Cubans react with solidarity and determination, supporting government measures to mitigate impact of U.S. hostility
Granma, September 13, 2019. Yesterday, during another appearance on Cuban television, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez thanked the Cuban people for their support of government measures, contributions, and solidarity amidst the country’s tense energy situation.
Ministry of Foreign Relations Statement: Cuba strongly rejects activation of IRAT
Granma, September 13, 2019. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounces the shameful decision to activate the Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty (IRAT), a treaty that contemplates the use of military force.
The U.S. blockade against Cuba has a negative impact on third countries.
New York, 16 September 2019. Annually, Cuba prepares a report on the effects of the criminal and genocidal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government against the island. The report for the period between April 2018 and March 2019 shows how relations between the two nations have been marked by the hostile policy promoted from Washington against Havana and by an increase in sanctions in the banking-financial sector, affecting Cuban entities and third parties, in clear violation of international law.
To mention just one example, between June 2018 and April 2019, the U.S. government imposed nine sanctions on third country companies or banks, including those in the U.S. The total amount of these penalties amounted to 3,751,449,017 dollars.
US destroys multilateralism, Cuba denounces at Fête de l'Humanité.
Cubaminrex, Paris, September 15, 2019.The US government destroys multilateralism with its aggressive policies without worrying about the consequences of its behavior, Cuban lawmaker and intellectual Abel Prieto denounced on Sunday at the Fête de l'Humanité.
III Call Anti-imperialist Meeting of Solidarity, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism. Havana, November 1-3/2019.
Cubaminrex, September 16, 2019. The Anti-imperialist Meeting of Solidarity, for Democracy and against Neoliberalism will take place in Havana from November 1 to 3 of this year, organized by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Central Organization of Cuban Trade Unions (CTC), along with the Cuban Chapter of Social Movements and the Continental Conference for Democracy and against Neoliberalism.