Cuba denounces continuity of US blockade despite COVID19
Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, said on Monday that the US blockade against Cuba continues, and so does solidarity with this Caribbean country.
On Twitter, the Foreign Minister denounced that the international demand to end Washington's economic, commercial and financial siege against Cuba is growing, as are the unilateral coercive measures against the peoples.
Cuban Ambassador to the US: "They will not destroy our symbols.
The April 30´s attack against the Cuban Embassy in the United States shocked people who, inside and outside these two countries, immediately condemned the incident and expressed their solidarity with the Caribbean island.
Since a man shot at the Cuban embassy in Washington DC early morning, some versions of what happened and attacker’s motivations began to circulate on social media and in some US media outlets.
Statement by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, president of the Republic of Cuba for the Online Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in response to COVID-19
Statement by president of the Republic of Cuba for the Online Summit of the MNOAL.
Your Excellencies,
Esteemed President Ilham Aliyev,
Distinguished Heads of State and Government,
I thank Azerbaijan, the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, for calling to this meeting to exchange on the urgent and needed efforts which allow us to face COVID-19.
President Díaz-Canel to attend NAM´s Online Summit
Havana, 2 May 2020. The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, will participate in the Online Summit entitled "We stand together against COVID-19", convened by Azerbaijan in its capacity as Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement, in the format of a Contact Group, which comprises representatives from various regions making up the Movement.
The event, which will be held via videoconference on Monday, 4 May at 7 a.m. (Cuban local time), will be chaired by Azerbaijan´s President, Ilham Aliyev.