Russian foreign minister Serguei Lavrov stressed in Moscow the work and life of Cuban President Raul Castro by describing his role as an example of comprehensive and honorable commitment to his homeland and people.

Cuba expressed its solidarity to the Ecuadorian people and government and to President Rafael Correa in the face of attempts to generate a crisis and unleash violence in that country with destabilization purposes.

Strengthening unity, integration and solidarity in Latin America and the Caribbean was the point of coincidence on Thursday at the People's Summit held in Brussels.

The chambers of commerce of Cuba and Trinidad-Tobago signed a bilateral cooperation accord in Havana, on Thursday, to exchange information on investment opportunities and the main products on the offer at their markets.

The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Frederica Mogherini, received Cuban First Vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel in Brussels on Wednesday.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno said on Monday in Brussels, Belgium, that the position of the European Union (EU) regarding the island develops positively, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Cuba's ambassador to Japan, Marcos Rodriguez, and Deputy Shinako Tsuchiya, president of the Committee of Foreign Affairs of the lower house of Japan's parliament met on Monday in the Diet, headquarters of the supreme body of the political power of that Asian nation.

Sergio Scaravino, head of the Regional Office of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Latin America, expects that the conference on information and communication technologies results in more and better cooperation between all countries.

Authorities from the United Arab Emirates and Cuba expressed interest in considering opportunities in their respective countries to increase economic and commercial exchange and boot sustainable energy development.

In what has been considered a defiance of the Cuba rapprochement policy undertaken by President Barack Obama, the US House of Representatives adopted a clause within the 2016 Transportation budget to keep the Cuba-travel ban.

A U.S. State Department's recently declassified document, dating from 1976, fingers at Luis Posada Carriles as the most probable mastermind behind the terrorist bombing that year of a Cubana airlines jet, which claimed all 73 lives on board.

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.