Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee

Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in the presentation of Draft Resolution A/RES/78/l.5 entitled “Need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.” to the United Nations General Assembly, New York, November 2, 2023. Immediately following this presentation, the UNGA voted 187-2-1 for the 31st consecutive time to condemn the U.S. blockade, with only the U.S. and Israel voting “no” and Ukraine abstaining.

Cuba has strongly rejected charges that it is involved with human trafficking for military purposes, and is in fact investigating 17 people for involvement in the recruitment of mercenaries for the war in Ukraine. Cuba categorically affirmed that it is not part of the conflict in Ukraine.

Cuba exported almost as many COVID vaccine doses as it used at home, supplying Venezuela, Mexico, Vietnam, Syria, Nicaragua, Belarus and Iran. But while many countries in Africa and South Asia also desperately needed vaccines, they did not take advantage of Cuba’s offer. The reason — the U.S. blockade, and particularly the bogus designation of Cuba as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”. The Blockade is not just hurting Cuba. It’s hurting the world.

Journalist Denis Rogatyuk speaks with Cuban Five Hero Gerardo Hernández, the National Coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs), about how the Cuban revolution is sustained at the grassroots and the attempts of the US government to break it.

Cuba is a humanist society under brutal attack by the United States, say two recent visitors to the island as part of the Venceremos Brigade.

The Cuban people voted by supermajority on Sept. 25 to approve the Families Code, a
revolutionary law that modernizes, recognizes and legalizes all manifestations of families in
Cuba. “In the real Cuba, Cubans are moving steadily into the future, and we are close to achieving a Code of Families that will be among the most advanced, that exalts human dignity as a supreme value and that will bring us closer to [national hero Jose] Martí’s dream of a Cuba ‘with all and for the good of all.’” — Gerardo Hernández, National Coordinator of the Committees in Defense of the Revolution.