Party First Secretary and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez yesterday February 9, received the president of the Communist Party of Spain, José Luis Centella Gómez, with whom he shared a fraternal, amicable conversation.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Tuesday condemned the persecution of ships, shipping companies and insurance companies to deprive the Caribbean island of fuel, and described it as a criminal action by the Government of the United States.

Official sources reported today that the United States has not yet defined the date for reestablishing consular services at its embassy in Havana, according to what Brian A. Nichols, undersecretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs, said the day before.

Revolutionary Government Statement

The Revolutionary Government denounces the more than 60 years of the economic, commercial and financial blockade formally imposed by the U.S. on February 3, 1962. On this date, then President John F. Kennedy issued Proclamation 3447, which decreed a total "embargo" on trade with our country under section 620 (a) of the Foreign Assistance Act, thus formalizing the aggressive, unilateral economic actions taken against Cuba since the Revolution triumphed.