Kingston, Jamaica, 28 February 2022. This Sunday morning, Jamaican and Cuban friends residing in Jamaica staged a caravan of cars in support of Cuba and against the inhumane economic, commercial and financial blockade maintained by the US government on Cuba, the Largest Island in the Antilles.
The revolutionary government condemns the continuance for over 60 years of the economic, commercial and financial sanctions formally imposed by the United States on 3rd February 1962. On that date, the then president, John F. Kennedy, issued Proclamation 3447, “Embargo on All Trade with Cuba” under Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. He thereby conferred official status on the unilateral economic hostilities already in effect against Cuba since our country’s revolutionary victory.
The revolutionary government condemns the continuance for over 60 years of the economic, commercial and financial sanctions formally imposed by the United States on 3rd February 1962. On that date, the then president, John F. Kennedy, issued Proclamation 3447, “Embargo on All Trade with Cuba” under Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. He thereby conferred official status on the unilateral economic hostilities already in effect against Cuba since our country’s revolutionary victory.
Riyadh, November 17th - The Ambassador of Cuba to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vladimir Gonzalez, paid a courtesy visit to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political and Economic Affairs, Eid Mohammed Althakafi, with whom he reviewed several related issues with the good state of bilateral relations.
Declaration by the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba
Once again, the European Parliament has fulfilled the sad role of hostage to a small group of MEPs of the far right, obsessed with destroying the Cuban revolution, who have known links to Miami-based organizations funded by Washington.
We have learned to our disgust that a small group of MEP’s servile to Washington have placed an item on the agenda of the next plenary session of the European Parliament (8 June) regarding the “Political Situation and Human Rights in Cuba”.
Vietnam Fatherland Front reiterates its rejection of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for almost 60 years: President of that organization, Tran Thanh Man, said in Hanoi.
The statement was issued in a meeting with the Cuban ambassador, Lianys Torres Rivera, to review the cooperation between that organization and its counterpart on the island, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
The New Zealand / Cuba Society published a statement emphasizing that, as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the planet, it is time for the New Zealand Government to actively support the UN’s call to the U.S. to urgently lift the blockade of Cuba, that is obstructing the country’s health care system’s ability to fight the COVID-19 crisis.
“Our Government is acutely aware of both Cuba’s commitment to training health professionals in the Pacific and its role in combating the pandemic internationally. Now is the time to stand beside them.”
The Baki –Xeber newspaper “Baku –News” published the communiqué of the Azerbaijan-Cuba Friendship Society and signed by the president of the World Center for International Relations of Azerbaijan, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences and publicist, Yasif Nasirli, and the teacher and Artist Azerbaijani popular, Arif Huseynov, where the United States government blockade of Cuba is condemned.
Excerpts from the intervention of Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mr. President, history has taught us that the maintenance of international peace and security cannot be separated from the sustainable development , in this regard we maintain that the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed against Cuba, a Caribbean nation, which has been in place for almost six decades undermine the country potential to achieve sustainable development and economic growth.
