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Diplomatic corner

June 25, 2010

Leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will visit Havana, Managua and Caracas in July to acknowledge regional support for separatist movements. [EFE] Cuba restates its support of Argentina’s claim over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) before the UN. [Prensa Latina] The Cuban ambassador in the United Kingdom visited Northern Ireland and met with Sinn Fein president [...]

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New ambassador to UN

September 2, 2009

Pedro Núñez Mosquera (58), Cuba’s current ambassador to Brazil, has been appointed by the Council of State to be the government’s ambassador to the United Nations, reports AFP. Núñez is an attorney and began his diplomatic career in 1975; holding diverse posts including ambassador to Zimbabwe (1994) and director of Multilateral Affairs for the Ministry [...]

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Military leadership counterparts profiled

March 19, 2009

A recent flurry of activities from the Russian Federation, its armed forces and Cuba, i.e. Russian strategic bombers possibly using Cuban airfields and the possible reactivation of the Lourdes SIGINT facility, leads to a further inquiry on the Cuban military leadership

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Shake-up: top ministers replaced (Updated)

March 2, 2009

Via AP: Cuba abruptly replaced some of its most powerful and visible officials on Monday, including Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The surprise shakeup, involving about 10 top officials, was announced at the end of the midday newscast by Cuba’s supreme governing body, the Council of State. Among others replaced [...]

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Undercover Cuban Officials in UN News Conference

November 14, 2007

Undercover Cuban officials (diplomats) attended a UN human rights news conference where government officials are strictly prohibited from attending. AP reports: The United Nations has expressed regret that undercover Cuban officials attended a U.N. news conference on human rights, where they sought information on a French journalist asking critical questions about Fidel Castro’s regime. Elena [...]

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