Havana - Cuba is working at an accelerated pace to boost its economy amidst a scenario marked by increased hostility from the United States.

Havana -The Vice President of the Republic, Salvador Valdés Mesa, will appear on national television Tuesday evening to inform about new economic measures approved by the Government, announced Granma newspaper.

Havana - Cuban Minister of Finance and Prices Meisi Bolaños on Wednesday further explained the recently announced measures to sell goods in freely convertible currencies, and noted that customs and tariff norms for their import will remain unchanged.

Havana - President Miguel Diaz-Canel conveyed his condolences to the parents of Paloma Dominguez Caballero, the one-year-infant who died on October 9 because of health complications resulting from an adverse reaction to a Mumps, Measles and Rubella (MMR) vaccination.

Havana - Vice President of the Republic Salvador Valdes ratified on Tuesday that Cuban government efforts are focused on satyisfying the people's needs and, therefore, on continuing to advance towards a prosperous socialist society.

Lack of Medical decency, breaking of the human and international rights that are incompatible with their role as the venue of that Health venue and the wickedness and the powerlessness are some of the very deserved criticism against the U.S. Government on the social networks to refuse the Visa to the Cuban Public Health Ministry, José Ángel Portal Miranda and the rest of the delegation that would attend to the Health Pan American Health Organization in Washington city.