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Havana, Jun 5.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced today that more than 3,500 Cubans stranded in 35 countries returned to the country on humanitarian flights organized by the government and its counterparts.

Despite the epidemiological situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, efforts continue to guarantee the protection of our citizens, Rodriguez said on his Twitter account.

Without giving details, the foreign minister said that this return was possible thanks to Cuba's efforts.

On a day like today but in 1931 in Biran, Holguin province, in the east of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz, Army General and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the State and Ministerial Councils of Cuba (2008-2018), Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (1959-2008), guerrilla leader of the Cuban Revolution and Commander of the Rebel Army, was born.

He has a long history of fighting, particularly as the head of the 2nd Frank País García Eastern Front.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states its strong rejection of the slanderous inclusion of Cuba in a US State Department list of countries which are allegedly not cooperating fully with US efforts against terrorism that was made public on May 13, 2020 and that was strongly rejected by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Bermúdez. 

Monrovia, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Chargé d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy in Liberia, Mercedes Martínez Herrera, today thanked Africa for its support in her country's struggle against the commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

In an interview granted to the Liberian newspaper Daily Observer on the occasion of the celebration of Africa Day, Martinez Herrera also highlighted the fraternal ties between the continent and Cuba.