U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced a bill to lift the blockade of Cuba as a motion to “repeal outdated sanctions on Cuba and establish normal trade relations with the island nation”, according to a dispatch of Prensa Latina news agency from Washington.

Cuban Premier Manuel Marrero Cruz congratulated Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

Cuban deputy foreign minister Gerardo Peñalver ratified the good state of bilateral relations with France during a working visit to that European nation.

Cuba has received many messages of support following the U.S. government’s decision to remove the island from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday about the announced US decision to remove Cuba from Washington’s list of alleged states sponsors of terrorism.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, congratulated Iraq on its assumption in 2025 as chairman of the Group of 77 (G77) and China.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the terrorist attack perpetrated against the Venezuelan General Consulate in Lisbon, Portugal.

On behalf of President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan foreign minister Yvan Gil thanked his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, for rejecting the call for intervention in Venezuela by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

A Cuban delegation is participating at the World Antifascist Festival underway till January 11 in Venezuela.

Gerardo Peñalver Portal, Cuban first deputy foreign minister, co-chaired today in Qatar the 3rd Round of Political Consultations, as part of a broad work agenda he is carrying out in that Middle Eastern nation.

The Venezuelan government broke diplomatic relations with Paraguay on Monday claiming that Paraguayan President Santiago Peña disregarded international law and the non-intervention principle.

Brazil as chair of the BRICS group of nations announced that Indonesia has become a full member of that alliance.

Jose Ramos Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste, sent his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, a congratulatory message on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution.

In a congratulatory message for the new year and the 66th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Mr. Hua Xin, Chinese ambassador to the island, announced that, as of January 1, Cuban citizens will not have to pay fees for a visa to travel to the Asian country, except in cases of urgent visa arrangements.