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.
Cuba and New Zealand promote bilateral relations and cooperation
NEW ZEALAND, October 9, 2018 – The Cuban 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelino Medina González and his New Zealander counterpart Brook Barrington, highlighted this Friday to promote bilateral relations between the two countries in the context of the visit the Cuban deputy foreign minister is paying to this country.
Condolences in Bangkok on the demise of the former Prime Minister of Vietnam, Do Muoi
With H.E. Mr. Nguyen Hai Bang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to Thailand, paying tribute to the recently deceased former Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and former Prime Minister Do Muoi.
On behalf of the people and government of the Republic of Cuba, I conveyed to the people and government of that country our deepest sorrow for the passing away on October 1st of a dear friend of Cuba.