Six years after the physical disappearance of Venezuelan leader Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, on Tuesday his anti-imperialist legacy was remembered and Cuba's solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela and its president Nicolás Maduro was ratified.

Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, arrived in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, at the head of a large delegation from the Island that will participate in the XXII session of the Cuba-Algeria Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Commercial, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation.

The Cuban government made public an statement warning of the dangerous escalation of US maneuvers that could lead to a military intervention in Venezuela. Cuban News Agency now reproduces the full statement.

Cuba does not recognize the moral or legal authority of the Organization of American States (OAS) to single it out, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) declared on Tuesday in the capital in an official statement.

Cuban News Agency now reproduces the full text of an open letter to the American people sent by the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on the imperialist intentions of the White House against his country:

The Ministry of the Interior reports that the Cuban authorities, in cooperation with those of Costa Rica, proceeded with the return to the island-nation of Cuban citizen Neftaly García Testa.

The Government of Canada has decided to reduce its staff in Havana and adjust its mission programs, citing the protection of its diplomatic staff, who were allegedly affected by acoustic incidents in the Cuban capital.

Pope Francis sent a message to the participants in the IV International Conference for World Balance, which is being held in Havana until the next 31, in which he wished "that these days of work and reflection bear fruit of understanding and dialogue in the attainment of an increasingly fraternal civilization," reported the Vatican News portal.

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro thanked on Thursday in Caracas the international support received before the attempted coup and anti-democratic actions underway in the South American nation.

The Head of the National Secretariat of Hydrographic Basins and Chairman of the National Committee of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of the Institute of Water Resources, Carlos Alberto Luaces Socarrás, participated on behalf of Cuba in the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of IHP, which took place at UNESCO Headquarters during the past week, according to the Cubaminrex website.

ELN guerrilla commander Pablo Beltrán denied on Monday in Havana any link between members of his delegation of negotiators and the attack in Bogotá on Jan. 17, which left some 20 dead, Prensa Latina reported.

Palestine can count on Cuba's full support in its chairmanship of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China, a bloc that today faces multiple challenges in issues such as sustainable development.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba expressed its condolences to the government, the people of Colombia and the families of the victims of Thursday's attack in Bogotá.

Cuba ratified its commitment and support to the Plurinational State of Bolivia, which on Monday assumed the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) at a ceremony held in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, which until then held that office.