Port of Spain, August 20, 2025. In the morning hours, the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Gustavo Daniel Véliz Olivares, was received by the Honorable Dr. Lackram Bodoe, Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The anti-Cuban document released by the U.S. government on June 30, 2025, consists of a reissue and amendment of the National Security Presidential Memorandum No. 5 that the US government itself had issued on June 16, 2017, at the beginning of Donald Trump's first term.
Cuba categorically denounces and rejects both versions of the infamous document.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
For months, the U.S. Secretary of State led an aggressive campaign aimed at installing a prominent member on Washington’s payroll—an outspoken supporter of the blockade and aggression against Cuba—as an allegedly impartial human rights expert.
Port of Spain, Monday, June 2. The Ambassador of Cuba, Gustavo Veliz, paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, the Honorable Sean Sobers, who assumed office on May 3 following the victory of the United National Congress (UNC) in the general elections held on April 28, 2025.
Port of Spain, May 3, 2025. Ambassador Gustavo Véliz attended the swearing-in ceremonies of the newly elected Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the ministers who make up the new Cabinet of the UNC, the party won generals election held last April 28 in Trinidad and Tobago.