Havana - Lectures, roundtable discussions and scientific panels featuring academicians from several countries are the focus today of the 11th International Congress of Higher Education, Universidad 2018, to be run until Friday, February 16.

Havana - U.S. President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) made official 56 years ago the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba attempting to defeat the Cuban Revolution, affirmed Cuban academician, Olga Rosa Gonzalez.

Havana - About 2,500 delegates and guests among Cubans and foreigners will meet as of today until February 16 in this capital during the 11th International Congress of Higher Education, Universidad 2018.

Paris - Cuban ambassador to France, Elio Rodríguez, and the rector of the Academy of Paris, Gilles Pécout, have signed an agreement aimed at strengthening academic cooperation between the parties, diplomatic sources informed today.

MACIZO DE GUAMUHAYA, Cumanayagua, Cienfuegos.– The Ministry of Domestic Commerce's policy for remote areas served by Plan Turquino is to prioritize the availability of high demand products for residents in all regions of the country, including industrial and personal hygiene items, as well as more economical lines generally sold in higher end retail outlets, explained Mary Blanca Ortega Barredo, Minister of Domestic Commerce, during a visit to stores located in this mountain municipality.

Paris - The Coordinating Committee of Cuban residents in France has condemned today the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump to create an Internet operating group to promote subversion against the Caribbean country.