Madrid - The Spanish hotel chain Melia defended its operations in Cuba and condemned the tightening of the economic sanctions imposed by the United States on the Caribbean nation, local media reported on Thursday.

Havana - The first dialogue on sustainable development between Cuba and the European Union (EU) is taking place here on Tuesday, on the basis of an agreement on political dialogue and cooperation that was signed in 2016 and came into force provisionally in 2017.

In the event that Title III of the Helms Burton Act is applied, the European Union (EU) has endowed itself with antidote legislation, a Council regulation that ensures the protection of its citizens and entrepreneurs, Alberto Navarro, EU ambassador to Cuba, explained in Havana.

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.

Washington - On Wednesday, US National Security Advisor John Bolton will officially announce the decision to enforce Title III of the Helms-Burton Act and to implement other measures against Cuba, according to local media.

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.