Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries call on the United States to remove Cuba from the list of “State sponsors of terrorism”
Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries around the world wrote a joint letter, coordinated and published by the Progressive International (PI), in which they condemn the designation of Cuba by the United States as a “State sponsor of terrorism” as “cynical, cruel and a clear violation of international law.” In the letter, published today, Friday, September 20, the legislators call on their respective governments to “take immediate measures to advocate for the removal [of the designation].”
The First International Seminar on Parliamentary Diplomacy was held in Cuba
Havana, September 19, 2024.- Topics of relevance to the international community such as the defense of human rights, peaceful solutions and the preservation of world peace were presented this Thursday, from an academic perspective of parliaments, at the First International Seminar on Parliamentary Diplomacy.
The event, which will run until Friday, took place in the National Capitol of Cuba, the institutional headquarters of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), with the representation of around twenty nations.
Press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
On September 9 and 10, 2024, experts from the governments of Cuba and the United States held a seminar and a tabletop exercise as part of the implementation of the Cuba-US Bilateral Coordination Plan on the preparation and response to pollution caused by spills of hydrocarbons and other potentially dangerous substances in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. These exchanges respond to the Cooperation Agreement on the matter, signed between both countries on January 9, 2017.
Bujumbura, Burundi: African Youth Capital on 29 and 30 August 2024.
Bujumbura. On the morning of August 31, on the occasion of the event “Youth and Emerging Economy in Africa: Impact of the CNDD-FDD Youth League in the construction of Burundi as an emerging country for 2040 and a developed country for 2060”, the Cuban Ambassador greeted His Excellency Evariste Ndayashimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi.
The event was attended by youth leaders from several African countries and was closed with a massive and colourful event led by Burundian youth.
Bujumbura, Burundi: African Youth Capital on 29 and 30 August 2024.
Bujumbura. On the morning of August 31, on the occasion of the event “Youth and Emerging Economy in Africa: Impact of the CNDD-FDD Youth League in the construction of Burundi as an emerging country for 2040 and a developed country for 2060”, the Cuban Ambassador greeted His Excellency Evariste Ndayashimiye, President of the Republic of Burundi.
The event was attended by youth leaders from several African countries and was closed with a massive and colourful event led by Burundian youth.