Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and Vice President of the councils of State and Ministers, signed today in this capital the book of condolences for the terrorist attack occurred on July 14 in the city of Nice, France.

The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress was the scene of a new maneuver of the anti-Cuban lobby that managed to include sanctions against the Caribbean nation in the 2017 House Financial Services and General Government Bill.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on the situation of 75 Cubans that were deported from Ecuador in the last three days.

Representatives of Cuba, Mexico and the United States met in Mexico City July 5-7 to discuss maritime boundaries in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, also known as the Eastern Gap.

The 46th contingent of the Jose Marti European Brigade, a group that has close ties of solidarity with Cuba, will arrive on Monday to the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp of Caimito, Artemisa province.

The President of the National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, arrived in Serbia for a three-day official visit, reported the CubaMinrex Web site.

The First Vice-president of the Cuban cuncils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, heads the Cuban delegation to the inauguration ceremony of the Expanded Panama Canal, which will take place on Sunday, June 26, in Cocoli, Panama.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), described as historic today in this capital the bilateral and definitive agreement for the cease fire and cessation of hostilities between the Colombian government and the FARC-EP.

Cuban Parliament president Esteban Lazo is meeting an official three-day agenda in Russia, which has thus far included talks on Wednesday with the President of the Russian Federation Council or High Chamber of Parliament, Valentina Matvienko, and several party leaders.

The United States won the 66th edition of the Ernest Hemingway International Fishing Tournament, the biggest ever in history held in Havana with over 500 sea lovers.

Panama´s President Juan Carlos Varela met on Monday with Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca, who has paid a working visit to that Central American country since last Sunday.

The resumption of relations between Cuba and the United States is irreversible and legislative restrictions can be lifted by Congress, asserted presidential adviser Ben Rhodes.

Second Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party José Ramón Machado Ventura signed the condolences book at the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic's embassy in Havana, on the occasion of the recent death of SADR President and secretary general of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdulaziz.

Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will carry out a working visit to Cuba, from June 18 to June 21, 2016.