Havana -The Cuban economy forecasts a growth of 0.5 percent in 2019, similar to that of the region, despite the intensification of the US blockade, said Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil.

The necessity of making use of technology available within the country to maintain and repair roads, to prevent further deterioration, including possible local strategies that can be implemented on short order, allowing communities to address their own issues, was a key point made by the President during a recent meeting to evaluate the country’s highway program.

Havana - Cuba is reiterating that the current U.S. government poses the most peremptory threat of the last five decades to peace and stability in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Washington - Cuban ambassador to the United States, Jose Cabañas, reiterated on Sunday that Cuba is a safe country for diplomats and travelers from all over the world and urged the Donald Trump Administration to stop using the health issues reported by US diplomats as a pretext to impose more unilateral coercive measures against the Caribbean island.

Havana - The CIMEX S.A. corporation and Unión Cuba Petroleo (Cuba Oil Union) will defend themselves in a US federal court against a lawsuit filed by the multinational ExxonMobil, pursuant to Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, it was reported here.

Havana - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has denounced on the social network Twitter that the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, is again lying with vulgar slanders about the island’s participation in the Mais Medicos—More Doctors program.