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Venezuelan officials handed a formal letter of protest to the US embassy in Caracas on Friday to reject the White House’s recent executive order calling Venezuela a threat to national security.»

Cuba and the United States will open dialogues next week on Human Rights, meeting suggested by Havana and accepted by Washington, said here a Foreign Ministry official.»

The Cuban women’s judo team travelled to the United States to participate in a team tournament organized in the city of New York from Marcht 25th to 31st.»

Russia Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov met in Havana with Cuban Vice-President Ricardo Cabrisas, on details of the 8th Session of the Cuba-Russia Joint Intergovernmental Commission slated for April in Moscow.»

Afer having fulfilled a successful mission fighting Ebola in Africa, 150 Cuban medical professionals returned home, 98 of them worked in Sierra Leone and 52 in Liberia.»

Cuban civil society today held an event where issues such as democratic governance and citizen participation were addressed, towards the Civil Society Forum of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, to be held in April.»

After concluding his visit to South Africa, Cuba First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel left for Angola, where he started a three-day official visit.»

The University of Havana’s staircase witnessed again a concert, this time in support for Venezuela, while other Cuban cities will host a similar event today.»

Venezuela was supported by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Saturday afternoon, at an emergency summit addressing the recent aggressions from US President Barack Obama.»

A delegation of the Russian Federation Council (Senate) headed by Head of the Foreign Relations Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, will visit Cuba next week, the High Chamber press service reported.»