Tue, 24 Feb 2026
STATEMENT FROM THE SIERRA LEONE - CUBAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (SALCUBA) IN RESPECT OF US BLOCKADE OF FUEL SUPPLIES TO CUBA.
It is quite disheartening to learn that the USA government imposed a total blockade of fuel supplies to Cuba in recent times, and also threatened to impose trade tariffs on imports of products from countries that supply oil to the Caribbean nation.
Freetown, February 26, 2024. On Thursday morning, the Cuban Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Her Excellency Ms. Norma Sánchez Águila, paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency Mr. Zhao Yong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Sierra Leone.
During the fraternal meeting, both sides reviewed the historic ties of friendship and cooperation that unite the two nations, referring also to the excellent state of bilateral relations after 65 years of diplomatic relations.
Freetown, February 26, 2024. On Thursday morning, the Cuban Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Her Excellency Ms. Norma Sánchez Águila, paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency Mr. Zhao Yong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Sierra Leone.
During the fraternal meeting, both sides reviewed the historic ties of friendship and cooperation that unite the two nations, referring also to the excellent state of bilateral relations after 65 years of diplomatic relations.
Nota informativa del Ministerio del Interior
En horas de la mañana de este 25 de febrero de 2026, se detectó una lancha rápida infractora dentro de las aguas territoriales cubanas con matrícula de la Florida, Estados Unidos, con folio FL7726SH, que se aproximó a una 1 milla náutica al noreste del canalizo El Pino, en cayo Falcones, municipio Corralillo, provincia Villa Clara.
Freetown, 24 de febrero 2026.- La embajadora de Cuba en la República de Sierra Leona, Excelentísima señora Norma Sánchez Águila, realizó una visita de cortesía al nuevo Director de la Dirección de América –Asia Pacífico del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Cooperación Internacional de la República de Sierra Leona, Embajador Dr. Mohamed K. Mansaray y al nuevo Subdirector de la Dirección de América –Asia Pacífico, Embajador SR. Christopher Bockery.