Salvador Valdes Mesa, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, denounced the intensification of the blockade that the United States has maintained for almost 60 years against the Caribbean island.

The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mía Motley, received on Monday Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, as part of his official agenda in this Caribbean nation, reported the news portal Cubaminrex.

Cuba's first vice president, Salvador Valdes Mesa, arrived this Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the high-level section of the 108th session of the International Labour Conference.

Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, presided over the political act and military ceremony on the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the death of Máximo Gómez, reported the digital portal of the Presidency of the Republic.

In the presence of Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Island, Rodrigo Malmierca, affirmed that the relaunch of the Cuba Initiative, of the United Kingdom, is a historic moment for relations between the two countries.

Cuba earned its first win in its debut in the 14th Men´s Pan American Volleyball Cup, which runs until June 21st in Colima, Mexico, and they will face Canada today.

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers attends the business forum Cuba Initiative that began this morning in the Hotel Nacional of this capital, in which British investors and representatives of Cuban entities participate.

The Secretary of the Council of State of Cuba, Homero Acosta, began on Monday a visit to China to transfer the experiences arising from the recent process of constitutional reform, characterized by being broadly participatory and democratic.

Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, began an official visit to Barbados on Monday as part of his tour of Caribbean countries.

A batch of 10 dump trucks and 10 type 2 trailers, bound for Havana, was shipped this Monday from Yokohama, Japan, thus initiating the second phase of the JICS (Japanese Agency for International Cooperation) program for the economic and social development of Cuba.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, presides over the delegation that will participate in the VI CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting, to be held today in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, arrived in St. Lucia, the second stop of his tour of several Caribbean countries prior to the VI CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting.