We want to make progress in the political, cultural and economic relations between the United States and Cuba, because the blockade hasn't had any success, asserted in this capital Nancy Pelosi, Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress.

The high level of participation by women in Cuban society and the rights guaranteed by the Revolution to Cuban women place the island in a very favorable stand in the world, as it has been acknowledged by the United Nations, said a Cuba lawmaker.

Cuba will be the venue of the 4th International Seminar on Tourism, Development and Sustainability, a meeting that will bring together researchers from around the world to coordinate actions and share and spread the best experiences on this issue.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Wednesday morning in Havana with a delegation of members of the U.S. House of representatives, headed by Democrats minority leader Nancy Pelosi and composed of Representatives Elliot Engel, of New York; Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut; Collin Peterson, of Minnesota; Anna Eshoo, of California; Nydia Velázquez, of New York; Jim McGovern, of Massachusetts; Steve Israel, of New York; and David Cicilline, of Rhode Island.

The documentary Chávez y Fidel para siempre (Chavez and Fidel Forever) by Roberto Chile and Fabiola López will have its premiere on February 21 at the Morro-Cabañas Hostoric-Military Complex, venue of the Cuba 2015 International Book Fair.

US Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi arrived in Cuba on Tuesday heading a congressional delegation, which is the first official House of Representatives delegation to the country since Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced the beginning of a process to reestablish bilateral diplomatic relations.

The US Department of State announced that the second round of talks between government representatives of Cuba and the United States to advance the process to reestablish diplomatic relations will take place February 27 in Washington D.C.

Cuban Presidential advisor and scholar Abel Prieto said that Washington´s Cuba policy does have an impact on the island, but it also bans the US citizens from having rich cultural contacts with the Cuban people.

The Canadian company Blue Diamond assumed the administration of the Breezes Jibacoa Hotel, to continue increasing operations in Cuba, where it already manages 13 tourist facilities.

US Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Mark Warner of Virginia, stressed at a press conference in Havana city this morning the potential of trade relations between Cuba and the United States .
Cuban Foreign Minister Meets with US Senators in Havana

Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the National Assembly of the People's Power, met on Monday in this capital with members of the Party of the European Left of the European Parliament.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Tuesday evening with US democratic senators Claire McCaskill, from Missouri; Amy Klobuchar, from Minnesota and Mark Warner, from Virginia, who are visiting the island.

A provincial court in the western province of Artemisa punished seven citizens with jails sentences, including two life terms, after declaring them directly guilty and involved in the murder of four people during a plan for a pretended and illegal departure of the country.

The certificate as Corresponding Member of the National Association of Cuban Historians (UNHIC) was given to engineer, writer and historian Hamlet Hermann, in a ceremony held at the ALBA Cultural Center in this capital on Friday.

The Cuban Medical Brigade offering its services in Paraguay has seen 240,544 Paraguayans of scant economic resources, the vision of which has been improved or returned.