Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on Friday that the illegal confiscation of a Venezuelan plane by the United States confirms the disrespect of that country's government for the rules of international law.

Geneva, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the United Nations Human Rights Council demanded on Friday that the Government of the United States end the blockade against Cuba and exclude the Caribbean island from the States Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited entities in the eastern province of Ciego de Avila on Friday, as part of the tours that he makes of municipalities throughout the country, to assess development strategies from the communities.

Havana, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuban singer-songwriter Eduardo Sosa remains in critical condition, with a reserved prognosis, and with no evidence of neurological improvement, the Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto General Teaching Hospital, in the eastern province of Guantanamo, reported on Friday.

Camagüey, Feb 7, Cuba (Prensa Latina) The visit of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Miguel Díaz-Canel, to the municipalities of Sibanicú, Najasa and Vertientes in this province ended on Friday, after the review of productive work and matters of economic interest in the region.

Panama, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Tensions between Panama and the United States escalated on Thursday, after the State Department announced that US ships are exempt from paying for transit through the Canal.

Asuncion, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan Sports Minister Cesar Ramirez expressed satisfaction on Thursday during the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the National Secretariat of Sports and Cuba's National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER).

Quito, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The Coordinator for Peace, Sovereignty, Integration and Non-Interference (CPAZ) expressed its solidarity with Cuba on Thursday and demanded the return of the Guantanamo territory, illegally occupied by the United States for more than a century.

Panama, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador to Panama Victor Cairo on Thursday rejected the lies of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who accused the Caribbean island, Venezuela and Nicaragua of creating instability in the region.