President Díaz-Canel on the earthquake in Cuban territory: “The first and essential thing is to save lives”.
The meeting of the National Defense Council headed by its President, comrade Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, had just concluded this Sunday, when from his account on the social network X - apropos of the seismic activity that occurred in the morning hours in the eastern part of the archipelago - the Head of State wrote, after two o'clock in the afternoon:
“From the National Defense Council, we communicated with the first Party secretaries in Santiago de Cuba and Granma, provinces affected by the recent earthquakes.”
National Defense Council evaluates the recovery progress in the provinces of Artemisa, Mayabeque, and Havana.
Havana, November 9, 2024 - The greatest complexities of the recovery actions in the provinces affected by Hurricane Rafael are the restitution of electric power and water supply. This was acknowledged early Saturday morning by the President of the National Defense Council, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, as he headed a new meeting of that higher State body.
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the presentation of draft Resolution a/79/l.6 entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of Ame
Mr. President;
Distinguished Permanent Representatives;
Esteemed delegates;
U.S. solidarity groups join international #TumbaElBloqueo (#DropTheBlockade) campaign.
On October 26 and 27, as part of the international campaign #TumbaElBloqueo, and before the votes in the United Nations on the Cuban resolution against the blockade, organizations in solidarity with Cuba took to the streets of several U.S. cities to protest against this policy, the unilateral sanctions and the unjust designation of our country as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Visit of Cuban Embassy officials in the U.S. to Kentucky
Between October 20 and 24, officials of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC, Alejandro García del Toro, Deputy Chief of Mission; Nora Alberteris Monterrey, Consul General, Thalia Gonzalez Gomez, and Yeisel Lorenzo Guerra, visited the state of Kentucky, specifically the cities of Louisville and Frankfort. The meetings held covered diverse sectors of U.S. society such as universities, businesses, an African American community center, travel agencies, and local politicians.