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.

Pinar del Río - With the prospect of contributing more than 260 million dollars to the country's economy during 2019, tobacco products are reaffirmed as the main export of Cuban agriculture.

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.

Paris - French university professor and activist Jean Ortiz on Monday described the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for six decades as immoral and criminal.

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.

Beijing - Chinese President Xi Jinping commended Miguel Diaz-Canel on his election as president of Cuba, stressed the friendship between the two peoples, and reaffirmed willingness to work together to strengthen bilateral ties.