US making economic cooperation with Cuba toxic – Medvedev
By The Mast, October 7, 2019. RUSSIAN Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Cuba and Russia are being subjected to unprecedented pressure against any rules of international law and existing international conventions. During bilateral talks in Havana last Thursday with President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Prime Minister Medvedev noted that the US economic blockade of Cuba had intensified over the past few months.
Solidarity a key factor of Cuba’s health care system – Rodriguez Parrilla
By The Mast on September 29, 2019. WE do not believe that the health care system developed in Cuba should be replicated in other countries, says Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
Protest in Nigeria against U.S. ‘economic blockade’ on Cuba
Premium Times, September 26, 2019. More than 500 delegates from 25 African countries and around the world have protested the 60-year economic sanction imposed on Cuba by the United States government. The protest march which was initially scheduled for the U.S. embassy in Nigeria was later held at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, on Wednesday.
Cuban Foreign Minister participates in UN high level meeting on health
La Habana, September 24, 2019.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, began his remarks with a condemnation of the United States which has attempted to discredit and sabotage Cuba's medical cooperation, based on ethical and humanistic principles, an example of South-South cooperation, and that has helped countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia to improve health coverage and provide medical care in remote areas.
Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. SDG Summit. 74º UNGA
Mr. President;
Distinguished Heads of State and Government;
Distinguished delegates:
Four years have elapsed since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, the prevailing international order continues to be unjust, unequal and exclusive. For 40 consecutive years, developed countries have failed to meet their Official Development Assistance commitments. Unsustainable patterns of production and consumption linger on, leading the world to the imminent destruction of the conditions for life on the planet.