José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, stressed the need for the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP by its Spanish acronym) to properly work at all levels, noting that if the agricultural sector is not developed, the country cannot do it either.

After several months of travel, the 36 members of the German sailboat Thor Heyerdahl arrived in the city of Pinar del Río, territory where they will remain until February 11.

Two Cuban professionals won the "Youth and Social Networking" prize, organized by the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL by is Spanish acronym), an organization which is part of the University of Havana ( UH), which hosted the award ceremony.

Ricardo Cabrisas, vice-president of the Council of Ministers, received Vasili Alekseyevich Nebenzya, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, who is on a working visit to the island.

The Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC), Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, received a delegation of the People's National Party (PNP) of Jamaica, now visiting the island at the invitation of the PCC. The delegation is headed by Angela Brown-Burke, Vice-president of the Party, Senator and Mayor of Kingston since 2012.

Laura Melo, representative of the World Food Program (WFP) to Cuba, praised on Tuesday in this city the country's efforts to support food and nutritional security of vulnerable groups (pregnant women, children and the elderly).

Theodore Friedrich, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), reiterated in this capital the willingness of his organization to support the Cuban State in its efforts to achieve food sovereignty.

Experts of international organizations are taking part in a scientific meeting at Cuba's Agency of Nuclear Energy and Advanced Technologies (AENTA), held on the occasion of the center's 20th anniversary.

After the beginning of negotiations aimed at re-establishing diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, several U.S. airlines show interest in establishing direct regular flights to the island, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Cuban and British experts in the field of finances are addressing strategies for the prevention and fight against money laundry and the sponsoring of terrorism during a workshop underway in Havana till February 5.

US President Barack Obama has powers to put down main components of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, said the general director of the United States office at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal in an interview with Cuban television on Monday evening.

Cubadebate webpage published an article and photos by the president of the Cuban University Student Federation Randy Perdomo about his recent visit to Revolution Leader Fidel Castro.

The book entitled Dibujos de Gerardo Hernandez: Humor desde mi pluma ("Drawings by Gerardo Hernandez: Humor from my Pen,") which includes drawings and documents related to the case of the five Cuban antiterrorist heroes unfairly condemned in the United States in 2001, was presented on Monday in this capital.

Governmental officials and politicians of the South African province of Free State and of the western province of Matanzas, held exchanges on Monday in this city on potential for foreign investment in Cuba.

I am the first Norwegian Foreign Minister to visit Cuba and makes me very proud¨ said Borge Brende after meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez in Havana.