Cuba denounces the imposition of the U.S. blockade at the Second Committee of the United Nations.
New York, 7 October 2019. The Cuban delegation participated today in the General Debate of the Second Committee of the United Nations, at its 74th session, where it expressed its intention to contribute to the elimination of the obstacles, gaps and challenges faced by the world community in terms of development, especially affecting the most vulnerable countries, in particular African countries, the least developed countries, landlock
The U.S. blockade is the main obstacle to the socio-economic development of the island.
New York, October 3, 2019. From the beginning of the implementation of the blockade against Cuba, the health and food sectors have been prioritized targets of U.S. government aggressions. Maneuvers aimed at promoting hunger and disease among the Cuban people and thereby undermining support for the Revolution have constantly been present in the plans and programs of the dirty war against the island.
During the last year, only in the food and agriculture branch, the repercussions registered totaled 412,230,614 dollars.
U.S. hampers Cuban international health cooperation, denounces diplomatic of the island.
New York, 1 October 2019.The eradication of poverty, the reduction of inequality, the promotion of productive employment, decent work for all and an inclusive society continue to be fundamental development objectives, stated Mirta Granda Averhoff, Head of the Department of Political Affairs of the General Division for Multilateral Affairs of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who participated today in the gen
Massive process of citizen consultation in Cuba.
Havana, October 1, 2019. Cuba will be home from today until November 30 of a massive accountability process.
It is one of the most important moments of the political and institutional system of the island, in which delegates to the People's Power are accountable to their constituents.
For this, more than 68 thousand meetings will be convened in the more than 12 thousand constituencies of the country, in which voters will participate in their areas of residence.
Global rejection of US blockade highlighted in Russia.
St. Petersburg, Russia; October 1, 2019. We have spent decades witnessing an almost unanimous position at the UN General Assembly calling for the lifting of the US blockade against Cuba, stated former president of the 73rd session of that body, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces.
We see it as a threat to the development rights of Cuba and its self-determination, the former Ecuadorian Foreign minister told Prensa Latina, shortly after her intervention at the 4th Russia-Ibero-America Forum, held in this northern Russian city.