The Municipal Council of Carirubana in the western Venezuelan state of Falcon adopted an agreement in solidarity with the Cuban people in repudiation of the 60-plus years old U.S. blockade, which the body described as “merciless and criminal” and as a "hostile and inhuman attitude" of the U.S. government.

“United we are Stronger” is the theme to be honored by over 150 delegates to the 22nd International Forum of Communist and Workers’ Parties, to be held at Havana’s Conventions Palace October 27 and 29.

The resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) in Cuba, Consuelo Vidal-Bruce, presented in New York the Action Plan of that multilateral organization in response to the effects of hurricane Ian in the western part of the country.

Cuban prime minister Manuel Marrero Cruz participated today virtually in the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, which is being held in Yerevan, Armenia, October 20 and 21.

Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz ratified today his country's political will to deepen economic, trade, financial and cooperation relations with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX by its Spanish acronym) praised today the commemoration of the 16th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Montenegro.

Members of parliamentary friendship groups of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus held their first virtual meeting.

A delegation of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vietnam (HCYU) began today a working visit to Cuba, with the laying of a wreath at the monument of the founding father of that Asian nation, Ho Chi Minh, in the park that bears his name in Havana.

 Elba Rosa Perez, Cuban minister of science, technology and environment ( CITMA by its Spanish acronym), began today a visit to Argentina to attend the summit of heads of that sector of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held on Oct. 19.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla praised today the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Algeria.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese Communists on the occasion of the 20th Congress of their organization.

The permanent rejection of the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is high on the agenda of the 16th Solidarity-with-Cuba Encounter underway in the Spanish city of Valencia.

The Cuban Embassy in Japan thanked members of Japanese solidarity groups and businessmen for their donation of 2,938,000 yen (20,262 dollars) as contribution to the recovery effort after the large fire that broke out in the industrial zone of the province of Matanzas.

The Institute of Meteorology reports today in its Tropical Cyclone Advisory No. 2 that at six o'clock this morning the center of the storm Karl was about 260 kilometers east of Tuxpan, Mexico.