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7 November, 2022 Dominican thinker praises world rejection of US blockade against Cuba

                                                                                                      Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Dominican intellectual Rafael Nino Féliz praised the global rejection expressed at the UN of the economic blockade the United States has imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years. In a statement published on the Acento newspaper, Féliz addressed recent vote at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) of a resolution […]

7 November, 2022 Guatemala and Cuba: 24 years of solidarity and humanism

Guatemala City, Guatemala.- The Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Guatemala reaffirmed the willingness to continue its health collaboration after 24 years of serving in the Central American nation.ç The Cuban doctors´ renewed commitment took place at La Tinta hospital, the same place where received the first 19 Cuban doctors back on November 5, 1998, and […]

7 November, 2022 Cuba thanks Serbia’s vote against U.S. blockade

Belgrade, Servia.- Cuban Ambassador Gustavo Tristá thanked Serbia for its vote in favor of the resolution condemning the U.S. blockade recently presented before the UN General Assembly (UNGA), according to diplomatic sources. At an official ceremony to celebrate 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both nations, which was attended by the Serbian Deputy Culture Minister […]

7 November, 2022 Iran calls for the end of U.S. blockade against Cuba

Tehran, Iran.- The Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter called for the U.S. government to put an immediate and unconditional end to its hostile blockade against Cuba, diplomatic sources informed Sunday. According to a report from the Cuban embassy in Iran, the member states expressed their unwavering solidarity with the Cuban people […]

4 November, 2022 Cuba congratulates Panama and Dominica on national holidays

Havana city, Cuba.- The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Thursday sent congratulations to the peoples and governments of Panama and the Commonwealth of Dominica on their respective national holidays today. On its official Twitter account, the Foreign Ministry ratified Cuba’s will “to continue to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation” with Panama. Likewise, after greeting […]

4 November, 2022 Letter from former LatAm presidents to Biden highlighted in Panama

Panama city, Panama.- The letter sent to US President Joe Biden by former presidents and former Latin American and Caribbean prime ministers asking him to lift the blockade against Cuba is highlighted by the Panamanian newspaper La Prensa on Thursday. The newspaper quoted fragments of the letter in which they affirm that the Cuban people […]

4 November, 2022 Diaz-Canel recalls Fidel Castro´s words about US blockade

Havana, Cuba.- President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday recalled the words of Historic Leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, on one of the many occasions in which he denounced the US blockade policy against Cuba. The president tweeted that “what we say about this cynic US policy, which includes Cuba on the list of terrorist countries, […]

4 November, 2022 Cuba will never give up social justice, foreign minister says

United Nations, United Nations.- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Thursday that Cuba will never give up its system of social justice and the exercise of human rights for all citizens. Rodriguez spoke at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN), which analyzed and pronounced itself on the lifting of the US […]

4 November, 2022 Overwhelming support for Cuba at UN against the US blockade

United Nations, United Nations.- Cuba scored a new victory on Thursday in its struggle against the United States blockade by achieving overwhelming support at the United Nations (UN) for a resolution passed by 185 votes in favor. The resolution was only opposed by the United States and its staunched ally Israel, while Brazil and Ukraine […]

3 November, 2022 US blockade causes millions in damage to communications in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The economic damage of the United States blockade against Cuba to communications, information technology and telecommunications from January to July 2021 amounted to 37,520,578 dollars, it was reported on Wednesday. This amount, published on the website of the Cuban Ministry of Communications, is associated with the limitations or prohibitions on supplies of technologies […]

3 November, 2022 Caribbean Community supports Cuba at UN against US blockade

United Nations, United Nations.- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday demanded the lifting of the United States blockade against Cuba at the opening session of a debate during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking on behalf of the group, the representative of the Bahamas, Ambassador Stan Smith, reiterated CARICOM’s unanimous position […]

3 November, 2022 French lawmakers describe US blockade against Cuba as unacceptable

Paris, France.- Lawmakers Rodrigo Arenas (La France Insoumise) and André Chassaigne (French Communist Party) on Wednesday described the continuation of the United States economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba as unacceptable and demanded its lifting. In a press conference at the National Assembly, they repudiated the consequences of this policy on the Cuban people […]

3 November, 2022 The world shows why Cuba is better off without US blockade

United Nations, United Nations.- Today is the day when the world shows why Cuba will always be better off without the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States, Cuba’s permanent mission at the United Nations stressed on Wednesday. The diplomatic representation highlighted on its official Twitter account the messages from representatives of various […]

3 November, 2022 Cuba’s removal from US list of sponsors of terrorism demanded at UN

United Nations, United Nations.- Various countries and international organizations described Cuba’s inclusion on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism as unjust and inhumane and denounced the damage it causes to its citizens at the United Nations. Cuba’s removal from that list became a unanimous demand on the opening session of the two-day debates taking […]

2 November, 2022 Solidarity with Cuba in Italy reaffirms support for that country

Rome, Cuba.- Noemi Rabaza, First Vice-President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), met in her nation’s Embassy in Italy with representatives of groups that are members of the movement of solidarity with Cuba. Rabaza said that her visit to this country, accompanied by ICAP’s director for Europe, Rigoberto Zarza, aims to […]

2 November, 2022 Italy-Cuba Friendship Association celebrates 13th Congress

Rome, Italy.- The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association, founded in 1961 after the mercenary invasion of Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) against the emerging Cuban Revolution, will hold its 13th Congress, its President Marco Papacci announced in an interview with Prensa Latina. The association, with 70 clubs and nearly 4,500 members, will assess at the meeting, […]

2 November, 2022 Venezuelan lawmaker repudiates US blockade against Cuba

Caracas, Venezuela.- From the PSUV, the National Assembly, and the Venezuelan State, as a whole, this Tuesday, we repudiate the criminal actions imposed by the United States on Cuba and on the people of the world, young lawmaker Francisco Quevedo stated. Quevedo, who is also a member of the Regional Directorate of the United Socialist […]

2 November, 2022 Classic Havana Festival will show luxury edition in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- From November 5 to 20, the Classic Havana Festival will welcome musicians from Cuba and Europe to share the best of that genre in a luxury edition, its organizers confirmed here. More than 50 soloists, conductors, music, theater and dance groups representing Germany, Canada, the United States, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, the United […]

1 November, 2022 Joe Biden keeps blockade unchanged, says Cuban ambassador

Mexico City, Mexico.- President Joe Biden has not changed the U.S. blockade policy against Cuba despite his electoral promises, according to Marcos Rodriguez, Cuban ambassador to Mexico. Rodriguez gave a press conference on Monday at the Cuban embassy on the occasion of his country´s report and draft resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for […]

1 November, 2022 Blockade against Cuba condemned in Sweden before UN vote

Stockholm, Sweden.- The Swedish-Cuban Association of Solidarity on Monday rejected the US blockade against the island and expressed confidence in the resounding victory at the United Nations of a new draft resolution about the end of that extraterritorial policy. On the occasion of the upcoming vote at the United Nations General Assembly, we again proclaim […]