Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla wished a speedy recovery to former president (2008-2012) and current senator of Paraguay Fernando Lugo, who suffered a stroke on Wednesday.

A number of prominent personalities from the worlds of culture, science and education and political, social and religious activists sent President Joe Biden an open letter demanding the end of the U.S. blockade of Cuba and urging the provision of the help Cuba needs after a massive fire destroyed the Matanzas Supertanker Base.

Pope Francis sent a message expressing his support to the victims of the explosions caused by the massive fire that affected the supertankers oil base at the western Cuban city of Matanzas.

Venezuelan authorities in the State of Carabobo and Health personnel in the locality of Trujillo sent messages of solidarity with the Cuban people involved in the extinction of the massive fire that broke out Friday at Matanzas’ supertanker oil base.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his country’s solidarity with the relatives of 10 miners trapped after a mine accident occurred in the Coahuila Charcoal region, in the Mexican municipality of Sabinas.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his gratitude to the gestures of solidarity he received at the Colombian Congress, where he attended the setting up of the Colombia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, sent today a letter to Emilio Aranguren Echeverria, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC by its Spanish acronym), on behalf of Pope Francis.

After the fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Base, countries of the world sent their messages of support to the people of the Caribbean nation and confidence that they will overcome this situation.

Authorities of the Cuban ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) and the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym) received in Havana a donation from the Republic of Ghana for the medical care of the victims of the fire at the Supertanker Base in the city of Matanzas.

The Russian foreign ministry expressed its condolences for the losses suffered by Cuba due to the large-scale fire that affected the industrial zone of Matanzas since last Friday.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petró on the occasion of his inauguration as head of state in the South American brother country and ratified Cuba's commitment to the peace process in Colombia.

A Boing 737-700 of the Mexican Air Force arrived Sauturday night at the Juan Gualberto Gómez International Airport, on the outskirts of this city, with 62 military personnel and 16 oil technicians.

Luis Arce Catacora, president of Bolivia, expressed his support to the Cuban people for the fire of great proportions in the Industrial Zone of the province of Matanzas.