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Nigeria, other 186 Member States vote against U.S. Cuba embargo

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:42:39 +0000

Nigeria and 186 Member States of the United Nations on Thursday voted by a large margin against the United States’ economic and trade embargo against Cuba, first imposed in 1960. A total of 187 States voted for the resolution put forward each year against the embargo with only the U.S. and Israel voting against and […]

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Nigeria, Cuba partner to curb food insecurity

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 14:52:14 +0000

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, in a statement on Sunday, said the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, signed the MoU for Nigerian Government, in Havana. […]

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Nigeria’s envoy hosts Defence College delegation in Cuba

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 02 May 2023 06:40:59 +0000

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cuba, Benaoyagha Okoyen has hosted a dinner reception in honor of the course 31st participants of Nigerian Defense College in Havana, Cuba. The 31st course participants, on a visit to the country from April 24 to April 29, engaged in various activities, including visits to military installations and academic presentations/discussions with experts […]

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Cuba passes law to prevent Fidel Castro personality cult

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:53:26 +0000

Cuba’s parliament has passed a law that no street or park will be named after the late revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, in accordance with his final wish to prevent a personality cult. “The law, passed on Wednesday also forbids any monuments to “El Comandante,” who died in November, and titles, decorations, or awards bearing his […]

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After Obama’s visit, unusual dissent erupts inside Cuban Communist Party

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:20:32 +0000

Days after President Barack Obama’s historic visit, leaders of Cuba’s Communist Party are under highly unusual public criticism from their own ranks for imposing new levels of secrecy on the future of social and economic reforms. After months of simmering discontent, complaints among party members have become so heated that its official newspaper, Granma, addressed […]

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Obama to Cubans: Let’s bury Cold War rivalry

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:09:46 +0000

President Barack Obama addressed the Cuban people from an iconic theater in Old Havana on Tuesday, promising a new chapter in the history of the Western Hemisphere. “I am here to bury the last remnants of the Cold War in the Americas. I am here to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people,” […]

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Fidel Castro out of sight as Obama visits Cuba

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:14:50 +0000

This is not how they imagined it. For years, Cuban exiles in the United States dreamed that the island’s longtime dictator would drop dead one day, ushering a transformational era of greater freedoms on the island and reconciliation among its citizens on both sides of the Florida straits. Fidel Castro remains alive. Yet, as President […]

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On first full day in Cuba, Obama meets Castro

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:21:39 +0000

President Barack Obama began his first full day in Cuba on Monday in the Plaza of the Revolution, where he laid a wreath at the massive statue of 19th century independence hero, José Martí, before being formally welcomed by Cuban President, Raúl Castro, and members of the Cuban government. The sounds of a military band […]

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