Monthly Archives: June 2020

General Raul Castro Ruz

Best wishes for Raúl of his 89th birthday

Best wishes for Raúl
On the occasion of his 89th birthday, yesterday June 3, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, received many greetings. Cuba’s President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez tweeted, “Congratulations for his 89th birthday to our Army General, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, a fundamental protagonist in the Revolution and contemporary history”

Granmajune 4, 2020 09:06:40

Photo: Estudios Revolución
On the occasion of his 89th birthday, yesterday June 3, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, received many greetings.

. Cuba’s President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez tweeted, “Congratulations for his 89th birthday to our Army General, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, a fundamental protagonist in the Revolution and contemporary history.”

In another tweet, the head of state thanked Raul “for his history, loyalty and modesty. For his trust and guidance. For our free, arduously defended homeland.”

From Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro, also via Twitter, conveyed an embrace to the “leader of unimpeachable revolutionary principles who fills us with strength to continue the struggle for the dignity of our peoples. Thank you for so much wisdom, Comandante!

According to Prensa Latina, Kim Jong Un, president of the Workers’ Party of Korea, congratulated Raul, emphasizing that under his guidance and that of the Party, Cubans are victoriously advancing the socialist cause and overcoming many trials and difficulties.

Marta Garcia

Compañera Marta Garcia’s passing this morning

It is with much regret and pain in our hearts that we share the news of compañera Marta Garcia’s passing this morning. Marta was battling cancer of the bladder for some time. Simultaneously, she suffered the loss of her beloved husband Nelson Landrieu who died just seven months ago. The Puerto Rican diaspora, and Latino community in general, has lost a great patriot and fighter. Marta contributed wholeheartedly in defense of the Cuban Revolution, the freedom of the Cuban Five and the campaign to lift the Cuban blockade by way of her contacts in the mainstream media. She loved Cuba and Cuba loved her. Her constant and latest project focused on the LaTea Theater and on the development of the theater arts. Her latest battle was to save the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center from the hands of opportunists who want to change the original vision of it as a Puerto Rican institution to an Anglo-Saxon one. She was a core member of the NY Chapter of the National Media Coalition, which focused on finding employment for our people in the major media companies.
For this work and so much more, we are forever grateful to her. May the positive forces of the universe accompany her family and close friends at this moment of sadness. Fly high, dear friend! ❤️

Terrorists State Slanders Cuba

Cuba condemns terrorism and political manipulation

Cuba condemns terrorism and political manipulation
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MINREXjune 1, 2020 11:06:39

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states its strong rejection of the slanderous inclusion of Cuba in the U.S. State Department list of countries which are allegedly not cooperating fully with U.S. efforts against terrorism that was made public on May 13, 2020 and strongly rejected by President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Bermúdez.

This is a unilateral and arbitrary listing with no basis, authority or international support whatsoever which, as is known, only aids attempts to defame and pressure countries refusing to concede to the will of the U.S. government in making their sovereign decisions.

The main argument presented by the U.S. government is the presence in Cuban territory of members of the delegation to peace talks of the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia.

As is well known, the delegation to peace talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia are in Cuba after Ecuador suddenly renounced its commitment to continue as the venue of these talks and, at the request of the Colombian government and the ELN, the venue for the peace process was moved to Havana in May of 2018.

These peace talks began on February 7, 2017 in Quito, Ecuador. Cuba, along with Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela and Norway, has served as a guarantor of the peace process as requested by the parties.

After Mr. Iván Duque Márquez was inaugurated as President of Colombia on August 7, 2018, representatives of his government, beginning on August 8 that year and until January 2019, had several exchanges with Cuba and the ELN delegation to the peace talks, with respect to continuing the dialogue that had initiated during the Santos Presidency – a process during which our country showed appropriate discretion and acted strictly in its capacity as a guarantor.

Immediately after the bombing of the Police Cadet Academy in Bogota on Jaunary 17, 2019, the president of the Republic of Cuba and our Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed our condolences to the Colombian government and people and particularly to relatives of the victims of the bombing, and reaffirmed Cuba’s strong position rejecting and condemning all terrorist acts, methods and practices in all forms and manifestations.

The Colombian government subsequently took political and legal action against the ELN delegation to the peace talks in Cuba and halted the peace dialogue. Additionally, a decision was made to ignore the Protocol in Case of Rupture, thus openly abandoning and violating commitments made by that state with the other six nations that had signed the accords. Continue reading Cuba condemns terrorism and political manipulation →