Nicaragua's Asociacion Amigos de Cuba (Association of Friends of Cuba) denounced the new American campaign against the Caribbean island, by including it in a controversial watch list on alleged religious freedom.

Cuban Institute of Meteorology reports in its tropical cyclone warning No. 8 that ocean and atmospheric conditions continue to be favorable for the rapid strengthening of hurricane Delta over the seas in the south of the western region of Cuba. Due to its proximity to the national territory, it is necessary to keep a special attention on its evolution and future trajectory.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla announced on Monday on Twitter he had a telephone conversation with his Somali counterpart Ahmed Isse Awad about the two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya in 2019 while they were fulfilling their internationalist collaboration.

Mexico´s La Jornada newspaper highlighted in its international section the progress of the Cuban vaccine candidates Soverana 1 and 2 against Covid-19, which are in their clinical trial phase.

Iranian television Press TV highlighted the speech delivered by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who warned of serious repercussions due to the withdrawal of the United States from commitments related to the nuclear weapons sector.

Cuba and its fight against the US economic, commercial and financial blockade is one of the priorities of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Ernesto Freyre, regional coordinator of the organization, said today.

Benjamin Amar, leader of the French General Confederation of Labor (CGT, acronym in French), condemned the US blockade against Cuba and its tightening, a policy he described as unacceptable.

Marcia Cobas, Cuba's Deputy Minister of Health, and Emine Alp Mese, her Turkish counterpart, had a fruitful exchange on the possibilities of joint cooperation in medical services and biotechnological products.

Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas concluded his working visit to the Russian Federation, where he developed an intense program, including the meeting of the bilateral Intergovernmental Commission and consultations with the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to analyze the request for the Caribbean island as an Observer State of that body.

Cuba will participate today in the high-level meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women to review the application of women's rights throughout the world.

The Party of the European Left (PEL) has prioritized both support to Cuba and the strengthening of the international solidarity movement with the Caribbean island, its president, Heinz Bierbaum, said in a press release.

Russia and Cuba reinforced energy, banking and health cooperation after meetings between Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and officials from those fields in the Russian capital.

Cuban deputy prime minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz continued on Monday his intense agenda in Russia, where he met with Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and Ksenia Yudaeva, first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia.

Nicaraguan foreign minister Denis Moncada condemned on Monday before the 75th UN General Assembly the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba almost six decades ago.