Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, will ask Congress on Friday to lift the blockade against Cuba during a planned visit to South Florida, where she will participate in two public meetings, according to information released by her campaign office.

I owe a lot to Cuba; what it has taught me in Medicine and outside Medicine is great, asserted in an exclusive interview with ACN Diana Gutierrez, of New York, the United States, who recently finished her studies.

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent a letter to the workers of the multi-state television channel Telesur, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, addressed to the television network's director, Patricia Villegas.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved on Thursday to put an end to restrictions to travel to Cuba for U.S .citizens, said a spokesperson of the commission.

Cuba denounced in Geneva actions by some western countries to hinder the advance of the struggle against racism, xenophobia and discrimination.

Mexico´s Sugar Experts Association, ATAM, and its Cuban counterpart ATAC, signed an accord to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

Seven out of every 10 U.S. citizens support the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

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.