Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, arrived in Paris, the capital of France, to carry out an extensive program of work with government and business authorities.
Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, expressed his rejection of the new measures released by the US State Department to expand its list of flight bans to Cuba
With the presence of the First Secretary of the Party, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, and the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel, began in Havana the Fourth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted today the Cuban resolution against the blockade with 187 votes in favor, 2 abstentions and 3 against.
Democratic senators opposed to the policy propelled against Cuba by the Trump Administration, sent a letter to the executive to reject the new restrictions imposed on flights to the island.
The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel condemned the Trump Administration’s persecution of ships transporting oil to Cuba, an action to create hardships and difficulties for the Cuban people.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang criticized U.S. security policies, noting that U.S. officials have lived in a self-induced panic.
The restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration to limit Americans’ travel to Cuba are rejected in one of America’s main scenarios: the federal Congress.
The Campaign of Solidarity with Cuba in the United Kingdom, rejected the new measures announced by the Government of the United States to tighten its unilateral blockade against the island.
The celebration in Washington of a Cuba-U. S. Business Summit shows the interest the business community and other American sectors maintain in widening links with the island.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, reiterated this Thursday his country’s rejection of the latest measures taken by the Trump Administration.
Reports from the National Institute of Migration of Mexico pointed out that at least 20 migrant caravans have entered that territory until this week.
The president of Engage Cuba Coalition, James Williams, criticized the US Government’s decision to expand the list of entities on the island that are restricted to American citizens.
The blockade of the United States affects the attendance of Cuban specialists in meetings or scientific exchanges in American institutions, Maida Goite Pierre, Vice- Rector of the University of Havana, said.
The Fifteenth Forum of Cuban Civil Society organizations against the blockade reaffirmed its strong condemnation of this policy, maintained by successive US governments for 56 years, and demanded its unconditional lifting.
With aggressive postures and a lot of controversy, the Trump Administration will arrive in Lima for the eighth Summit of the Americas, a forum that will allow to measure its positions for Latin America.
