Cuba reiterated its commitment today in Paris with UNESCO and confidence in its management by making reality the dream of achieving societies characterized by legitimate sustainable development.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez reiterated his country´s willingness to advance towards the improvement of bilateral relations with the United States, a process affected by the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Caribbean nation.

Faced with an avalanche of speeches by representatives of organizations and governments that demanded an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba, the United States tried to justify on Tuesday its opposition to the draft resolution against that policy submitted to the United Nations General Assembly.

Cuban Foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez is already in New York for the UN General Assembly vote on the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the necessity to end economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintained against the island for over 5 decades now.

Syria´s Information minister Omran al-Zoabi categorically denied any presence of Cuban or North Korean troops in his country and said that with Russia is more than enough to fight terrorism.

Nine U.S. governors asked the leaders of their country's Congress to lift the blockade against Cuba.
The governors signed a letter sent to the Capitol where they requested the end of the blockade against Cuba which they assured "prevents the normalization of relations" between the island and the northern nation.

Cubans residing in Europe urged the US Congress to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintained against their nation for over 50 years now.

Members of the Asia, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) declared themselves at the European Parliament to be in favor of the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.

Bolivian President Evo Morales considered on Monday that the five Cuban heroes that were imprisoned in the United States for monitoring the activities of terrorist groups there "are heroes of their country and also of Bolivia."

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the blockade against Cuba should be eliminated, because it would help the people of the Caribbean island, the Cubasi Web site reported.

Pope Francis praised on Wednesday the bridge being rebuilt between Cuba and the United States, while making a summary of his recent trip to these two nations, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Governmental delegations of Cuba and the United States held technical talks in this capital on services of civil aviation, with a view to establishing regular flights between the two nations.

The Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology reported the following notice of the tropical cyclone number three.

Cuban President Raul Castro reiterated his US counterpart Barack Obama his government's willingness to build a new kind of relationship between the two countries.