The Venezuelan government broke diplomatic relations with Paraguay on Monday claiming that Paraguayan President Santiago Peña disregarded international law and the non-intervention principle.

Brazil as chair of the BRICS group of nations announced that Indonesia has become a full member of that alliance.

Jose Ramos Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, sent his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, a congratulatory message on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.

In a congratulatory message for the new year and the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Mr. Hua Xin, Chinese ambassador to the island, announced that, as of January 1, Cuban citizens will not have to pay fees for a visa to travel to the Asian country, except in cases of urgent visa arrangements.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, member of the Political Bureau and head of the Cuban foreign affairs ministry, condemned the Israeli attack on the airport of Sana'a in Yemen.

“Cubasol Business Group’s human capital is the main resource of the entity to cope with the complex challenges facing our country and pave the way for a better future”, said its president Luis Martínez de Armas on the eve of the Group's tenth anniversary.

 Members of the Cuban community and American and other friends in solidarity marched in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to demand the removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, which they consider a great slanderous assertion.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez regretted the loss of human life and property damage caused by cyclone Chido in Mozambique.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee defended before the US House of Representatives that Cuba is not a terrorist state, and urged the two countries to keep normal relations.

With the signing on Monday of a new agreement, with the presence of their leaders, Cuba and Namibia are committed to the establishment of an Intergovernmental Commission to strengthen ties between the two nations.

The 66th Nordic Solidarity-with Cuba Brigade, made up of 24 activists from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Greece and the U.K., was welcomed at Havana’s Friendship Institute (ICAP) as part of friends of Cuba who come here to mark the new anniversary of the Cuban Revolution on January 1st.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that he does not anticipate any change of policy towards Cuba before Joe Biden leaves power on January 20, 2025.

The general secretary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Carla Barnett described the region’s stance against the US policy against Cuba as a historic position.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel, which at the same time usurps Syrian territories and violates the ceasefire in Lebanon.