Havana - Cuban lawmakers are meeting on Friday for consultations on bills  that will be submitted to the plenary of the legislature over the weekend for a vote.

Havana - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says the 3rd Ordinary Session of the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) which will be convened next Saturday will be historic.

Santa Clara, Cuba - The elimination of the US blockade against Cuba and the application of Title III of Helms-Burton Act called the final declaration of the International Trade Union Colloquium on sugar and drinks sector that concluded in Santa Clara.

Havana - Cuban lawmakers are meeting as of Monday on their respective permanent committees, in work sessions prior to the 3rd ordinary meeting of the full parliament slated for Saturday.

Cuba Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, expressed the island's support for the process of dialogue promoted by the Venezuelan government with the opposition to guarantee political peace in the South American country.

Pretoria - The growing US aggressions against Cuba only cause an increase in international support for the Caribbean nation, Dirk Banderhorst, director of a ballet project in South Africa with Cuban methodology, said.