New York, 5 October 2016. At the General Assembly debate on item: “Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization”, and after acknowledging the current Secretary General H.E. Mr.

St. George’s, 5th of October 2016. The Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell, sent a message to the General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruiz, President of the council of state and the ministry of the Republic of Cuba, where he expresses his solidarity with the government and people of Cuba. And the damages caused by the passage of hurricane Matthew.

In his message, he affirms the government and the people of Grenada express their solidarity and help during these difficult moments, also, we are willing and ready to assist in any way possible in the efforts of recuperation.

In a prestigious international panel of discussion held in Barbados as part of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Cuban airliner in October 1976, it was released in recent days a worldwide campaign to have the UN declare on October 6 as the International Day against Terrorism. It was comprised of Dr.

The US actor and social activist, Danny Glover, the Cuban Hero, Fernando Gonzalez Llort, the son of a crew member who died in the terrorist attack on the flight CU-455 of Cubana, Camilo Rojo, and the Barbadian lawyer David Comissiong, President of Clement Payne Movement and Coordinator of the Caribbean Chapter of the International Network in Defense of Humanity, joined a panel discussion dedicated to the youth and students of the island.

The Honorable Senator and Barbadian Foreign Minister Maxine McClean, received international delegations from Cuba, the US and the Caribbean attending the commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Crime of Barbados. She was accompanied by Mr. Robert Morris, Ambassador to CARICOM, Sandra Gittens, Section Chief of the Caribbean, and other Foreign Ministry officials.

Ottawa, October 4, 2016- Yesterday evening, the Canadian Federal Parliament hosted the celebration of Cuba´s National Day of Culture with a Cuban night which was attended by The Honourable George Furey, Speaker of the Senate, and The Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker of the House of Commons.

New Delhi, October 5, 2016. With the participation of over 800 representatives from 26 states of India, the National Cultural Festival was held from 02 to October 4, sponsored by the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA); organization that brings together more than 100 cultural organizations in 20 states of the Indian subcontinent

The Guests of Honors at the opening ceremony in the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh state were the Ambassadors of Cuba and Venezuela, who presented the cultural development of their respective countries.

New York, 4 Octubre 2016. At the Third Committee debate on social development, the Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Ana Silvia Rodríguez Abascal considered the eradication of poverty, the promotion of full employment and social integration as three pillars to achieve social development and insisted upon the necessity to implement lasting and inclusive public policies that encourage the various aspects of social development, considering the major role played by the States in this matter, with the involvement of others.

The Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana, Pedro Luis Despaigne González was received at the headquarters of the National Democratic Party (NDP) by its President, founder and presidential candidate, Dr. Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings.

During the meeting, the parties addressed issues related to the historical ties between Cuba and Ghana, and ratified the friendship between the “31 December Movement” and the Federation of Cuban Females.

In its editions of September 30 and October 3, Liberians daily The New Dawn and Daily Observer respectively, devoted a section of its pages to Cuba and its struggle against the blockade. Both publications socialized information transferred in a recent press conference by the Charge d'Affaires of Cuba in Liberia, Yordenis Despaigne Vera, on economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed for more than fifty years unilaterally by the government of the United States against Cuba.