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U.S. blockade worsens the lack of medicines in Cuba.

One of the main factors behind the shortage of medicines suffered by Cuba today is the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed and intensified by the U.S. government.

The president of the business group BioCubafarma, Eduardo Martínez explained that in the case of financing for raw materials, although we have the money, there are problems in the payment to suppliers, due to the refusal of the banks to work with Cuba.

This attitude is due to the blockade, a unilateral policy of the United States, said Martínez, quoted by Granma newspaper.

U.S. church network asks to remove Cuba from terrorist list.

More than 120 Presbyterian churches in the United States signed a letter to President Joe Biden calling for the removal of Cuba from the arbitrary list of sponsors of terrorism because it inflicts suffering on Cubans today.

"Mr. President, you have the power to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Cuba is not a terrorist country," said the signatories.

Brussels tribunal to unveil blockade of Cuba, say experts

The French association Cuba Linda today considered the international tribunal against the U.S. blockade of the island, to be held this week in Brussels, a tool to denounce and bring to public opinion the criminality of that policy.

The organization, created in 1998 to promote ties between France and Cuba, confirmed to Prensa Latina its participation in the tribunal to be held at the European Parliament on Thursday and Friday, and showed its expectations for a space to denounce the illegality of the economic, commercial and financial siege imposed more than 60 years ago.

Cuba prepares IV Conference The Nation and Emigration.

Cuba is preparing the celebration of the IV Conference The Nation and Emigration, to be held on November 18 and 19 in Havana with the participation of some 440 nationals living abroad.

On this occasion, a significant number of people who have not been in previous dialogues will attend, as well as a large number of Cubans who have residency in the country and abroad as a result of the amendment of the Constitution, which now recognizes effective citizenship.

Invicta Group Services, 28 years linking Cuba and the U.S.

Since she founded Invicta Group Services in 1995, Cuban-American Mildred Diaz has been doing her bit every day to bring her homeland closer to the United States.

A recurrent presence at the Havana International Fair since 2001, when she made her debut at the event, whose 39th edition takes place at the ExpoCuba venue, the president of Invicta Group said in an exclusive dialogue with Prensa Latina that her company's main mission is, above all, to support relations between the two countries.

Cuba denounces in Unesco the US blockade and its impact.

Cuba denounced today at Unesco, through the voice of its Minister of Education, Naima Ariatne Trujillo, the blockade imposed by the United States and considered it a fundamental impediment to its development.

We are grateful for Unesco's support to counteract the impact of this unjust policy. Its contribution has come hand in hand with timely and responsible cooperation in all the areas of competence of the organization, she said when speaking at the General Policy Debate of the 42nd General Conference.

Cuban and U.S. art students exchange experiences

"The forces that drive the peoples (...) are superior to the will and terror unleashed by the dominant oligarchies".

As expressed by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz, this was demonstrated during the recent cultural exchanges between young art students from the Caribbean nation and the United States.

Members of the Cuban American Youth Orchestra (CAYO) and members of the Latino Art Beat Youth Ambassadors project recently shared with Cuban students from different art schools.

U.S. singer Norah Jones excited about trip to Cuba.

American singer, composer, pianist and actress Norah Jones expressed today feeling excited about her first trip to Cuba, in February next year, as part of a cultural and educational exchange.

"I look forward to learning more about the country's rich musical heritage and sharing my music through two shows at the historic Teatro Martí on February 17 and 18," Jones said in making the announcement on social networks.

Díaz-Canel: To those who think that Cuba is isolated, the argument has collapsed.

NEW YORK - A few minutes after his arrival in this city, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, held a brief meeting with the members of the Permanent Mission of our country to the United Nations.

In a familiar tone and with an affection that only comes from being surrounded by a total harmony of feelings and perspectives, the Head of State commented to his compatriots on the results of the recently concluded Summit of the Group of 77 and China in Havana.

Cuban diplomats exchanged with members of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

Members and directors of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia rejected the policy of pressure exerted by the U.S. government on the island, during a meeting with diplomats from the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. 
Those present received from the Chargé d'Affaires of Cuba, Lianys Torres Rivera, an update on the state of bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States, as well as the damage caused by the blockade imposed for more than six decades on the Cuban people.

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