Cuba appreciates messages of congratulations and solidarity
Cuba appreciates messages of congratulations and solidarity
Havana, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuba s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked on Saturday the messages of congratulations received from several regions on the 62nd anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.
The demonstrations of friendship and solidarity of personalities, peoples and governments have accompanied Cuba in 62 years of resistance and victory, the FM pointed out on Twitter.
Governments, personalities and solidarity groups from several regions have been sending messages of congratulations to the country for the New Year and the historic date since the end of 2020.
For reasons of time difference and ideological proximity and feelings, Vietnam was one of the first nations to send its greetings through a statement from the Secretary General of the Communist Party and Vietnamese President, Nguyen Phu Trong.
Cuba denounces persistence of US-imposed siege
Cuba denounces persistence of US-imposed siege
2 de enero de 2021, 8:43Havana, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) The hostility of the United States against Cuba reinforces the almost six decades-long siege, according to recent denounces made by Cuban authorities. After the announcement by the Treasury Department against the Cuban entity Banco Financiero Internacional (BFI) (International Financial Bank), Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed the rejection of the punitive measure that further intensifies the blockade after a year of unprecedented pressure. The inclusion of entities in (the United States ) lists aims at reinforcing an economic siege that has not been able to destroy the Cuban Revolution in 62 years, the head of Foreign Relations tweeted.
Diaz-Canel denounces new US maneuver against Cuba
Diaz-Canel denounces new US maneuver against Cuba
Havana, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday denounced the US efforts to include Cuba in the list of nations that sponsor terrorism.
On his Twitter account, Diaz-Canel described such a maneuver as unilateral, absurd, hypocritical and unfair, and assured that Cuba will denounce every action against it. The US Government welcomes terrorist groups acting against Cuba, the president wrote.
We won t keep crimes quiet anymore. We will constantly and legitimately denounce all mercenary and imperialist actions against Cuba, the head of State added.
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez warned about the pretensions of the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to include Cuba in the aforementioned list, which is prepared by Washington.
WASHINGTON
The Trump administration is considering restoring Cuba to the list of nations the U.S. accuses of sponsoring terrorism, an apparent effort to muddle President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy plans while offering a potential boost for Republicans running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, several people familiar with the effort said Wednesday.
Such a move would allow President Trump to boast that he reversed a significant Obama-era initiative and create potential hardship for Cuba, the prospect of which pleases the president’s right-wing supporters and would be seen as a reward to Latinos who voted for him in Florida.