
{"id":207061,"date":"2019-10-05T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=207061"},"modified":"2019-10-05T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T00:31:31","slug":"medvedev-receives-title-of-doctor-honoris-causa-and-describes-cuba-as-island-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/medvedev-receives-title-of-doctor-honoris-causa-and-describes-cuba-as-island-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev receives title of Doctor Honoris Causa and describes Cuba as &#8220;island of freedom&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian Prime Minister <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/medvedev-cuba-is-a-fundamental-partner-for-russia-despite-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dmitry Medvedev<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received this Friday the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Political Sciences from the University of Havana and described Cuba as an &#8220;island of freedom,&#8221; at the end of his visit to the Caribbean country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon receiving the honorary doctorate, the Russian head of government criticized in a speech the methods of the United States to apply &#8220;political and economic pressure against nations that disagree.&#8221; In addition, he reiterated his country&#8217;s support for the region, especially Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, which he defended in the face of Washington\u2019s &#8220;unilateral sanctions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Latin American and Caribbean region is one of the key areas of our country\u2019s international cooperation. 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The region\u2019s stability and economic efficiency is in our interest,&#8221; said Medvedev, who said that the measures against its allies in the region &#8220;are not only to punish the governments that opt \u200b\u200bfor independent policies, but also methods to intervene in the internal affairs of the states, and a limitation of rights and freedoms of these countries\u2019 citizens.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Venezuela, he pointed out that &#8220;there is only one president and it is Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8221; and warned that &#8220;only the Venezuelans themselves can resolve their internal differences,&#8221; in reference to the political crisis in the South American country.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207063\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207063\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/primer-ministro-medv\u00e9dev-recibe-t\u00edtulo-honoris-causa-en-la-universidad-de-la-habana-2-1-750x535.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech during the ceremony where he was conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Political Sciences by the University of Havana, on Friday, October 4, 2019 in Havana. Photo: Yander Zamora \/ EFE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Russian prime minister, &#8220;a new model of interference in the affairs of sovereign states is being tested&#8221; in Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The United States not only uses the so-called \u2018soft coup,\u2019 it also directly demands a change of government (in Venezuela). It tries to intervene in the affairs of any country and invest in destabilization. It doesn\u2019t want to hear any criticism,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medvedev concluded this Friday an official visit to Cuba which began on Thursday, when he met with the country&#8217;s president, Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/raul-castro-recibio-al-primer-ministro-ruso-medvedev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the leader of the Communist Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ra\u00fal Castro, in addition to presiding over the signing of several bilateral cooperation agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During his last official activity on the Island, Medvedev visited a new oil production complex located in Boca de Jaruco, about 43 kilometers from Havana, a joint project between the state-owned oil company Zarubezhneft and the Cuban CUPET, at a time when Cuba is going through an energy crisis due to the fuel deficit caused by the U.S. measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207064\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207064\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cuba-rusia-1-750x489.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presses a red button to open an oil well in Boca de Jaruco, Cuba, on Friday, October 4, 2019, on the last day of his official visit to the island. Photo: Ismael Francisco \/ AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This third visit of Medvedev to the Island\u2015the first was in 2008 as president and the second in 2013 in his current position\u2015reinforces the links between Russia and Cuba and is a sign of Moscow\u2019s closing of ranks with Havana against U.S. hostility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Cuba is one of our most reliable partners in the region,&#8221; said the Russian head of government in his speech at the University of Havana, while mentioning the agreements signed the day before in areas of trade, economy, investment, transportation and culture, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said his government will offer facilities to Cuban students who wish to study in the Eurasian nation and announced, without further details, that they plan to open a branch in Cuba of the prestigious Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, designed as a multidimensional center for the promotion of the Russian language on the island and the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EFE \/ AP \/ OnCuba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev received this Friday the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Political Sciences from the University of Havana and described Cuba as an &#8220;island of freedom,&#8221; at the end of his visit to the Caribbean country. 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