On June 16, for commemorating the horrendous crimes of apartheid in South Africa, the Organization of African Unity agreed to pay tribute to African children.
In Monrovia, government authorities, schools, rural communities, UNICEF, and other United Nations agencies organized a day of music, dance, and reflection on the work accomplished and the challenges and goals yet to be achieved in Liberia.
London, July 12, 2025 - The First Secretary for Consular Affairs, Carlos Rafael Rodríguez and the Attaché for Cultural and Academic Affairs, Adislenes Ruenes, of the Cuban Embassy in the United Kingdom, visited the prestigious Acosta Dance Centre, in the Royal Arsenal district of London, on the occasion of the start of the "Alafia" 2025 Festival, the most important Afro-Cuban dance event in the United Kingdom.
Cuba has once again been nominated for the prestigious Wanderlust Travel Awards 2025, one of the most important awards in the tourism sector in the United Kingdom. This competition, organised since 1993 by Wanderlust magazine, has become one of the most influential awards among travellers, industry professionals and lovers of unique destinations. More than 200,000 individual voters are expected to participate in this edition.
On 8 July, the “Hands Off Cuba!” Fringe Meeting took place at the Brighton Centre, organised by Unite the Union and the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, bringing together trade unionists, young workers and friends of Cuba from across the United Kingdom.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz Canel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6 (local time) on the sidelines of the expanded BRICS summit.
PM Chinh conveyed the warm regards from Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and from himself to General Raul Castro, Diaz-Canel, and other Cuban leaders.
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) hosted an awards ceremony in Havana on July 4 for the national competition on the Vietnam – Cuba friendship, commemorating 65 years of the diplomatic ties (December 2, 1960–2025) and marking the Friendship Year between the two countries.
The contest, titled “Cuba – Vietnam: amistad sin fronteras” (Cuba – Vietnam: friendship without borders) drew 454 submissions from Cuban students aged 6 to 14 across 59 primary and secondary schools.
London, 3 July 2025 — A roundtable discussion with members of the Cuba Initiative was held at the headquarters of the Caribbean Council, focusing on opportunities for foreign investment in Cuba’s tourism sector.
Cuba rejects US Presidential Memorandum which tightens the economic blockade
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.
The ties of brotherhood between journalists from Cuba and Vietnam were ratified during the celebrations for the centenary of the Revolutionary Press of the Asian country, said today the vice-president of the UPEC, Juan Carlos Ramirez.
At the head of the Cuban delegation, which attended the events for the date, Ramirez also highlighted the closer ties between the Association of Journalists of Vietnam (AVJ) and the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC), whose guilds already have a long-standing relationship, he recalled.
London, 24 June 2025 - The Cuban Embassy in the UK was honoured to host the annual Friends of Cuba reception organised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC). The event brought together Members of Parliament, trade union leaders, legal professionals and longstanding friends of Cuba for an evening of reflection, engagement and renewed support for the island's struggle against injustice.
