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

Up next, the English language version of the letter sent by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, as published by the Prensa Latina news agency:

President Barack Obama will announce on Wednesday that the United States and Cuba reached an agreement to open their respective embassies in Washington and Havana, said a top official of the U.S. government, cited on Tuesday by Associated Press.

Cuban acting foreign minister Marcelino Medina will receive on Wednesday the chief of the US Interest Section in Havana, Sr. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, who will convey a message from US President Barack Obama to Cuban Head of State Raul Castro.

After concluding their stay in Gauteng, the five Cuban antiterrorists travelled to the South African province of Limpopo, Prensa Latina news agency reported in a dispatch dated in the city of Johannesburg.

President Barack Obama is right, asserted in a press conference in this capital Republican Senator Dean Heller, while referring to U.S. government changes in its policy towards Cuba.

The Simon Bolivar training ship of the Venezuelan Navy docked in Havana's port on June 24, where it will stay until June 28 as part of its crossing to mark the 10th anniversary of Petrocaribe's energy cooperation agreement, the Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The Cuban Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias is paying a working visit to Venezuela, where he was welcomed by his counterpart General in Chief Vladimir Padrino.

The five Cuban heroes that were imprisoned in the U.S. for over 16 years for fighting terrorism, received on Sunday a warm governmental and popular welcome in Pretoria, South Africa, where they arrived for a visit that will run until July 3.