Cuba participates in the commemorative event marking the anniversary of Venezuela’s Independence
Paris, 5 July 2025. On the occasion of the 214th anniversary of the Independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, an official ceremony of commemoration and tribute to Liberator Simón Bolívar was held this Saturday in Paris, at the Promenade du Cours de la Reine, where his monument stands.
The ceremony was presided over by Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Venezuela to UNESCO, Rodulfo Pérez, and Martha Bolívar, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in France. Representing Cuba were Justo Enrique Rodríguez Rodríguez, Deputy Head of the Diplomatic Mission of Cuba in France and Chargé d’Affaires a.i., and Laura Alvarez Delgado, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO.
Cuba participates in the 33rd Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
Paris, 3 July 2025. With the participation of the Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO, the 33rd Assembly of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) concluded today, after being held from 25 June to 3 July at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris. The meeting brought together representatives of Member States, experts and international organizations to discuss key developments and challenges in ocean science and the sustainable management of marine resources.
Cuba’s participation in this Assembly reaffirms its longstanding commitment to international scientific cooperation and the sustainable management of marine ecosystems. The country actively contributes to strengthening knowledge networks, capacity-building initiatives, and the promotion of science in service of ocean conservation, in line with the principles of the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Cuba rejects US Presidential Memorandum which tightens the economic blockade
Havana, July 1. The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of the National Security Presidential Memorandum No. 5 that the US government itself had issued on June 16, 2017, at the beginning of Donald Trump's first term.
U.S. Pressure and Coercion Impose Mercenary on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS
Havana, 27 June 2025. For months, the U.S. Secretary of State led an aggressive campaign aimed at installing a prominent member on Washington’s payroll—an outspoken supporter of the blockade and aggression against Cuba—as an allegedly impartial human rights expert.
Despite the dignified, courageous, and legitimate stance taken by numerous governments across Latin America and the Caribbean, intense pressure and threats—among them the blackmailing of states with potential cuts to U.S.-funded cooperation programs in the hemisphere—ultimately resulted in the narrow election of the well-known mercenary Ms. Rosa María Payá Acevedo as a Commissioner of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
President of the Cuban Institute of Music participates in Belgium in celebration of the results of the Transcultura Programme
Brussels, 26 June 2025. The President of the Cuban Institute of Music, Indira Fajardo, took part in Brussels in the commemorative event marking five years of implementation of the Transcultura Programme, an initiative led by UNESCO with the support of the European Union to strengthen cultural ties between Cuba, the Caribbean and Europe.
In her address, Fajardo highlighted Cuba’s vision of culture as a driver of development and cooperation, recalling the words of José Martí: “Culture saves us”. She noted that, from the outset, Cuba took an active role in the Programme through the Ministry of Culture and the Office of the Historian of Havana, prioritising capacity building for young artists and entrepreneurs, supporting their professional development, and restoring the Convent of Santa Clara as a cultural space.