Statement by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla at the Security Council open debate on “Defending the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System,” in New York on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Cubaminrex. 

Cuba pays tribute on Monday to Africa Day, an event that commemorates the 1963 meeting in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where 32 continental leaders established the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union.

Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, one of the Five Cuban Heroes and national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, asserted from Havana that the indictment presented this week by the U.S. Department of Justice against revolutionary leader and Army General Raúl Castro lacks any legal or moral foundation. He further warned that it could serve as a “pretext for Washington to launch a military aggression against the Caribbean island.”

In response to the latest accusations made by the U.S. government against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, the people mobilized Friday morning at the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal in the capital to raise their voices in defense of the homeland, the country’s leadership and national sovereignty. The rally in Havana was presided over by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.