The Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, started this Monday an official visit to the Republic of Angola, on the occasion of the celebration of the XIV Session of the Intergovernmental Commission Cuba- Angola, which will take place in Luanda April 15-17, 2019.

British bank Standard Chartered will pay 1.1 billion dollars for allegedly violating U.S. blockade on Cuba and sanctions against Iran, Syria, Sudan and Myanmar, the US Treasury Department reported today.

During the dawn hours today, reported was the kidnapping of two Cuban health care collaborators offering their services in the county of Mandera in the Republic of Kenya. The collaborators are Assel Herrera Correa, Comprehensive General Medicine specialist from the province of Las Tunas, and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, surgical specialist from the province of Villa Clara.

Hanoi - Vietnam and Cuba worked hard to explore new business opportunities as they celebrated Tuesday in Hanoi with large delegations the 8th Session of their Business Committee.

The United States announced that the British Acteon Group, a provider of submarine services in the oil and gas industry, will have to pay 227,500 dollars for alleged violations of the blockade on Cuba.

Havana - Cuba''s foreign minister, Bruno Rodriguez, has urged for redoubling efforts to free former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who yesterday served an unjust year of political incarceration.