Havana- Authorities from Cuba and Vietnam announced that they are working on the renegotiation of a new bilateral trade agreement, replacing the one signed in 1996, in line with current conditions and increasing economic ties between both nations.

Monsignor Claudio María Cellí, who is the representative of the Vatican, announced that he would continue an agenda to normalize the relations between the public powers, specially the one between the executive power and the Venezuelan National Assembly.

Brasilia - Former Brazilian Minister of Culture, Marceo Calero revealed his resignation was due to pressure of Geddel Vieira Lima, political articulator and one of the strong men of president Michel Temer, said today local media.

On November 14, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a fine of 5,976,028 USD on the U.S. based multinational National Oilwell Varco and its subsidiaries Dreco Energy Ser­vices and NOV Elmar.

Lima - The APEC Summit in Peru has been focused on the culmination of the meeting of foreign ministers and foreign trade ministers, in addition to the arrival of US President Barack Obama and China, Xi Jinping, among other rulers.

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he hopes that Donald Trump understands the urgency and severity of climate change and the fight against it.