Havana - The endoscopic treatment of biliopancreatic afflictions are on the table on Tuesday at the 7th International Congress, GastroCuba 2019, starting in Havana with the participation of specialists from about 10 countries.

Havana - The U.S. blockade is currently the main impediment to the flow of information and the widest access of Cubans to the Internet, according to Cuban authorities.

Washington - Members of the solidarity movement with Cuba will visit the US Congress on Monday and Tuesday to urge legislators to support laws that end restrictions on travels and trade imposed on the island.

Ottawa - Associations of Cubans residing in Canada asked the government of this country to maintain its traditional support for the island in the UN in the fight to lift the US blockade.

Minsk - The General Director of Asia, Africa and Latin America of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, Nikolai Borisevich, welcomed Cuban vice president, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz in Minsk, diplomatic sources informed Monday.

Hanoi - Senior officials of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) condemned the US blockade against Cuba on receiving the head of the Ideological Department of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee, Victor Gaute.