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Cuba backed by 187 votes against blockade at UN
United Nations, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The UN General Assembly today adopted, with 187 votes in favor, two against and one abstention, the thirty-second resolution demanding the end of the United States blockade against Cuba. The result confirms the isolation of the northern nation in its policy toward Havana, described in these spaces as obsolete Continue reading
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UN General Assembly, once again against the blockade of Cuba
United Nations, Oct 29th (Prensa Latina) The UN General Assembly began its debates on Tuesday dedicated to analyzing the impact of the United States blockade on Cuba, aggravated by the permanence of the Caribbean country on the list of alleged sponsors of terrorism. For two days, dozens of representatives of the member states will take Continue reading
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Letter published today in the US newspaper The New York Times
President Biden, you have exactly 90 days to reverse Trump’s brutal policy on Cuba Ten years ago, President Obama opened a hopeful new chapter in US-Cuba relations by taking the first steps toward normalization. People in both countries were optimistic that Cuba and the United States could become neighbors rather than Cold War enemies. However, Continue reading
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Gambia condemns US financial war against Cuba
Banjul, Oct. 21.- The president of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association, Joseph Modou Peh Grant, today strongly condemned the financial war that the US is imposing on the largest of the Antilles, in clear allusion to the tightened blockade by Washington. In a message sent to the embassy of the Caribbean island in this West African Continue reading
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Condenan en Gambia guerra financiera de EEUU contra Cuba
Banjul, 21 oct.- El presidente de la Asociación de Amistad Gambia-Cuba, Joseph Modou Peh Grant, condenó hoy enérgicamente la guerra financiera que EEUU le impone a la mayor de las Antillas, en clara alusión al arreciado bloqueo de Washington. En un mensaje enviado a la embajada de la isla caribeña en esta nación del occidente Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel: Cuba is experiencing an exceptional situation
Havana, Oct 21st (Agencies) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said that the country is experiencing an exceptional situation, marked by two fundamental and complex events: the energy emergency, and the effects of a cyclone that hit the eastern provinces of the Caribbean island. Regarding the energy emergency, the president stressed that the problem stems from Continue reading
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Gambia interested in exploring new opportunities in ties with Cuba
Havana, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The willingness of Gambia and Cuba to explore new opportunities in relations is a clear demonstration that both countries are interested in moving forward, said their new ambassador Seyaka Sonko. “This partnership is deeply rooted in the basic principles of trust, mutual respect and reciprocal benefits,” said the head of Continue reading
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Cuba pays tribute to Commander Che Guevara
Havana, Oct 8th (Prensa Latina) In every corner of Cuba, people remember and pay tribute to Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of his capture and subsequent murder in Bolivia on October 8th. For Cubans, the man known worldwide as “Che” Guevara left behind an ideal of justice and Continue reading
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Ernesto Che Guevara: Example
More than attacking history, he conquered it by force of courage, principles and example. Ernesto Guevara, for all of us our Che, is one of those men that we can love infinitely, not only for the Cuban Revolution that he helped to birth, make and consolidate, but also for that aroma of integrity, determination, discipline Continue reading
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Gambia reiterated call to end blockade against Cuba at UNGA79
New York, Sept. 29.- Gambia again called, for the sixth consecutive time, for an end to the blockade against Cuba at the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly (UNGA79), which concluded this Sunday here. The new call was made by the president of that West African nation, Adama Barrow, in his speech last Thursday Continue reading
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Parliamentarians around the world demand that Cuba be removed from the list of terrorist countries
Havana. (Prensa Latina) Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries on five continents demanded that the United States remove Cuba from the unilateral list of states that Washington says sponsor terrorism. In a joint letter, coordinated and published by the Progressive International, the legislators described the designation of the Caribbean nation by Washington as cruel and Continue reading
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Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries call on the US to take Cuba off the “state-sponsor of terrorism” list
Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries across the globe have written a joint letter, coordinated and published by the Progressive International (PI), condemning Cuba’s designation by the United States as a “state-sponsor of terrorism” as “cynical, cruel, and a clear violation of international law”. In the letter, published today, Friday 20 September, the legislators call Continue reading
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Gambia condemns US extension of blockade on Cuba
Banjul, Sept. 20th .- The president of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association, Joseph Modou Peh Grant, today strongly condemned the extension for one more year of the US blockade on the Caribbean island, announced by President Joe Biden. In a note sent to the Cuban embassy here, Peh Grant, on behalf of solidarity friends of this Continue reading
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Cuban Foreign Minister Presents Update on Report on the Impact of the US Blockade
Havana. – The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, presented to the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Havana and to the national and foreign press, an update of the National Report on the impact on the Caribbean island of the US blockade. The presentation was a prelude to the consideration by the United Continue reading
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More Cuban health professionals arrived in Gambia to cure and save lives
Banjul, Sep 9. – New Cuban health professionals arrived in Gambia to join the Caribbean island’s Medical Brigade (BMC) that has been curing and saving lives in this West African nation for almost three decades. The doctors, graduates and technicians will provide their solidarity services in the different regions of the country, and a team Continue reading
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OPEN LETTER FROM RENOWNED EUROPEAN WRITER AND INTELLECTUAL IGNACIO RAMONET TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOE BIDEN
Take Cuba off the list of sponsors of terrorism! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaHeuAkEQjoSBRCnVwM-11KHXeYtsgWUYm4accRnIx5Khmcw/formResponse Mr. President Joe Biden, Your presidential term is coming to an end in a few months. With all due respect, I am writing to you on behalf of a significant number of individuals, social movements, trade unions, humanitarian associations, and non-governmental organizations worldwide who sign Continue reading
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Day for Peace against Terrorism and the Blockade of Cuba begins
Havana, Sep 4th (Prensa Latina) The worldwide rejection of the hostility of the United States towards Cuba called for a Day for Peace against Terrorism and the Blockade, promoted by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), starting this Wednesday. The initiative will be in effect until the date of presentation to the Continue reading
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On Health minister’s visit to Cuba!
EDITORIAL In this day and age, strengthening bilateral ties is not only important, but key in achieving meaningful results. While countries look out for strategic development partners far and wide, Cuba has stood beside The Gambia for many years. The ties which date back to years is one that symbolises friendship based on mutual trust Continue reading
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Congresswoman Barbara Lee calls for a more humane US policy towards Cuba
Washington, Aug 27th (Prensa Latina) Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee described the US blockade against Cuba as obsolete and harmful and said she will work to achieve a more intelligent and humane policy towards the Caribbean country. A member of the House of Representatives for California since 1998, Lee recalled that she has deployed her efforts Continue reading
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Gambian Minister of Health makes fruitful visit to Cuba
Banjul, August 17. – Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, made a working visit to Cuba with the purpose of expanding the historic collaboration in this area between the two sister countries, which was described as very fruitful. During his stay in Havana this week, Samateh and the delegation that accompanied him, made Continue reading
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