The Institute of Meteorology reports that during Monday, hurricane Eta intensified rapidly and has reached maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, its central pressure decreased to 948 hPa, classifying it as a 4-category hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of a maximum of five.

Rogelio Sierra, Cuban deputy foreign minister, congratulated on Monday on Twitter St. Vincent and the Grenadines for assuming the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, a role it will hold this November as a non-permanent member of that body.

The record for most hurricane events named for a season in our geographic area of interest was equaled on late Saturday, when the tropical depression in the central Caribbean Sea turned into tropical storm Eta, the 28 registered so far.

The association Cuba Cooperation France (CubaCoop) once again rejected the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba and considered the fight against this policy as essential.

The 29th National Meeting of the Colombian Movement of Solidarity with Cuba will continue today with greetings from the representatives of organizations backing the Caribbean island up and a keynote speech on the relations with the United States.

The Cuba Linda and France Cuba solidarity associations urged today President Emmanuel Macron to promote scientific cooperation with the Caribbean island to seek joint responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

British academic Helen Colley formally nominated Cuba´s Henry Reeve Internationalist Contingent as a candidate for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

Moetai Brotherson, deputy for French Polynesia, asked in the Parliament in Paris for regional and international help from several countries, including Cuba, in light of the damage caused by COVID-19 to France´s overseas community.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, a prominent Argentine social activist and painter, made his proposal to the Norwegian Committee for the award of that distinction to the Henry Reeve Internationalist Contingent of Cuban doctors.

Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, ratified the need to allocate more funds to healthcare systems at a meeting of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres highlighted Cuba's leadership at the helm of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during its pro tempore presidency.

Dozens of organizations of Cubans living in some thirty European countries endorsed on Saturday a statement rejecting the ongoing economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced today what he described as aggressiveness and a threat from the United States to the peace and security of the region.

Mohammad Samer al-Khalil, Syrian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, ratified his willingness to work to promote trade exchange and economic cooperation with Cuba.