Cuba is promoting its products and services at the 32 Luanda International Trade Fair as part of the island´s collaboration with that African nation.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 22 (acn) The 45th Contingent of the Jose Marti European Brigade, composed of 160 representatives from 17 nations of that part of the world, reaffirmed on Tuesday its opposition to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for over half a century now.

Congressional Republicans for Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Curbelo, expressed on Tuesday their rejection to the reopening of the Cuban embassy and announced their opposition in Congress to the appointment of the future ambassador.

Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel said in Managua that the people of Nicaragua have been brothers and sisters of Cuba as there are many chapters in history uniting both nations.

Nearly one hundred Cubans residing in the US city of Miami celebrated on Sunday the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, during a meeting called by the Alianza Martina organization.

A diverse representation of Cuban society will travel to Washington to participate in the opening of the Cuban embassy in the U.S. capital on Monday, July 20, coinciding with the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between both countries.

The chief of the Cuban Interest Section in Washington D.C., Jose Ramon Cabañas, gave Univisión 23 TV Channel statements on the opening of a Cuban embassy in the U.S. on July 20 and did not discard the possibility to open a consulate in South Florida.

Cuba had a fruitful harvest yesterday at the 17th Pan American Games in the Canadian city of Toronto, highlighting the performance in diving, canoeing, rowing and weightlifting.

The US Island Travel and Tours Travel agency has announced direct twice-a-week charter flights to Cuba departing Orlando international airport, in Florida.

The US Carnival cruise ship company, the first of its kind in the world, expects to begin to visit Cuba as of May 2016 after been authorized by Washington in what has been considered a step forwards in the normalization of bilateral relations.

The Spanish Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism José Manuel Soria said his country is willing to consolidate the good business relations it has with Cuba, and to spread them to several economic fields.

Nguyen Thi Than Hoa, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Women's Union (UMV) of that Asian nation highlighted in this capital the socio-economic and professional development achieved by Cuban women.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged on July 1st in Vienna the role played by Cuban President Raul Castro and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Up next, the English language version of the statement made by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, on the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, as published by www.cctv-america.com