The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force.
Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
On January 14, 2025, the government of the United States announced the following decisions:
1. Remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism;
2. Make use of the presidential faculty to prevent US courts from taking action with regards to lawsuits that might be filed by virtue of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, at the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Dear Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution;
Comrade Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Comrades of the Presidency;
Dear comrades and family members of MINREX:
Congratulations!!!
I am very honored to convey to you this congratulations on behalf of our Party and Government on the occasion of today's 65th anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whose solid prestige is inseparable from the principled policy of the Cuban Revolution.
Cuba and the U.S. Hold Migration Talks in Havana
On December 4, 2024, representatives of Cuba and the United States held bilateral migration talks in Havana. Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío Domínguez headed the Cuban delegation and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Eric Jacobstein led the U.S. delegation.
Biden signed a law preventing the renewal of the Havana Club brand in the U.S.
President Joe Biden signed the “Stolen Trademark Act”, previously approved by the U.S. Congress, whose purpose is, as its name suggests, to steal a trademark to favor the Bacardi company and deprive Americans of their rights as consumers.
New York University professor recognized with degree from the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
The Cuban Academy of Sciences granted the category of corresponding academician to American professor Dr. Richard Dello Buono, a professor at New York University.
The accrediting attributes presentation was made by Doctor in Sciences Luis Velázquez, president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences.
The official ceremony took place at the Varona Building of the University of Havana.
Dr. Velázquez highlighted in his words the solidary and professional collaboration of Dr. Dello Buono with Cuba in the field of social sciences for more than 30 years.