United Nations - More than 40 countries condemned the United States blockade against Cuban and expressed their solidarity with the Caribbean island during the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

United Nations - Cuba's ties with its citizens overseas, including in the United States, have been strengthened in several areas, despite Washington's escalation, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said.

St. Petersburg, Russia - We have spent decades witnessing an almost unanimous position at the UN General Assembly calling for the lifting of the US blockade against Cuba, stated former president of the 73rd session of that body, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces.

Nueva Gerona - Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel concluded Friday in the special municipality of the Isle of Youth a national tour covering the island's 15 provinces to oversee the implementation of measures applied in the aftermath of the fuel crunch provoked by stepped up US hostility.

Havana - Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power (Cuban Parliament) was summoned to an extraordinary session to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic, according to an official note published this Monday in Granma newspaper .

Havana - Cuban authorities are celebrating on Friday World Tourism Day with strategies focused on diversifying proposals in the travel industry and ensuring environmental care.