Namibia, October 27th, 2018- Independence Avenue, main artery of Windhoek, capital of Namibia, hosted a hundred Cubans and Namibians, who demanded the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States government against Cuba.
The United States permanent mission at the UN began circulating eight amendments to the Cuban resolution calling for an end to the blockade, reported Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla during a press conference at the ministry in Havana.
He reported that the amendments basically address aspects related to the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and the human rights issue, a subject that the U.S. government attempts to use to discredit Cuba – unsuccessfully.
What is most interesting, Rodríguez said, is not the content of the proposed amendments, but rather the fact that the document was circulated surreptitiously by the U.S. State Department, signed by deputy assistant secretary Gonzalo Gallegos, in an effort to dissuade UN member countries from voting in favor of the Cuban resolution calling for an end to the blockade, which will be considered in the General Assembly this coming October 31.
The Hague, 16 Ocotber 2018. First Secretary Susellys Pérez Mesa and Second Secretary José Pérez Lazo made a presentation about Cuba to a group of students, faculty and the director of the International Business Studies Programme at the University of Applied Sciences of The Hague.
Port of Spain, October 17. - Invited by the faculty of International Relations of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the professor of that center Jaquelin La Guardia, Cuban diplomats Ana Martínez Noris and Alex González García, commercial counselor and first secretary respectively, gave a lecture on the Cuban foreign trade and the obstacle represented by the policies of the US blockade against Cuba in the development of the economy of the largest of the Antilles.
The annual gathering of Cuban residents in Denmark took place in Odense on 2 June. The Cuban Ambassador, Yiliam Gómez Sardiñas and the Consul, Ares Valdés Acea, attended the meeting where participated more than 100 Cuban residents and their families, including their descendants from different regions of the Nordic country. In this context, a video about the main activities developed between 2017 and 2018 was screened. The Cuban consul provided an update on the migratory policy and emphasized on the importance to support the struggle against blockade from any place in the world.
National Report by the Republic of Cuba to the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council. 16 May 2018
The Report is published in three languages: Spanish, English and French and can be downloaded on goo.gl/CmTAJ2
In an event held on April 13 with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish Confederation of Industries, entrepreneurs, diplomats, as well as members of solidarity groups, the Ambassador of Cuba in Denmark Yiliam Gómez Sardiñas reaffirmed the will of her country to continue making progress in the updating process of the Cuban economic model.
Copenhagen- Danish-Cuban Association of Friendship in its annual Assembly held on Saturday, March 17, reaffirmed its solidarity with the Cuban people and its support to the struggle to lift the blockade against Cuba, as well as the return of the territory illegally occupied by the United States in Guantánamo Naval Base. Representatives from different branches of the Association, namely Fyn, Aalborg, Aarhus y Kolding, participated in the meeting.
The Ambassador of Cuba in Denmark, Yiliam Gómez Sardiñas, had a gathering on January 14 with a group of Danes from the city of Randers who are interested in knowing about the Cuban reality, and particularly about the development of the health system in the Island. The group of Danes will travel next February to Cuba, with the support of the Danish-Cuban Association of Friendship. (Embacuba Dinamarca)
In the framework of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, on November 11 the Danish Communist Parties reaffirmed in Copenhagen their support and solidarity with Cuba at a time when the economic, commercial and financial blockade policy against the Caribbean island is reinforced.
