Mexico City, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The IX Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba began in Mexico with demonstrations in support of the island and a call to plan actions to continue the fight against the economic blockade imposed by the United States.

Photo: X @EmbaCuMex

During the inauguration at the National Center for the Arts in Havana, Fernando González, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, thanked the participants for their support and urged them to develop coordinated, united strategies.

This, he added, is intended to further influence the political, media, and economic spheres by denouncing the US blockade, which “unfortunately remains the main obstacle to development” in the Caribbean nation.

Before more than 500 people from various Latin American countries and other regions of the world, González urged support for an initiative by the José Martí Association of Cuban Residents in Mexico to raise funds for the purchase and shipment of an oil tanker to the island.

We also need to continue the fight for the Caribbean nation’s exclusion from Washington’s unilateral list of states that allegedly sponsor terrorism, and for the return of the territory illegally occupied by the naval base in Guantánamo Bay, in the eastern part of the island.

The Hero of the Republic of Cuba also called for continued support for the medical collaboration of the largest of the Antilles in other nations.

“Let us embrace more strongly the just causes we defend, including the defense of the Bolivarian Revolution (in Venezuela), the commitment to peace in Colombia, the special relationship of friendship with the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) countries, and the independence of Puerto Rico,” he said.

González condemned the genocide perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip and rejected the deployment of US military forces in the Caribbean and in international waters near Venezuela.

He also referred to the deep ties of friendship between Cuba and Mexico.

For her part, the president of the Mexican Senate, Laura Itzel Castillo, praised the Cuban people’s example of resilience and demanded an end to the economic, commercial, and financial siege imposed by the United States against Cuba for more than six decades.

Carlos Imanol Belausteguigoitia, Director General for Central America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also spoke in this regard. He also highlighted the solidarity between his country and Cuba and the excellent moment of understanding that currently characterizes the bilateral relationship.

Tamara Barra, of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, expressed confidence that the meeting, which concludes next Sunday, will strengthen solidarity efforts and foster the development of strategies to continue fighting the blockade.

The inauguration was attended by Carolina Rangel, secretary general of the ruling Morena party, as well as representatives, senators, the ambassadors from Palestine, Russia, Venezuela, and Vietnam, and delegates from 25 Latin American nations and 24 Mexican states.

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October 8, 2025 — Belly of the Beast

Cuba has introduced a resolution every year for the last three decades at the United Nations General Assembly calling on the world to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

The result has been almost exactly the same every time: nearly every country in the world has condemned the embargo. The two countries that have consistently voted against the resolution have been the United States and Israel.

But the Trump administration wants a different outcome this time round.

An internal State Department cable seen by Reuters is directing U.S. diplomats worldwide to lobby against the resolution by pointing to Cuba’s supposed support of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Diplomats will tell countries that there are 5,000 Cuban troops in Ukraine. The number stems from Ukrainian intelligence reports, and has not been verified.

There are many reports of Cubans fighting in the war, with several losing their lives. According to some of these Cubans (in Spanish), they have been manipulated into entering the war, following the promise of jobs and passports in Russia.

But there is no credible evidence that the recruitment is taking place with the collaboration or support of the Cuban government. Cuba has denied (in Spanish) any involvement and prosecuted individuals on the island involved in such cases.

October 8, 2025 — Belly of the Beast

The Dominican Republic announced (in Spanish) last week that Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua would not be invited to the Summit of the Americas in December, which it is hosting, due to the “current context of political polarization.”

Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs blamed the decision (in Spanish) on the “brutal and unilateral pressure” from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Since becoming the U.S.’s top diplomat, Rubio has ramped up pressure on Cuba, targeting its medical cooperation programs and other sources of foreign currency. In February, he labeled Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua “enemies of humanity.”

The Summit of the Americas has been held every three years since 1994 by the Organization of American States. Cuba was expelled from the OAS in 1962, while Venezuela and Nicaragua withdrew from the organization in 2019 and 2021, respectively. All three have participated in the summit in the past.

The Biden administration also refused to invite Cuba to the 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, triggering a boycott from several Latin American leaders, including the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia and Peru.

“It’s difficult to imagine that this year’s exclusion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba from the Summit will provoke the kind of protest seen in 2022,” Francesca Emanuele, an expert on the OAS at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, told Lee Schlenker in an article in Responsible Statecraft. “The Trump administration’s economic threats and coercive measures have spread fear throughout the region.”

Havana, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, today denounced the corrupt behavior of the US to put pressure on its allies and withdraw support in united nations for the resolution against the blockade.

The Cuban minister, in the social network X said, “The US State Department, following its Secretary’s corrupt agenda, lobbies with lies and pressures allies to withdraw support for the resolution of #AGNU vs blockade of #Cuba”.

