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President David Granger accepting the credentials of the new German Ambassador to Guyana, Ute Konig.

GUYANA | President Granger heads to Cuba for medical check up

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 17, 2019 – President David Granger Wednesday advised that will be travelling to Cuba on Saturday for a medical check-up in relation to his diagnosis of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma for which he has been receiving treatmentt in Cuba since last year.

October 17, 2019
Published in Caribbean

CUBA | J'can groups condemn US economic blockage of Cuba

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 2019 - Two Jamaican organizations, the Jamaica Cuba Friendship Association (JCFA) and the Pan-African Federalist Movement of Jamaica have condemned, attempts by the United States of America, to asphyxiate the Cuban economy and bring untold hardship on its people by escalating the economic embargo via the Helms-Burton Act.

October 16, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Havana, Cuba September 20, 2019. | Photo: Reuters

CUBA | Cuban FM Slams US Over Economic Blockade and Venezuela

During Saturday's U.N. General Assembly session, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla slammed the U.S. administration's ongoing policies against the island nation and its close ally Venezuela.

September 28, 2019
Published in World News

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves speaking at the 73rd U.N. General Assembly in NY, SEpt. 2019 | Photo: UN

UNITED NATIONS | CARICOM Nations tell UN: Respect Venezuelan Sovereignty

UNITED NATIONS, New York, NY, Sept 28, 2019 - Several Caribbean heads of state spoke Friday afternoon at the 74th United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York this week, each of them came out in support of Venezuela and Cuba, and urged leaders to quickly mitigate climate change.

September 28, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica Her Excellency Inés Fors Fernández said the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba for nearly six decades is the most unfair, severe and prolonged system of unilateral sanctions ever applied against any country.

CUBA | US Economic blockade of Cuba causing untold hardships on Cuban people

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 24, 2019 - The Government of Cuba is once again protesting the six decades long economic embargo by the United States, that has cost the Cuban people, harm quantifiable at over US$922,630 million.

September 26, 2019
Published in Business & Economy

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said her government requested two members of Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations to leave [File: The Associated Press]

CUBA | US expels two Cuban diplomats citing 'influence operations'

The United States has ordered the expulsion of two Cuban diplomats and restricted travel of the remaining members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations as world leaders gather for as the UN's 74th General Assembly in New York.

September 21, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Twitter has blocked the account of the Cuban Communist party leader Raúl Castro.

Twitter blocks accounts of Raúl Castro and Cuban state-run media outlets

Twitter on Wednesday blocked the accounts of the Cuban Communist party leader Raúl Castro, his daughter Mariela Castro as well as Cuba’s top state-run media outlets, a move the Cuban Union of Journalists denounced as “massive censorship”.

September 13, 2019
Published in Caribbean

Billboard in Havana, Cuba that reads in Spanish: "Blockade, the longest genocide in history." Nov. 1, 2018 | Photo: Reuters

Cuban Economy Will Not Enter Recession Despite Blockade: Report

Despite the recent tightening of the U.S. economic blockade, Cuba’s economy is showing resilience and will not enter recession, instead will enjoy small growth over the coming year, according to forecasts published by ‘Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribean’(CEPAL) one of the regions leading think tanks.

August 9, 2019
Published in Caribbean

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