US hostile rhetoric escalation: Statement by the Director General in charge of the United States, Carlos Fernández de Cossío.
The Director General in charge of the United States Carlos Fernández de Cossío alerted that in recent months the US government has escalated its hostile rhetoric against Cuba. “It makes use of reiterated statements from high level officials aimed at manufacturing pretexts that steer toward a climate of greater bilateral tension”, said the official.
Financial persecution, a distinctive feature of the US blockade against Cuba in recent years.
New York, October 12, 2018. Between April 2017 and March 2018, Cuban financial institutions continued to be subject to a policy of hostility and persecution by the United States government. The monetary-financial effects as a result of the blockade amounted to 538,300,000 dollars, to which were added, damages to the Cuban banking system from incidents reported in 128 foreign banks, between April 2017 and March 2018.
Cuba states in the United Nations its achievements in the promotion and protection of the rights of children.
New York, October 10, 2018. The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, illustrated Cuba's achievements in the promotion and protection of the rights of children, in her statement at the Third Committee of the UN, on Item 70 by the same name.
Cuba advocates a world free of nuclear weapons.
New York, October 10, 2018. The Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, expressed in the debate of the First Committee of the UN, the island's concern about the proliferation and development of nuclear weapons.