The Cuban Ambassador, Vilma Reyes Valdespino, was received in audience by Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the Government headquarters.
During the cordial meeting, the parties discussed important aspects of bilateral relations and collaboration between the two nations.
With a strong Declaration condemning the intensification of the US blockade against Cuba and the vileness of the restrictive measures dictated by the Government of that country against the largest of the Antilles, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba Friendship Association has addressed the press and Vincentian society.
The full text of the Declaration follows:
US BLOCKADE COSTS CUBA BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, participated in the Central Act of tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, held at the Cuban Embassy in that sister country.
After the concert of Cuban music, that centered the tribute, the Vincentian leader shared with those presents, important reflections on the personality of Fidel, whom he called a Giant.
THE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDSHIP SAN VICENTE AND LAS GRANADINAS-CUBA ISSUED A FIRM DECLARATION OF CONDEMNATION TO THE MOST RECENT SANCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST CUBA, WICH TEXT WE OFFER BELOW:
MIGHT CANNOT, MUST NOT BE BASIS OF RIGHT – Statement by SVG/Cuba Friendship Society (SVGCFS)
The journalist and social activist Renwick Rose, President of the Association of Friendship Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba, dedicated the first article of the year 2019 in his weekly column of the Vincentian newspaper "Searchlight," to the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, with a very important testimony about the influence of the Cuban revolutionary process in the Caribbean and in the rest of the world:
CUBA’S DIAMOND JUBILEE
Renwick Rose, the President of the Friendship Association Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba, issued a congratulatory message to the Cuban Government and people, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.
Next, the text of the message:
With a patriotic and colorful political-cultural activity at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the day of Cuban national culture was celebrated and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the wars of independence was commemorated.
In her speech, Cuban Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino, referred to the historical context, in which this ephemerid, so special for the nation, takes its origin and stressed that culture, rebellion and independence are the basis of Cuban identity.
During the celebration in the Embassy of Cuba, the day of the National Culture and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the wars of independence, Renwick Rose, President of the Friendship Association Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Cuba, read a Declaration, issued by that organization, a few days before, on the occasion of the anniversary and pondered the historical coincidence that, at this time, the Vincentian people are preparing to celebrate a new anniversary of its existence as an independent State.
