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.

According to a Florida International University (FIU) survey conducted in Miami-Dade County, the majority of Cuban-Americans support rapprochement policies with Cuba, Prensa Latina reported.

We have come to Venezuela, to personally bring Cuba's solidarity with President Nicolas Maduro Moros, democratically elected by his people, said Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, in Twitter.

Cuba's Day in Belgium, which began on the first day of this year and will conclude on February 10, at the Salon des Vacances, Brussels, exhibits the beauty and diversity of its culture and tourism, which increasingly captivates visitors.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, received Mr. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State in charge of Foreign Trade and Tourism of the French Republic, as part of the work program that he is developing in the country in the context of the celebration of the III Session of the Economic and Trade Commission and the Strategic Orientation Committee of the Countervalue Fund between Cuba and France.

Cuba ratified its commitment to the Global Compact for Secure, Orderly and Regular Migration during the United Nations Intergovernmental Conference that adopted this global consultation mechanism developed in the city of Marrakech, in the Kingdom of Morocco.

The Cuban people are always a reference for the Saharawi nation, said Brahim Gali, President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic on his arrival in Havana on Sunday evening, on an official visit.