The text states that the inclusion of Cuba «has exacerbated uncertainty and fear» of the nations that make up the international community when it comes to carrying out financial exchanges

July 30 (teleSUR) Several independent experts from the United Nations (UN) demanded the withdrawal of Cuba by the United States (USA) The United States Government added to the list of States that sponsor terrorism (SSOT), adding that the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean nation must be lifted.

The group of experts indicated that the presence of Cuba in this list causes a conglomeration of restrictions from an economic and financial point of view which hinder the ability to resolve Cuban Government to provide assistance to its people.

The redesignation of Cuba as SSOT has added to the challenges already faced by the people of Cuba during the last three or four years, together with severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and economic and financial developments that have affected global supply chains and prices of commodities and energy,» the paper underlines.

On the other hand, the text notes that the inclusion of Cuba «has exacerbated uncertainty and fear» The Committee also notes that the Caribbean States have a role to play in the international community’s efforts to promote trade and financial exchanges with the country.

The unilateral designation of Cuba as a SSOT is contrary to the fundamental principles of international law, including the principle of the sovereign equality of States, non-intervention in the internal affairs of states and peaceful resolution of international disputes», stressed the UN expert group.

Among the damages caused by this decision, experts listed the limitation on obtaining licenses for the export of medicines and medical equipment to the country, and this consequently leads to a shortage “which affects all priority health sectors, including cardiovascular disease, pediatric oncology, oncology, obstetrics and gynecology”.

“We urge the United States Government to fully comply with all its international human rights obligations, including extraterritorial, and to take prompt action to end those measures”, they insisted.

They also emphasized that “the US government must end the restrictions imposed on Cuba”.

Havana, July 28 (RHC)– Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez welcomed the International Day Against the U.S. Blockade of Cuba, led by friends and compatriots of the island in several cities around the world.

The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs posted on the social network X images of activists against the anti-Cuban policy of the White House, and assured that in the face of injustice, the solidarity of those who march with Cuba will always shine.

According to Prensa Latina, the cry of ¡Cuba sí, Bloqueo no! was heard at the international airport in Miami, the scene where groups of patriotic emigrants joined the International Caravan against the unilateral siege of the United States on the island.  With flags and messages demanding an end to the economic, financial and commercial siege against the largest of the Antilles, the participants in the Caravan were present in front of the air terminal, details that media outlet.

The Puentes de Amor movement called for this Sunday, July 28, the holding of rallies and marches in various latitudes of the planet to demand the cessation of coercive measures against the Antillean island. The initiative, which dates back to 2020, raises this demand in the streets on the last weekends of each month, recently explained Carlos Lazo, coordinator of the movement in the North American nation.   (Source: Prensa Latina)

Havana, July 29 (RHC)– As part of the solidarity effort of the organizations Puentes de Amor and CodePink, another 2,750 pounds of powdered milk from the United States has arrived in Cuba..

“Without even resting from yesterday’s Caravan against the blockade, the bridge workers began to prepare in the early morning all the cargo that goes to maternal and child hospitals in Havana and other health centers in Cuba,” explained activist Carlos Lazo.

This is in addition to more than 60 thousand pounds of powdered milk that we have sent to pediatric hospitals in all the provinces of Cuba in the last two years, he recalled.

“And we will continue to open gaps in the blockade until the sanctions that punish the Cuban family are lifted,” said the coordinator of Puentes de Amor.

Just two weeks ago, both groups sent a similar amount of milk to pediatric hospitals in Artemisa, Mayabeque and a school for special education in Havana.

Despite the hate campaigns and intimidation that try to discredit and prevent Cuban emigrants from the island from contributing to the efforts of milk for Cuba, we exceeded the original idea of ​​40 thousand pounds, said the professor based in the city of Seattle.

He reiterated that they covered the 15 provinces of the country “and we and CodePink (a pacifist organization) will continue to do the same to help those in need, the children, the people who are in hospitals, while the blockade of the United States Government is in place.”

For Lazo, it is the duty of every patriotic emigrant and of all those who fight to lift this criminal unilateral siege imposed on the people of the Caribbean nation for more than six decades.   (Source: Prensa Latina)

By María Josefina Arce

Once again among us is the Venceremos Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba, which since its creation 55 years ago has accompanied the Cuban people in their just struggle against the blockade imposed by the United States more than six decades ago.

The Brigade, made up of citizens from about twenty US states, travels to Cuban territory every year to show its support for the largest of the Antilles, which is the object of an undeclared war by Washington.

Despite the prohibitions imposed by the criminal economic siege, threats and pressure, the first contingent arrived in our country in 1969 to get to know the Cuban reality, distorted by the great American press.

From that moment on, they would bring the truth about the Cuban Revolution and the obstacles that the blockade, condemned year after year by the UN General Assembly, represented for the progress of the Caribbean nation to other citizens of the North.

One of their main demands is the return of the territory illegally occupied by the United States in Guantanamo Bay since 1903, against the will of the Cuban government and people.

Now they have taken up the worldwide call for Cuba to be removed from the arbitrary list of countries allegedly sponsoring terrorism compiled by the United States of America.

And, as usual, the members of the Brigade visit historical sites, share with Cubans and also contribute to productive tasks and the repair of educational, health or social centers of great value.

Every year, the Venceremos Brigade sends a message of love and solidarity from the soil of the United States, where every day more and more people reject the genocidal blockade and support the normalization of relations between the two nations for the benefit of both peoples.

The Venceremos Brigade, the first to be founded internationally to express solidarity with Cuba, has shown throughout these decades that the Cuban people are not alone and have loyal friends on U.S. soil.