Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuban deputy prime minister and head of foreign trade and foreign investment, began today a working visit to China that will last until October 26.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry (MINREX) congratulated the people and government of Equatorial Guinea on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of their independence and reasserted Cuba’s will to keep strengthening friendly ties and cooperation between the two countries.

Cuban first deputy foreign minister Gerardo Peñalver Portal denounced at the United Nations the Israeli attacks against the civil population in Gaza and reiterated Cuba’s support of the Palestinian cause.

The launching of an online historical and diplomatic collection by Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary on Wednesday and in the presence of representatives of Cuban academic institutions stressed the bilateral willingness to further enrich both countries’ historical memory.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, highlighted Cuba's election to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry congratulated on Monday the people and government of Uganda on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of its independence.

Cuban organizations reaffirmed their solidarity and permanent support for the Palestinian people, in view of the escalation of violence in the conflict with Israel after a new armed confrontation that began on Saturday, October 7, which has so far left more than a thousand dead.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, mourned the loss of human lives, injuries and considerable material damage in Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake in the northwest of the country.

The end of the U.S. blockade of Cuba was demanded by 321 delegates from 41 countries on behalf of 119 political parties, movements and organizations attending the 27th International Seminar "Los Partidos y una Nueva Sociedad” [The Parties and a New Society], held in Mexico.

At the International Seminar Los Partidos y una Nueva Sociedad [The Parties and a New Society], held in Mexico, Ludmila Alamo, deputy chief of the Ideological Department of the Communist Party of Cuba highlighted the inability of imperialism to break and defeat the force of truth as she went over the birth, development and current resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine, issued in 1823.

Boliviana de Aviacion (BoA) airline will start weekly direct flights between Santa Cruz and Havana on October 26.

The Cuban Embassy in Mexico reported that nine of the ten Cubans who died in the accident in Chiapas on Sunday have been identified.

Cuban embassy to Mexico issued today an update on the state of health of the victims of the traffic accident in Chiapas, on Sunday.

Cuba is coordinating through its consulate in Veracruz with Mexican authorities to provide consular assistance required by the car accident on Sunday in which 10 Cubans died and more than 20 were injured.