Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, began today his state visit to Portugal.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Central Committee and Cuban President is paying a state visit to Portugal till July 16 at the invitation of Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Cuban delegate Mirthia Brossard denounced today in Brussels the 60-plus years old blockade that the United States imposes on Cuba and its impact on youth.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel traveled early this morning to the Republic of Portugal to pay a state visit to that country at the invitation of President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

MEPs Manuel Pineda and Massimiliano Smeriglio joined today the widespread international rejection of a resolution approved Wednesday by the European Parliament on alleged violations and abuses of human rights in Cuba.

The European Parliament has no moral, political or legal authority to judge Cuba, according to the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power (NAPP) in reference to the recent resolution adopted by the European Parliament based on the declarations of the Council and the European Commission and the status of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Cuba, following the visit to Havana in May by the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

Members of the Cuba-Algeria Parliamentary Friendship Groups reaffirmed today their willingness to expand and strengthen relations between the legislative bodies of the two countries.

Ines Maria Chapman, deputy prime minister of Cuba, is leading the Cuban delegation participating in the activities for the 50th anniversary of the independence of The Bahamas, the foreign ministry said today.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 10 (ACN) Cuba ratified today the willingness to continue strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation with the Bahamas, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of that nation's independence.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla denounced today the lack of transparency and manipulative behavior of the European Union (EU) in the preparation of the 3rd Summit with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Yemen and Cuba discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation in environmental matters, sustainable development and climate action at a meeting held in Aden between the Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment, Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi, and the Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, Saba news agency reported.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez regretted the loss of human lives, including children and women, as a consequence of a toxic gas leakage in the South African city of Boksburg, northern South Africa.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, wished his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, good health.

Cuba’s first deputy foreign minister Gerardo Peñalver Portal thanked the Non-Aligned Movement for its support against the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.