SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES-CUBA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS ESCALATION OF US BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA AND CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIVITY WITH THE GREATER OF THE ANTILLES
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
From April of 2018 until March of 2019 the blockade has caused losses for Cuba of around $4,343. 6 million.
CUBA’S REPORT
On Resolution 73/8 of the United Nations General Assembly entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”
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July 2019
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1.1 Validity of the laws of the blockade 4
1. Continuity and the tightening of the blockade policy 4
CONCERT OF HOMAGE TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF FIDEL CASTRO AND THE FEDERATION OF CUBAN WOMEN IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
With a concert at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Government and grateful people of the sister Caribbean nation, along with diplomats, collaborators and Cuban residents in that country, paid memorial tribute to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro on the day of the 59th anniversary of the Federation of Cuban Women, an organization closely linked to Fidel's vision and thought.
CUBANS, RESIDENTS IN SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES PROTAGONIZE, TOGETHER WITH THE COLLABORATORS, CONCERT IN HOMAGE TO FIDEL.
Cuban residents, together with members of the medical brigade in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, took part in the central event, organized by the Cuban Embassy in the sister Caribbean nation, in homage to the 93rd anniversary of the birth of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro and the 59th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Cuban Women ( FMC).
I MISS FIDEL VERY, VERY MUCH – RALPH GONSALVES
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.