Prensa Latina and Cubadebate
The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, September 22, 2024, p. 19
New York, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez yesterday described the blockade against his country as a policy motivated to cause harm, while denouncing its impact. I come to the United Nations (UN) to bear witness that this set of measures is a massive and flagrant violation of human rights.accused the head of the island’s diplomacy during the Fifth Meeting of Cubans Residing in the United States.
In front of more than a hundred people, the diplomat thanked the efforts of the community abroad in a particularly complex context for his country.
It is an extraordinary moment of struggle for the island, and compatriots everywhere agree with this important meeting, in which they have been able to take stock for the future.he noted.
Residents in the United States motivated to invest
The meeting, held at the Havana diplomatic headquarters in New York, coincided with the day before the start of the UN General Assembly, in which the head of the island’s diplomacy will participate.
The meeting allowed for the analysis of key issues, such as the recent approval by the island’s Parliament of new laws on migration, citizenship and foreigners.
More than 150 Cubans heard first-hand the details of the regulations in a frank dialogue, which the foreign minister himself considered positive. According to official figures, more than 2 million Cuban emigrants and their children reside in this nation, the main recipient of migrants from the island.
Ana Teresita González, head of the General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Assistance to Cubans Living Abroad, said that this fifth meeting confirmed the strength of the ties of the largest of the Antilles with its fellow citizens abroad.
The Cuban community, he added, can participate even more in the economic dynamics through international trade and collaboration, by participating from the United States, where most of its emigrants live.