In the publication itself, the island’s foreign affairs official referred to the objectives of such conduct, “It is intended to deceive the international community and conceal serious damage caused to Cuban families”.

The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled for October 28 and 29 to implement its resolution 79/7 when Cuba presents an update on the “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.

The report for the period March 2024 – February 2025, recently published in Havana, states that at that time the blockade caused material damage to Cuba estimated at $7,556.1 million.

Meanwhile, such a hostile policy of more than six decades of blockade, today intensified, reports historical accumulated damages that at current prices, amount to 170,677 million dollars. Meanwhile, compared to the gold value it is equivalent to two trillion 103 billion dollars

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At the close of the High-Level Segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the request to lift the US blockade on Cuba was heard here more than 40 times

Author: Prensa Latina | september 30, 2025 

At the close of the High-Level Segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the call to lift the US blockade of Cuba was heard here more than 40 times.

The speech that closed the marathon succession of speakers on Monday, who had taken the podium of the General Assembly since September 23, was that of Ambassador Dionisio Da Costa Babo Soares, permanent representative of Timor-Leste to the UN, and his words did not fail to condemn the long-standing unilateral blockade against the Caribbean country.

“Timor-Leste supports the elimination of the economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Republic of Cuba, which is, in our opinion, a violation of human rights that harms the Cuban people by limiting their access to essential goods,” said the diplomat.

Cuba is one of Timor-Leste’s closest partners in the health sector, said the Timorese representative, who argued that the Caribbean nation has trained “more than a thousand professionals and provided direct assistance to our patients in hospitals.”

He added that “the inclusion of Cuba on the list of states that sponsor terrorism is totally unjustified and we therefore request that it be removed from the list immediately.”

For his part, Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said: “We denounce and condemn, together with all the peoples of the world, the horrific, hateful, and despicable policies of criminal economic blockade, aggression with coercive, arbitrary, unilateral measures.

“We ratify here our full and unequivocal solidarity and brotherhood with Cuba and Venezuela,” Moncada stressed.

The list of countries that expressed their support for Cuba includes Brazil, Suriname, South Africa, Mozambique, Colombia, Vietnam, Angola, Nauru, Namibia, Guyana, Congo, Bolivia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Dominica, Tanzania, Uganda, Sao Tome and Principe, and Mexico.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Jamaica, Belize, Lesotho, Antigua and Barbuda, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, the Bahamas, Grenada, Burkina Faso, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Laos, Russia, Belarus, Eritrea, Saint Lucia, and Honduras also made reference to the Caribbean nation.

On Saturday, speaking at the UN General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said that the blockade against his country persists and is becoming extremely harsh.

“This is a true, comprehensive and prolonged economic war, aimed at depriving Cubans of their livelihoods and sustainability, of their existence as a united, cultured and joyful people,” he added.

Anyone who claims otherwise is deliberately lying, he stressed. The very promoters of this war boast of its destructive effect and its ability to strike at the standard of living of an entire people from any corner of the planet, he argued.

He also pointed out that “it is cynical that the United States government, for purposes of political and economic coercion, labels Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, a slander that is not shared by this Organization or any of its Member States.” He recalled that the island has been a victim of this scourge.

By: PL — Cuba Si – 6 October 2025

President Joins Clean-Up Initiative in Havana

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participated in a clean-up effort in the capital today and called on the people to multiply their efforts for the good of Cuba. The president convened in the surroundings of the Palace of the Revolution alongside Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, to sanitize the area. Other national leaders and workers from the institution also participated.

Acknowledging Public Sentiment and Challenges

Díaz-Canel stated, “There is a national call, and the population has joined in. They have acted with a sense of responsibility, above all due to the dissatisfaction they felt with the situation we are experiencing.” He emphasized the need to combat problems daily and to set the goal of doing good for the city and the community, adding, “I believe people have responded well, and a good atmosphere has been created.”

However, he also acknowledged the challenges, noting, “Not everything is rosy. A large portion has mobilized, but others have not heeded the call and think that others have to solve the problem.” The president argued that initiatives like these reveal the country’s own inadequacies, pointing to issues related to “daily maintenance and systematicity” that should not require a general mobilization.

A Sustained Effort is Needed

Looking ahead, the head of state asserted that there is still much to do. “Although we made a significant effort over the weekend, we will not solve everything,” he said. “We will have to continue this week, and above all, what concerns the people is how this will be sustained. We will sustain it if we all work like this.”

He concluded on a hopeful note, expressing his belief that the work in Havana would inspire actions across the country. “In the end, what is multiplied is the effort of Cuban men and women for the well-being of all,” Díaz-Canel concluded.