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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 16:54 UTC

Tag: Bruno Rogriguez

  • Tuesday, December 13th 2016 - 10:45 UTC

    Cuba, Europe normalize relations after 20 years

    Federica Mogherini and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez signed an agreement to restore relations between the island and Europe.

    Cuba and the Eurpean Union Monday signed in Brussels their first cooperation agreement, which will be from now on the legal basis of the link between the island and the 28 EU countries.

  • Friday, April 29th 2016 - 05:59 UTC

    Hammond becomes first foreign secretary to visit Cuba since 1959

    Foreign Secretary Hammond will sign a bilateral agreement restructuring Cuba’s debt to the UK and will agree future UK-Cuba cooperation in different fields

    Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond became on Thursday the first British Foreign Secretary to visit Cuba since 1959. In a series of high-level meetings, the Foreign Secretary will call on his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez and other government leaders to discuss the recent social and economic changes in Cuba, human rights, trade and investment, and the fight against global health threats such as the Zika virus.

  • Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 09:11 UTC

    UN condemns 191-2, US embargo on Cuba, despite restored relations

    US deputy ambassador Ronald Godard said before the vote that Cuba is “mistaken” if it thinks the measure will improve efforts to normalize relations.

    United States on Tuesday voted against a U.N. resolution condemning its embargo on Cuba, even though President Barack Obama has called on Congress to lift the trade restrictions. The vote was the first since the U.S. and Cuban leaders agreed to restore diplomatic ties last December, and the U.S. had considered taking the unprecedented step of abstaining.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 04:43 UTC

    Cuba and US on a 'new beginning', but 'profound differences' persist

    Kerry said the ”interests of both countries are better served by engagement than by estrangement,'' after meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba a “new beginning” but said many differences remain between the two nations and warned that the full normalization of ties will be a long process. He spoke hours after ceremonies were held in Havana and Washington to mark the restoration of ties after more than five decades of hostility.

  • Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:12 UTC

    New York governor and a large business delegation land in Havana

    Andrew Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

    Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors. Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

  • Monday, March 16th 2015 - 10:16 UTC

    EU also interested in close relations with Cuba; top European official expected in Havana

    Ms. Moguerini is the highest-ranking EU official to visit Cuba in several years. Her visit on 23 and 24 March is being seen as another sign that Cuba is strengthening ties with the West.

    European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has announced she will visit Cuba later this month. Ms Mogherini said Cuba was facing a very interesting period and the EU wanted to build on the momentum to “take the relationship forward”.

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 10:43 UTC

    UN assembly (188 out of 193 countries) condemns US embargo on Cuba

    “Right now 77% of Cubans were born under these conditions, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told the Assembly”

    The United Nations General Assembly for the 21st time on Tuesday condemned the economic and trade embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba, a policy that has been in place for over half a century. 188 countries out of 193 voted against the restrictions imposed by Washington against Cuba, which date back to 1962, three years after Fidel Castro took power in a revolution.

  • Friday, March 9th 2012 - 03:22 UTC

    Under pressure from Washington Cuba left out of hemispheric summit

    Minister Bruno Rodríguez: the US is acting with “disdain and arrogance”

    Cuba said it was “unacceptable” that it will not be invited to an upcoming hemispheric summit in Colombia and blamed the United States for insisting that Cuba be excluded.

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:53 UTC

    UN assembly calls on the US (for the 20th time) to lift trade embargo against Cuba

    The US gives a “false image of flexibility” says Minister Bruno Rodriguez

    The UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for the 20th straight year on the United States to lift its trade embargo against Cuba, as the communist-run island dismissed as fraudulent US moves to ease some restrictions.