Havana, September 26 (RHC) Guyana and Dominica renewed before the UN their condemnation and the demand that the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba be immediately ended.

In his speech at the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations, the Guyanese president, Irfaan Ali, denounced that the island sees the right to development diminished by the coercive measure, after reaffirming the call for the lifting of the system of sanctions and also for remove Cuba from the list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.

Meanwhile, the president of Dominica, Sylvanie Burton, advocated continuing the fight to end the long-standing siege because “it harms the people of Cuba and also damages the image of its sponsors.”

“The trade embargo (…) continues to be a cause of great concern for us in the Caribbean. Its uprising is increasingly urgent. Therefore, the Commonwealth of Dominica once again adds its voice to the overwhelming majority of members of this global organization to call for the immediate withdrawal of trade restrictions and export bans,” she stated, and added that these are unjustified and unjustifiable measures, outdated and belonging to a bygone era.

The representatives of Suriname, Dominica, Brazil, Namibia, Honduras, Angola, Guinea Bissau and Colombia also spoke against the North American blockade and the demand for the elimination of Cuba from the State Department’s list of countries who allegedly sponsor terrorism. (Source: Prensa Latina)

Havana, September 26 (RHC)– The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, ratified today at the United Nations the rejection of tax measures and interventionist campaigns against Venezuela and Nicaragua.

Speaking at the XXIV Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), the Cuban Foreign Minister reiterated the firmest support for the Government of President Nicolás Maduro, of Venezuela, and for the civil-military union of his people.

As reported in X ALBA-TCP, Rodríguez Parrilla stated that it is only up to Venezuelans to settle their own affairs, free from external interference.

At the meeting taking place today in New York, within the framework of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Foreign Minister stressed that, like the aforementioned South American nation, Nicaragua is the target of unjust, unilateral tax measures and fierce interventionist campaigns by the Washington government.

He also assured that the Caribbean community has and will always have a sister in Cuba who accompanies them in their right to receive fair and special treatment. (Source: ACN)

United Nations, September 26 (RHC)– Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa, on behalf of the Bolivian government, reaffirmed on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly her country’s support for countries sanctioned with “unilateral” measures such as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and also expressed “full support” for the self-determination of Palestine.

Sosa maintained that Bolivia recognizes the international community “as a space of solidarity and cooperation under the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations,” and therefore rejects “unilateral coercive measures which violate the most basic human rights and delay the development of many peoples.”

“We express our solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and all the countries of the world that unjustly suffer these unilateral sanctions,” she said.  The Bolivian foreign minister also expressed the “most emphatic rejection of the economic, financial and commercial blockade by the United States” against Cuba, an “injustice” that “is aggravated when the United States unilaterally” incorporates the island “on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism”.

Sosa lamented that the “occupation, forced displacements and genocide” have led Palestine to “devastation and destruction, creating an open-air prison for thousands and thousands of people, mainly children and women.”

For the Bolivian foreign minister, peace and security in Palestine “will not be achieved without a real commitment to respect for human rights and an end to genocide.”

For this reason, she reaffirmed Bolivia’s “full support” for the “self-determination and independence of Palestine” and expressed her wish that it “should soon be established as a full state in the United Nations Assembly.”

The top diplomat also referred to Bolivia’s centenary maritime claim against Chile, which was brought in 2013 by the Andean country before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.

Bolivia was looking for a ruling that would force Chile to negotiate firm sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean, which it lost in a war in 1879, but in 2018 the UN court ruled that the Chilean state has no legal obligation to do so.

Sosa pointed out that the court urged in its ruling that both nations engage in dialogue and assured that her country “is ready to enter into dialogue when its counterpart agrees.

“We are sure that with the support and accompaniment of all of you, we will maintain and strengthen our democracy and the institutionality of our country,” added Sosa, who earlier denounced to the G20 the “destabilization attempts” against the Bolivian government.

Havana, September 26 (RHC) Guyana and Dominica renewed before the UN their condemnation and the demand that the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba be immediately ended.

In his speech at the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations, the Guyanese president, Irfaan Ali, denounced that the island sees the right to development diminished by the coercive measure, after reaffirming the call for the lifting of the system of sanctions and also for remove Cuba from the list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism.

Meanwhile, the president of Dominica, Sylvanie Burton, advocated continuing the fight to end the long-standing siege because “it harms the people of Cuba and also damages the image of its sponsors.”

“The trade embargo (…) continues to be a cause of great concern for us in the Caribbean. Its uprising is increasingly urgent. Therefore, the Commonwealth of Dominica once again adds its voice to the overwhelming majority of members of this global organization to call for the immediate withdrawal of trade restrictions and export bans,” she stated, and added that these are unjustified and unjustifiable measures, outdated and belonging to a bygone era.

The representatives of Suriname, Dominica, Brazil, Namibia, Honduras, Angola, Guinea Bissau and Colombia also spoke against the North American blockade and the demand for the elimination of Cuba from the State Department’s list of countries who allegedly sponsor terrorism. (Source: Prensa Latina)

This would be an important step toward improving the Cuban economic situation, German diplomat Wagner noted.

Sept 25 (teleSUR) On Wednesday, Christian Wagner, spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, said that Germany supports removing Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

“The German government, together with its EU partners, supports the removal of Cuba from the list of states that support terrorism. This would also be an important step toward improving Cuba’s social and economic situation,” he said.

Last week, nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries urged their governments to press the United States to have President Joe Biden remove Cuba from that list, which also includes Syria, Iran, and North Korea. Cuba’s inclusion on the U.S. list results in economic sanctions that restrict access to food and medicine.

On Tuesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva said it was unacceptable for the United States to keep Cuba among countries allegedly promoting terrorism and urged an end to a measure harmful to the Caribbean nation.

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In his speech at the opening of the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations, he emphasized that Cuba’s inclusion on the U.S. list is unjustifiable as it lacks any concrete evidence to support it.

Authorities in Havana have consistently denounced Cuba’s inclusion on the U.S. terrorist list as part of the tightening of the economic, financial, and commercial blockade imposed for more than six decades.

In early September, Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet also sent a letter to President Biden asking him to remove Cuba from the State Department’s list. On that occasion, the letter garnered support from over 5,500 signatures from artists, writers, and intellectuals from 113 countries.