Demands for an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 60 years by the United States were heard on Sunday in various parts of the northern country.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz -Canel congratulated on Sunday night Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his election as President of Brazil in the second round of elections in the South American giant.

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez welcomed Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Friday.

Cuba and Uruguay closed their III bilateral migration talks in the capital Montevideo with the joint commitment to an orderly and safe migration.

Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban minister of foreign trade and investment, urged to materialize joint projects between his country and Argentina, during a meeting with businessmen of that South American nation in Buenos Aires.

 "United we are stronger" is the slogan of the 22nd edition of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (EIPCO by its Spanish acronym), held in Havana.

Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies asked the US Congress to lift the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party saluted the opening here of the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties, which is taking place in Cuba for the first time.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel hailed today the start of the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties—the first ever to be held in this city—and stressed his conviction that their debates will contribute to strengthen anti-imperialist struggle.

 The Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, finished with a Joint Declaration against the U.S. blockade of Cuba.

 The fact that Cuba is hosting for the first time the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties is a recognition of the creative resistance of the people in the face of hardship and of the renewed imperialist offensive against the island, said Angel Arzuaga Reyes, deputy head and coordinator of the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Representatives of the communist parties of Greece, Turkiye, Russia and Bangladesh arrived in this city to attend the 22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (EIPCO), in which 155 delegates of 79 political parties from 65 countries will participate, including 40 secretaries-general, of whom those from Chile, Paraguay and Peru are already in Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held meetings in Argentina with his counterparts from the European Union, Slovenia and Lithonia, who expressed their interest in strengthening bilateral diplomatic relations.

France’s Cuba Linda association has launched a media campaign to denounce terrorist actions against Cuba financed and organized from US territory.