The Government of the Republic of Cuba issued a statement on the impeachment of legally elected President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, which ACN now reproduces:

Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo y Marfil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, will pay an official visit to Cuba from May 13th through the 16th, the Cubaminrex Web site reported.

Russian Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov asserted during a meeting with six Cuban heroes at the headquarters of that Ministry in Moscow that the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba "does not lead anywhere," Prensa Latina reported.

Cuba will not stop fighting for the recognition of the Palestinian state and its full right to development, asserted on Monday in this capital Kenia Serrano, president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez is paying an official visit to Germany on Monday, aimed at deepening bilateral relations in different sectors.

Celebrations of May Day, International Workers' Day, reached international proportions in Cuba on Sunday, when millions of people paraded through squares and avenues of the country.

Joint projects between Cuba and Belgium to strengthen the agro-ecological production of cocoa in eastern Cuba are going very well, pointed out in Guantanamo Patrick Van Gheel, ambassador of that European country.

The May First Solidarity Brigade, made up of over 200 friends of Cuba from 34 nations of the world, is in Cuba to meet a 15-day supportive agenda and join Cuban workers at their May Day march on Havana´s Revolution Square.

The Basque Parliament asked the United States on Thursday to lift the blockade imposed on Cuba for over half a century, according to the clamor of the international community, reported Prensa Latina.

Cuba´s Agency of Nuclear Energy and Advanced Technologies (AENTA) expects to contribute to the fight against Aedes mosquito, which transmits dengue, chicungunya and zika, by joining a regional project launched by the UN ´s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Cubans, Ecuadorians and diplomats paid homage in Quito to three Cuban doctors who lost their lives in the huge quake that hit part of the South American nation last Saturday.

As a result of the earthquake of 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale that shook the coastal area of Esmeralda and Manabi provinces in Ecuador, three Cuban health workers offering their services in that country died, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health informed.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement in support of the legitimate government led by Brazil´s Workers Party and President Dilma Rousseff.

The 7th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will take place June 4 in Havana, said organization secretary general Alfonso Munera.