The US government confirmed on Thursday the removal of Cuba from the list of alleged state sponsors of international terrorism, with the publication of the decision in the Federal Register, the official newspaper of the U.S. government, reported Prensa Latina.

June 1 marked the beginning of the hurricane season for the Caribbean Area, which came along the rainy season, but forecasts say that rain will continue to be scarce.

The 8th Continental Encounter in Solidarity with Cuba will take place July 28-30 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

We will continue working with people of good will in the U.S. so Congress eliminates the blockade against Cuba and we normalize relations, said Reverend Jim Winkler, President of the National Council of Churches of that country (NCC).

The president of Russia´s Rosatom Corporation, Serguei Kirienko and Cuban Science minister Elba Rosa Perez considered in Moscow opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the nuclear energy field.

Characterized by not being very active, the hurricane season in the Atlantic basin, including the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, starts today and will run until November 30.

The U.S. government removed Cuba from the list of states sponsoring international terrorism, according to an official note by the State Department.

Despite current efforts towards the future normalization of bilateral relations between the United States and Cuba, the US´s dry-wet feet law continues to encourage dangerous and illegal departures of Cuban citizens to the US.

The countdown to withdraw Cuba from the US list of countries sponsor of international terrorism is running in Washington as Friday marks the deadline for the Congress to issue a resolution that could oppose the presidential decision.

There is growing bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress for bills that lift restrictions to travel and agricultural trade with Cuba, asserted in Havana the Democrat senator for the state of New Mexico, Tom Udall.

The speaker of the Spanish Congress Jesus Posada is planning to pay a visit to Cuba in early September.

As part of commemorations for the 55 anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, Cuba and Rumania signed a visa exemption accord in Havana.

The Vice-president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Ulises Rosales del Toro, heads the Cuban delegation participating in the inaugural ceremony of the del recently elected government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, headed by Brigadier David Arthur Granger.

Salvadoran president Salvador Sanchez met on Friday afternoon with Cuban First Vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel, who visited the country to participate in the beatification of Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero.