Havana - The third session of the Cuba-United States Bilateral Commission will be held in Havana today to discuss the development of relations and the programs that both sides will carry out in 2016.

Havana -The third meeting of the Cuba-USA Bilateral Commission will be held in this capital on May 16 to review the development of relations between the two countries, the Cuban Foreign Ministry announced.

Havana-uba on Saturday started the drill Meteoro 2016 to prepare the population for disaster situations and focused on confronting drought, epidemics, earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural phenomena.

Washington - ''Engage Cuba'', the main coalition of companies and organizations working to end the blockade of trips to and trade with the island, has highlighted the benefits of agricultural trade between both countries.

While Cuba and the United States have made important progress over the last 17 months, economic and commercial relations continue to be hampered by the blockade which remains in full force despite modifications, the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) reported yesterday, May 12, in a press conference.

Havana - A round table discussion on vulnerability, risk management and psycho-social reconstruction in emergencies and disasters is part of the agenda of the Seventh Intercontinental Convention on Psychology, which will run today and tomorrow.