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.

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.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) issued its World Cybersecurity Index at the end of 2018 where Cuba was ranked 81st in the world ranking, and is thus categorized among the countries with an average level of cyber security.

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.

Havana - General director for the United States of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, affirmed the eve the island will not yield to the threats of Washington, which he described as gangster methods.