A Pretext for Military Action Against Venezuela. Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Havana, October 3, 2025.- As the Revolutionary Government warned on September 18, the actions of the United States aimed at justifying military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have continued to escalate.
There has been a significant buildup of military assets in the southern Caribbean, recent unlawful incursions by U.S. combat aircraft into Venezuelan Flight Information Regions, and repeated attacks on civilian vessels, resulting in the destruction of these vessels and the killings of their crews. Furthermore, the announcement that such military actions may extend to land areas has raised serious concerns. This situation is further compounded by the notification that the United States considers itself engaged in a non-international armed conflict against unlawful combatants.
The 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board opens
Paris, 2 October 2025. -The 222nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board has opened at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris, where it will be held from 1 to 16 October, in a context of particular significance for the future of UNESCO and the multilateral system.
The Cuban delegation to the Executive Board is headed by the Representative of Cuba to this body, Ms. Dulce María Buergo Rodríguez, President of the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO, and also includes the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to UNESCO, Ms. María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, and the Third Secretary of the Delegation, Laura Alvarez Delgado.
Cuba featured in UNESCO Virtual Museum with emblematic work on its National History
Paris, 2 October 2025 – The work Study for the mural “La Reconcentración”, by the renowned Cuban painter Leopoldo Romañach, has been included in UNESCO's innovative Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Goods, a pioneering tool in the global fight against illicit trafficking of heritage. The Cuban piece is, so far, the only one from a small island developing state in Latin America and the Caribbean featured on this platform, highlighting the universal value of its historical and artistic testimony.
The inclusion of this work underscores Cuba's active and ongoing collaboration with UNESCO in the protection of cultural heritage. It also represents an exceptional opportunity to present to the world a jewel of Cuban visual arts that, unfortunately, was removed from the holdings of the National Museum of Cuba.
Cuban Minister of Culture participates in MONDIACULT 2025
Barcelona, 1 October 2025. The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cuba, Alpidio Alonso Grau, headed the Cuban delegation participating in the Third UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT 2025), held in the city of Barcelona, Spain.
During his intervention in the ministerial forum, the Cuban minister underscored the central role of culture as a foundation for peace, social justice and international cooperation, as well as the need to translate this political consensus into concrete actions that strengthen cultural exchange, the protection of identities and cultural diversity in the context of current global challenges. In this framework, he denounced the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, as well as the genocide against the Palestinian people and the aggressions against the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
New York, 27 September 2025.- Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.