Bloqueo
-
Infinite thanks Cuba for the Abdala vaccine that is on my shoulder
By Habibou Jallow (Gambian doctor recently graduated in Cuba) Cuba, a small country in dimension, but huge for its ideas of brotherhood, equality and solidarity with other nations because it shares the little it has, not its left over. Many like me were received and embraced as children of its own with much love and Continue reading
-
Party in Cuba: The island will open to the world on N15th
By Patricio Montesinos Cuba will open its borders on November 15th, thanks to the epidemiological control and its own effective vaccines against Covid19, and it will celebrate this event with a great party in gratitude to its scientists, health professionals, and many other men and women of various sectors that have contributed to that success. Continue reading
-
Down with the blockade! Cry that is heard in the world
Havana, Nov 1 (Agencies). – A united clamor against the intensified economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States to Cuba once again toured 28 cities of 20 nations of the world this weekend, mainly within the United States and Europe. The American cities of Bristol, Troy, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, New Continue reading
-
The Point: Gambian receives highest prestigious medal from Cuba
Oct 14, 2021, 2:03 PM | Article By: Momodou Jawo Modou Grant, a retired accountant and a resident of Kanifing South, who doubles as the president of The Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association has been awarded the highest prestigious medal of Cuba. The award is given to institutions, individuals and organisations including governments who collectively or individually support Continue reading
-
President Díaz-Canel thanks the Virtual Solidarity Meeting of Africa with Cuba
– President of the Cuban Parliament, Esteban Lazo, insists on strengthening relations with Africa Havana, Oct 7 (Agencies) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, thanked the celebration of the VII African Continental Meeting of Solidarity with the Caribbean nation, which took place this Thursday virtually. Díaz-Canel highlighted the common roots, the struggles and the shared Continue reading
-
Gambia urges U.S. to end embargo on Cuba
Sep 30, 2021, 12:01 PM | Article By: Pa Modou Cham Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray in her address at the United Nations General Assembly emphasised that The Gambia believes in friendly relations between states as the bedrock of international solidarity and cooperation. In this regard, VP Touray called on the United States to end the Continue reading
-
Fidel at the UN, five hours for history
– While the US authorities assumed an openly hostile attitude, in Harlem Fidel found a friendly atmosphere, surrounded by the poor and Afro-American community that welcomed him and still remembers him. United Nations. Sep. 26th (Prensa Latina) Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s first speech to the UN General Assembly took place on September 26, 61 years Continue reading
-
Gambia called on Africa to intensify solidarity with Cuba
Banjul, Sept. 16.- The President of the Gambia-Cuba Friendship Association, Mr. Joseph Modou Peh Grant, called on the peoples and governments of Africa to intensify their solidarity with the Caribbean Island, at a time when the United States is raging. the prolonged and criminal blockade that has been imposed on it for 60 years, in Continue reading
-
The New York Times: Biden on Hard Line on Cuba
Joe Biden’s presidency raised expectations about a change in US policy toward Cuba, but until today he has implemented a tougher line than his predecessor, Donald Trump, The New York Times reported. According to the journalistic work entitled ‘It is disappointing: Cubans criticize Biden’s strategy’, the Democrat’s mandate pointed, for many, to a return to Continue reading
-
New Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia
By Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Banjul, June 20. – The resurgence of the blockade, the discrediting campaigns against the Cuban Medical Brigades (BMC), nor the continuous attacks by the United States against the largest of the Antilles do not matter. We Cubans continue with firm and gigantic steps by the course that our history Continue reading
-
Gambian members of the parliament demand lifting of the US blockade of Cuba
Banjul, June 18th. – Members of the Gambia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group today called on the United States to lift the blockade that it has imposed on the largest of the Antilles for six decades. The legislators of this West African nation expressed that the economic, commercial and financial siege of Washington prevents the Caribbean island Continue reading
-
Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela doing so well in the fight against Covid19?
By Marc Vandepitte | 06/08/2021 | Latin American and Caribbean. It is curious that precisely the three American countries that suffer harsh economic sanctions by the United States are having much better results than the others in their fight against Covid19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has exposed the crisis of the neoliberal and Continue reading
-
The Giron of June for Biden
By Patricio Montesinos President Joe Biden will suffer his first great defeat against Cuba, as happened to the United States with its mercenary invasion in Giron, in 1961, when the coming June 23rd at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) a New draft Resolution condemning the unjust and cruel blockade of Washington on the Caribbean Continue reading
-
Heroes of our times
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) While the most dishonest and unjust empire in the world tends its cruel claws against the most supportive island on the planet, in the Gambia the teachers of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) continue to weave a beautiful story of commitment and solidarity with this brotherly people of Continue reading
-
Appeal of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Cuba to the parliamentarians of the world
The International Relations Committee of the National People’s Power Assembly of the Republic of Cuba wishes to thank all parliaments, parliamentary groups, organizations, entities and persons from all corners of the world who have raised their voice in the last months in favor of the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Continue reading
-
The Gambia will always be with Cuba, said honorable Tangara, Minister of Foreign affairs
Banjul, May 25th. -The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Gambia, Mamadou Tangara, reiterated that his country and his people will always be at the side of Cuba, a nation that he described as noble and very supportive. Honorable Tangara received this Monday the Cuban ambassador here, Rubén G. Abelenda, to whom he expressed that Continue reading
-
President Díaz-Canel underscores Cuba’s unity and talent to face Covid-19
Havana, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasized that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination of 70 percent of the population for August, despite the United States blockade, shows the unity and talent of the town. Through his Twitter account, the President urged «to dedicate our body and soul to achieve a vaccination strategy Continue reading
-
Religious Organizations in the US reject sanctions against Cuba
Washington, May 5 (Prensa Latina) US Religious and Faith Organizations asked in a letter to the Government of President Joe Biden, the lifting of the sanctions imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump that are still in force. A total of 16 entities of this type signed the letter addressed to the secretaries Continue reading
-
Cuba thanks international solidarity in the midst of the blockade and Covid-19
Havana, May 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked those from different parts of the world, who amid the impact of the US blockade and the Covid-19 pandemic, send aid to the Caribbean Country. Through his official Twitter account, the Foreign Minister also expressed gratitude to those Cubans living abroad who support their Continue reading
-
Unique and successful Health Caravan in the Gambia against the US blockade of Cuba
Banjul, Apr 25.- Gambian health professionals in solidarity with their colleagues from the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) staged in different regions of this West African nation a unique Caravan against the blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island for 60 years. In the middle of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer and Continue reading
"An Island on a Continent" 