From the Vatican City, Pope Francis asked today to pray for the victims of the accidental explosion that occurred at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana, which left a preliminary balance, so far, of 30 people dead and 84 injured.

Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, president and vice president of Nicaragua, respectively, sent a message of support to Cuba after the explosion that occurred this morning at the Saratoga Hotel, which caused several loss of human lives and injuries.

In view of the explosion that occurred this Friday at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana, with a preliminary toll of nine dead and dozens of wounded, several expressions of international solidarity are arriving through social networks.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel conveyed to Jorge Neme, deputy chief of Cabinet of the Nation (Argentina), the willingness to continue strengthening relations with that South American country.

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will pay a working visit to Cuba as of May 7.

Representatives of the Angolan Women's Organization (OMA) visited a guidance center in Havana, where Teresa Amarelle Boué, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), described the goals and work of these entities and some of their community, local development and entrepreneurship projects.

Friends from all over the world rejected in Havana the discriminatory action and political pressure by the United States to exclude Cuba from the IX Summit of the Americas, to be held from June 8 to 10 in Los Angeles, Cuba.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 2 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for that nation's position condemning the exclusion of Cuba and other countries from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, to be held in Los Angeles from June 8 to 10.

Cubans and diplomatic representatives from several African nations commemorated South African Freedom Day, the date that consolidated the end of apartheid.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said all nations of this hemisphere, including Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua must be present at the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be hosted by the city of Los Angeles, United States of America.

John Antonio Briceño, Belize’s Premier and Minister of Finances, Economic Development and Investment, arrived Wednesday in Cuba on an official visit till Saturday.

Officials of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP by its Spanish acronym) welcomed today the members of the First of May Solidarity Brigade at the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp, located in the Artemisa municipality of Caimito(western region).

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban FM, denounced today the exclusion of the Caribbean island by the United States from the preparations for the 9th Summit of the Americas, to be held June 8-10 in the U.S. city of Los Angeles.