Havana, October 9 (RHC)– Students, workers and people in general, gathered on Tuesday in the central Marti Park in the city of Ciego de Avila to express their support for the self-determination and peace of the nation of Palestine, attacked by the Zionist state of Israel.

After a year of continuous conflict in the Gaza Strip, where about 2.3 million Palestinians live, a genocide has been committed with more than 60 thousand deaths to date, mostly women, children and the elderly.

Alexis Valdés Hamadi, president of the Arab Association of Cuba in the province of Ciego de Avila, recalled the background of the conflict dating back to the late 19th century with the emergence of the Zionist movement, and rejected, in addition to the genocide committed in the Gaza Strip, the bombing of civilians in Lebanon and Syria, which reaffirms the inhuman and barbaric nature of the Israeli regime.

Also in Santiago de Cuba, at the Monument to the Martyrs of the University of Oriente, the people staged a great mobilization of solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

According to Carl-Adrien Jean Baptiste, a medical student from Haiti, genocide is a crime everywhere in the world, that is why we must fight for just causes so that peace can be felt in every space.   The Palestinian brothers are not alone, the world is at their side, defending the cessation of the attack on the Gaza Strip, he said.

Likewise, in the young province of Artemisa, the locals ratified the support of the province to the Palestinian cause, in a day where more than four thousand children received their blue scarf and the welcome to the Organization of José Martí Pioneers (OPJM).

The Mausoleum of the Martyrs of Artemisa hosted the act of revolutionary reaffirmation in which, Lázara Yudelky Quiala Leal, first secretary of the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in the territory, said that the “Palestinian people have shown admirable courage in the face of oppression”.

Their resistance, she added, “is not only an act of defense of their land, but a cry for justice that resounds in every corner of the world.

Havana, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stated on Monday that a year after the beginning of the Israeli devastating war on the Palestinian people, the Israeli government continues its massacres in Gaza and is now doing the same against Lebanon.

On X, Rodriguez noted that Israel acts with total impunity and with the United States’ support.

“We will not stand still. This genocide must stop without conditions or delays,” he said.

Since October 2023, Israeli troops have killed nearly 42,000 Gazan citizens and injured more than 96,000.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) recently expressed its concern over the events in the Middle East, which it said they have been motivated by Israel’s aggressive policy, with the military, logistical, and political support of the US government.

MINREX reiterated that peace in the Middle East will only be possible through a comprehensive, lasting, and just solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which provides for establishing a sovereign and independent State within the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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Oct 2 (Radio Havana Cuba)

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba on the need to stop Israeli aggression in the Middle East

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba observes with great concern the events in the Middle East, motivated by the aggressive policy of the State of Israel, with the military, logistical and political support of the U.S. government, all of which has led to a dangerous escalation, has further compromised regional stability and security and has provoked Iran’s response.

Almost a year after the Zionist government’s savage genocide against the Palestinian people, and as a demonstration of its absolute disregard for the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, the Israeli government, instead of seeking a negotiated solution that guarantees a ceasefire, has lashed out and intensified its irresponsible aggression against Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba has been warning of the danger of further escalation in the Middle East as a result of these actions and the aggressiveness and impunity with which Israel acts.

Cuba, while expressing its solidarity with the nations attacked by Israel, calls for peace and negotiations for an immediate ceasefire to avoid further escalation of a conflict that has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of people and has aggravated the humanitarian crisis to alarming levels in populations in the region.

We emphasize our attachment to justice and International Law. We reiterate that peace will only be possible in the Middle East through a comprehensive, lasting and fair solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which includes the creation of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Likewise, we must guarantee, without further delay, the entry of Palestine as a full member of the UN.

Havana, October 1, 2024.

Havana, Oct 5 (RHC) The Rossiya Airlines company will resume its flight program between Moscow and Havana starting on Sunday, October 13.

A report on the company’s website states that Rossiya, which belongs to the Aeroflot airline, will restore the flights with a weekly frequency, on Sundays.

In December 2023, Rossiya started seasonal flights on this route, which operate during the high season for tourism in the Caribbean country, coinciding with northern winter.

The company also operates flights from Moscow to the Cuban resort of Varadero, about 140 km east of Havana, with a frequency of three times per week since October 3. (Source: Prensa Latina)

Havana, October 2 (RHC) Young people from Cuba today are taking part in a national support day for Palestine, which will last until October 7, the day when the Israeli military campaign against Gaza started, killing more than 41,000 people.

The call, launched by the Cuban Union of Young Communists on Monday, urges people not to remain indifferent and to unite in defense of Palestine’s cause, a year after the attack in the coastal enclave. During the week, various events will take place to reaffirm Cuba’s solid solidarity with Palestine’s struggle.

Israeli attacks on Gaza have spread to Lebanon, where Israeli warplanes continue to attack in all regions, particularly in the south, Beqaa and southern suburbs of Beirut in a bloody escalation with unpredictable consequences.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the incursion of the Israeli army into southern Lebanon and called for an end to impunity for Zionist aggression in the region. In his social media post, the head of state emphasized that while the UN General Assembly was in session, the danger of barbarity becoming normalized in the Middle East was growing.

In international forums, Cuba has advocated for the creation of two states that would allow Palestinians to exercise self-determination and establish an independent sovereign state within pre-1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital. (Source: Prensa Latina)