Cuba will not accept threats or blackmail from the U.S. government, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla reiterated before heads of state and government during his speech at the 8th Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received on Thursday afternoon the Minister of National Defense of Angola, Salviano de Jesús Sequeira, who is making an official visit to Cuba, following an invitation from the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Cuba's Telecommunications Company ETECSA announced on Thursday that the number of active cell phone lines has reached five million thus confirming the incrase of that service over the past few years.

Cuba once again called for an open and respectful dialogue amidst attempts to silence the voice of its true civil society, represented at events at the VIII Summit of the Americas, taking place in Lima, capital city of Peru.

For Dr. José Antonio Copo Jorge it is a privilege to represent the great "army in white coats" and the Cuban Revolution at the People's Summit, which will take place in Lima, Peru from April 10-14.

The upcoming hurricane season in the North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 is expected to be slightly more active than normal, according to weather experts with the State University of Colorado.

The first stage of construction of the bioelectric plant attached to the Héctor Rodríguez sugar mill in Sagua la Grande began in Villa Clara, in accordance with the program established in Cuba to increase the use of non-polluting fuels.

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr in the U.S., was marked in Havana with a ceremony held by people committed to the fair causes of the world.

A severe drought caused by extended rainfall absence in the western Isle of Youth, to the south of Cuban mainland, is threatening with saltwater intrusion into exhausted aquifers.

The Special Development Zone on the western Cuban Mariel harbor (ZED) is calling national and foreign investment to foster construction material production.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

News Agency now reproduces the call of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) to the Cuban people to participate in the celebrations for the International Workers Day, next May 1st.

The General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, arrives in Cuba Wednesday afternoon on an official visit and will hold talks with First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, President Raul Castro.

The General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Cuba Wednesday through Friday, which has already been described as historic by diplomats, governments and the media in the capital Hanoi.

Cuban diplomat Josefina Vidal, handed over to the general governor of Canada Julie Payette her diplomatic credentials as new ambassador to Canada.