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Brazil calls Cuba’s inclusion on terrorist list unacceptable

United Nations, September 24 (RHC)– The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says it is unacceptable that the United States keeps Cuba among the countries supposedly promoting terrorism and urged an end to a measure that is harmful … Continue reading

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Iran reiterates support for Cuba in face of U.S. sanctions

United Nations, September 22 (RHC)– Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed Iran’s solidarity with Cuba in the face of illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island nation. Araghchi made the remarks during a meeting with his … Continue reading

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Open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism receives wide media coverage

Havana, September 21 (RHC) — An open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden is receiving wide coverage around the world. The Sri Lankan Guardian newspaper published the letter to U.S. President Joe Biden from nearly 600 international parliamentarians demanding the … Continue reading

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Cuba thanks and strengthens relations with compatriots abroad

Havana, September 22 (RHC) — The head of the General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Assistance to Cubans Residing Abroad (DACCRE) of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Ana Teresita González, assured in New York that Cuba is deepening dialogue with its compatriots outside … Continue reading

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Cuban foreign minister calls U.S. blockade a policy designed to do harm

Havana, September 21 (RHC)– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today called the blockade against his country “a policy motivated to do harm,” denouncing its impact in a meeting with Cubans living in the United States. “I come to the UN to … Continue reading

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Parliamentarians from 73 countries demand that the U.S. exclude Cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism

Havana, September 20 (RHC)– Nearly 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries demanded this Friday that Cuba be excluded from the spurious list of countries sponsoring terrorism, drawn up by the United States Department of State. Through a joint letter coordinated and … Continue reading

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Cuba in Context — Art as Sustainability & Getting Around in an Energy Crisis

September 18 (Belly of the Beast) Marnia Briones is a self-taught Cuban artist with an uncanny ability to turn discarded items into pieces of art. She turns old clothes into canvases, cigar boxes into dollhouses and cans into wind chimes. … Continue reading

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U.S. President Joe Biden extends U.S. blockade of Cuba for another year

Havana, Sepember 18 (RHC)– The President of the United States, Joe Biden, extended for another year the Trading with the Enemy Act, a 1917 regulation under which the blockade of Cuba was imposed — considered the longest in history. “I hereby determine … Continue reading

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Brazilian writer Leonardo Boff calls for Cuba to be removed from the U.S. terrorist list

Havana, September 16 (RHC)– Brazilian writer Leonardo Boff supports the open letter by French-Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet addressed to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to demand the exclusion of Cuba from the list of States sponsoring terrorism. … Continue reading

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Diaz-Canel: Washington’s blockade against Cuba is an act of genocide

Havana, September 13 (Radio Habana Cuba)– The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, denounced this Friday that the blockade imposed by the United States on the island … Continue reading

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