The Friends of Cuba in the US will not stop their supportive action against the policy of isolation and sanctions against the island, said in Havana Gloria La Riva, US journalist and activist.

The visit to Vietnam of Cuban first deputy foreign minister, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, included today meetings where both sides ratified the desire to strengthen ties.

The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Party and president of the country, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, lamented today the death of Camilo Guevara March, one of the sons of Che and promoter of his ideas.

Being in Cuba and visiting researchers, knowing how they overcome limitations and shortages is a transforming experience, considered today Abby Martin, American documentary filmmaker and journalist, after a meeting with Cuban scientists at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym), in Havana, Cuba's capital.

The 7th meeting of political consultations between Cuba and Vietnam took place today in the Asian country, chaired by the Cuban first deputy foreign minister, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, and his Vietnamese counterpart, Ha Kim Ngoc.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, ratified today Cuba's position in favor of the prohibition and cessation of all nuclear tests.

On the 75th anniversary of Cuba's joining the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO), Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Party's Central Committee and president of the country, ratified today his country's commitment to the organization, in the pursuit of peace and the promotion of sustainable development.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz thanked various countries for their solidarity with Cuba and their rejection to the U.S. blockade, considered illegal as per UN statutes.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel offered his heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the people and government of Pakistan for the regrettable loss of human lives and property to monsoon rains that have taken more than one thousand lives and caused over three billion euros in losses June 14, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced today on Twitter the way U.S. agents are harassing members of the Juan Rius Rivera Solidarity Brigade since their visit to Cuba in July.

In a meeting between the Head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, and the vice president of the Commission for Propaganda and Education of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV), Lai Xuan Mon, both parties ratified their willingness to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation agreements in fields of mutual interest.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned today the media’s smear campaign against Argentine VP Cristina Fernández, “who is once again facing a politically motivated judicial process,” he Twittered.

 Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent condolences today for the deaths caused by the recent heavy rains, floods and landslides that ravage Sudan, which adds to the serious economic crisis in that African nation

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla announced today the arrival in Cuba of the ship Augusto Cesar Sandino, with a donation of food, expressing "the solidarity of the Nicaraguan people" with the Cuban people.