“The vote at the United Nations in favor of the resolution to end the U.S. blockade makes us happy, as we see that Cuba enjoys international recognition”, said Magalys Menéndez Peñate, a popular educator who holds a Master’s Degree in Social and Community Studies.

“The only goal of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade is to cause more suffering to the Cuban people and to intensify the economic war to make the economy collapse”, said Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuba's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN).

The international community represented at the United Nations General Assembly backed Cuba against Washington’s over 60 year economic blockade with 187 votes in favor of the island’s draft bill demanding the dropping of the US hostile policy.

“The expansionist policies and unilateral coercive measures imposed by some governments, and the growing dependence on them in conjunction with interventionism, are a menace to multilateralism”, Iran's representative said today during the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted the UN General Assembly’s rejection of the U.S. blockade and assured that the upcoming vote will give Cuba a resounding victory.

Social scientists from nine countries are participating at the 4th International Symposium Cuban Revolution: genesis and historical development, opened today at the Jose Marti Memorial, in Havana, where it will be held until Thursday.

With the resumption of the school year on Monday in the municipalities of Guantanamo that were not severely affected by Hurricane Oscar, that province is gradually returning to its daily life.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT
The Council of State, at the proposal of the President of the Republic and with the prior approval of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), agreed to make the following cadre movements:

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel headed a people’s pilgrimage on Monday to honor Cuban Revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos, who died in a plane accident over the ocean shortly after the 1959 revolutionary triumph.

The National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (INCA) in the province of Mayabeque announced a two-day workshop on the Roselle flower—a herbaceous plant rich in vitamins A, C, B1, E and minerals such as iron, phosphate and calcium—expected to gather 100 Cuban and foreign researchers, producers and businesspeople.

Taking into account that the current weather conditions in the Cuban easternmost province of Guantanamo, after the passage of Tropical Storm Oscar, do not constitute a danger, it was decided to establish the recovery phase for the municipalities of Maisi, Baracoa, Imias and San Antonio del Sur.

Peter Katjavivi, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia, who is on an official visit to Havana, laid a wreath in tribute to the Cuban National Hero.

Alberto Nuñez Betancourt, vice president of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), spoke at a working table of the ParlAméricas meeting, held in San Jose, Costa Rica.

The provincial office of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) received a significant donation of medical supplies bound for hospitals in the region, thanks to the solidarity of the Italian family Mesagna Lopez, who have long kept up with the Cuban people’s situation.

Cuba and Namibia strengthened ties in the field of Law through a Bilateral Cooperation Agreement between the Prosecutor's Offices of both nations, as part of the official visit to the country of Namibia's Attorney General, Festus Katuna Mbandeka, who said, in statements to the press, that the document will allow Cuban and Namibian Law professionals and prosecutors to share views and good practices on issues of common interest.