The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Peter Pellegrini, received on Monday in the Government Palace the Vice President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruíz, during the last day of the working visit made by the Cuban leader to that country.

On the 166th anniversary of the birth of José Martí, the most universal of Cubans, the Fourth International Conference for World Balance was inaugurated in the Convention Center of this capital city. Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, was in attendance.

After eight o'clock on Monday night, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel led a new meeting of the Council of Ministers to evaluate the progress of recovery actions in Havana, after the devastating passage of the tornado that affected several municipalities of the capital on Sunday night.

Havana is in the rehabilitation phase after the passage of the tornado that that caused severe local storms, winds and damage in several of its municipalities.

The Office of the Commissioner of the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball (CBPC by its Spanish acronym) reported today "officially and irrevocably" the decision to "withdraw the headquarters of the 2019 Caribbean Series to the city of Barquisimeto, Venezuela."

Cuba will return this year to the Can-Am Baseball League as part of its preparation for the Pan American Games to take place in Lima, Peru, from next July 26 to August 11.
The return of a Cuban team to the tournament organized by the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball was agreed during the stay in Havana of executives of that entity.

The highest governmental authorities of Cuba, headed by Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, toured affected areas of this capital by the tornado that occurred during the night of yesterday and this morning.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, condemned and rejected the attempt to impose, through a coup d'état, a servile government to the US in Venezuela.

Cuba and Russia strengthened their economic cooperation and strategic partnership, after the vice president of the island's Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, met with Russian authorities meeting in Moscow, reported Prensa Latina (PL).

Cuba's support for Nicolás Maduro and the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution is and will remain invariable, wrote Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on Thursday in Twitter.

Inés María Chapman Waugh, Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, checked this Wednesday the march of investments in the water sector in Ciego de Ávila, related to the with the Hydraulic Program in Cuba, a priority for the development of other areas in the country.

Cuba and Russia signed on Thursday in Moscow a commercial contract for the supply of locomotives for the rehabilitation program of this means of transport in the Greater Antilles.

The Cuban government issued an statement strongly calling the US Administration to stop intervening in Venezuela´s internal affairs.
Cuba News Agency now reproduces the full statement:

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, held a meeting in Havana with Hang Thol, member of the Central Committee of the People's Party of Cambodia and the delegation that accompanies him.

The Cuban National Electoral Commission (CEN) strictly follows its work schedule and is currently immersed in the training of those involved in the process and in the printing of ballots before the constitutional referendum that will take place in Cuba on February 24th.