Dili, October 4, 2026. At the Lahane Presidential Palace, the head of state of Timor-Leste, Dr. José Ramos-Horta, was the keynote speaker at the event organized by the East Timor Trading Group, which celebrated its annual meeting and recognized the winners of the 2026 International Film Festival awards.

The event was attended by the Cuban government’s top representative in the country, Ambassador Alina Aldama, who had the opportunity to mingle with other diplomats and with the head of the Presidential Civil Office, Henriqueta Maria da Silva.

Cuban Embassy in Timor Leste. 

Dili, October 4, 2026. At the GMN Multipurpose Hall in Bebora, the Secretariat of State for Cooperatives, led by its head, Arsénio Pereira da Silva, hosted a reception for participants in the Regional Conference on Cooperatives and the Ministerial Dialogue. On this occasion, the Secretary of State was accompanied by First Deputy Prime Minister Francisco Kalbuadi Lay. Both addressed the attendees of the event, which is being held in the country over three days.

Dili, October 4, 2026. The Secretary of State for Cooperatives, Arsénio Pereira da Silva, accompanied by the Minister of Industry, Filipus Nino Pereira, presided over the opening ceremony of the

Regional Conference on Cooperatives and the Ministerial Dialogue, which included an exhibition at the convention center in the capital of East Timor.

The event, whose theme is “Empowering Communities, Connecting Nations,” will be held from October 2 to 4, 2026, and brings together representatives from the member countries of the regional organization.

Cairo, October 2, 2026. Egyptian newspapers highlighted yesterday the new sanctions imposed on Cuba by the U.S. government, describing them as a further escalation of the U.S. blockade against the island, aimed at tightening the noose around the Cuban government. These sanctions impose additional restrictions on certain financial transactions and on travel by U.S. citizens to Cuba.

The articles note that under these new sanctions, announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, indirect financial transactions with sanctioned Cuban entities are prohibited, particularly those linked to security services and GAESA.

Paris, October 3, 2026. — As part of the activities being carried out by the Permanent Delegation of Cuba to UNESCO to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Cuba to UNESCO, María del Carmen Herrera Caseiro, presented the collection of the Selected Works of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz to ambassadors, diplomatic representatives and members of the Organization’s Secretariat.

During the activity, participants were provided with a QR code giving direct access to the digital collection of the Selected Works, thus facilitating its consultation by diplomats and UNESCO officials.

Lautoka, October 3, 2026.- In a spirit of camaraderie, a warm gathering took place in the city of Lautoka, bringing together Fijian medical professionals who graduated from medical school in Cuba and members of the Cuban community residing in the country.

Toronto, October 2, 2026. The Association of Cubans Residing in Toronto “Juan Gualberto Gómez” once again condemned the economic war that the United States maintains against the Cuban people and denounced its effects on the population’s living conditions, particularly those of the most vulnerable sectors.

The new unilateral coercive measures approved by the US government, in addition to further reinforcing the strangulation of Cuba as a policy of punishment against an entire population, once again unmask the US Secretary of State and the rest of his anti-Cuban clan, who have not tired of repeating the lie that their genocidal policy of economic warfare is only directed against the Cuban government and its companies, and not against the private sector that they claim to support, or what they call "the average Cuban."

The historic friendship between Namibia and Cuba once again took center stage in the African nation's National Assembly with the unanimous approval of a motion of solidarity and support for the Cuban people. This move comes amidst the difficulties the Caribbean nation faces as a result of economic and financial measures imposed by the United States.