Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, made a working visit to Budapest, Hungary, to participate in the ceremony to change the headquarters of the International Investment Bank, a financial institution of which Cuba has been a member since 1974.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received Estela Varnes de Carlotto, president of the Association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who is visiting Cuba at the invitation of the Federation of Cuban Women.

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, will receive the Friendship Medal that China will present to international figures during the celebrations of the 70 years of its foundation, according to a decree released on Tuesday.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the UN General Assembly, said that this international body has had a very clear position for decades against the blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

The increase in sanctions affecting Cuban entities and third countries in flagrant violation of international law, currently marks the policy fostered by the United States towards Cuba, according to Prensa Latina.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted the unity and resistance of the Cuban people against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US for almost 60 years against Cuba.

Cuba is celebrating the partial agreements the Venezuelan government has reached with the opposition at the National Dialogue Table, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, said on Twitter.

The will to strengthen relations between Cuba and Liberia was ratified today during the meeting held by the Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the African country, Henry B. Fahnbulleh.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said today that his country will continue supporting Cuba to overcome difficulties, particularly in the provision of food and the use of its development potential.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz began a working visit to the Republic of Liberia today, lasting until next Wednesday.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced on Twitter the US Government as responsible for the fuel shortage affecting several sectors of the national economy.

Cuba participates in the 63rd ordinary session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), being held from September 16 to 20, 2019 in Vienna, Austria, gathering high-ranking officials, government experts and all Member States.

The National Institute for Sugarcane Research (INICA) has 11 registered sugar cane seed banks in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, which guarantee the best varieties for sowing periods.

Nearly 300 national and foreign specialists are attending a regional exercise to simulate the response to earthquakes in Havana this Monday, according to specialists from the National Civil Defence Staff.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla warns of the danger of Washington seeking to score a hit in the international arena at all costs because the economic situation in the northern country is getting complicated.