of its representatives around the world.
The mission categorically rejected the unjustified expulsion of two Cuban diplomats from the US and the intensification of the policy of restriction of movement for Cuban officials accredited to the UN, in New York, and their families.
Myanmar and Cuba promote cooperation in multilateral forums
YANGON, September 18, 2019. The Hon. Mr. Kyaw Tint Swe, Minister for the Office of the State Counselor and Chancellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the concurrent Ambassador of Cuba, Héctor Conde Almeida, held a meeting on key topics on the Agenda of the 74 UN General Assembly.