Shortly after the announcement of the beginning of the process of monetary order on January 1, 2021, the international press agencies echoed the news, which was explained this Thursday by the highest Cuban authorities in a television and radio address.

Members of Italian political and social organizations held a demonstration today in front of the US consulate in Milan to demand the end of the blockade imposed by that northern country against Cuba.

The Association of Cuban Residents in Ecuador (ACURE, in Spanish) has ratified its rejection to any attempt to cause unrest or disorder in Cuba.

The European Front of Solidarity with Cuba has condemned US interfering actions to generate violence and instability in the Caribbean island through the use of mercenaries.

Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, expressed the interest of the Caribbean States Community (CARICOM) in strengthening cooperation with Cuba.

The Association of Cuban Residents in Japan 'José Martí' condemned the new campaign of interference and aggressiveness of the United States government against the Caribbean island, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported today.

The ballerina and choreographer Menia Martinez advocated today from Belgium for the unity of all Cubans who live in and outside the Caribbean island against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

Marcelino Medina González, first deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, attended on Tuesday the signing of the book of condolences opened by the embassy of the French Republic in this capital, on the occasion of the death of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.

At the proposal of the Greek members of the European Parliament (MEP), who are from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the Group of Friendship with Cuba at Europe's legislative house, voiced their support for the initiative to grant the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban medical contingent 'Henry Reeve.'

Freddy Tack, co-founder and vice president of Los Amigos de Cuba in Belgium, considered solidarity with Cuba a daily duty in the face of the United States' aggressions, such as the economic, commercial and financial blockade.

Tania Causse, Counselor in charge of Political, Commercial and Cooperation Affairs; and Junior Peñalver, chargé of Consular Affairs, Press and Culture at the Cuban Embassy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, held a meeting in that country with the Mehr Media Group.

Cuba's ambassador to Namibia, Sidenio Acosta Aday, and Helena Kuzee, director of West Africa and the Americas at the ministry of international relations and cooperation of this African country, held a meeting Friday to renew bilateral cooperation ties.

Cuba will participate in the First Work Meeting of the Ibero-American Network of Cultural Diplomacy, to be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday, December 3.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced a possible drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region of 50%, as a result of the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.