Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi confirmed Wednesday the Pope Francisco's visit to Cuba in the days prior to his stay in the United States on September.

The Agricultural Summit ''Sowing Bolivia'' begins today in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, to define policies to strengthen the agricultural and livestock sector in order to ensure food security.

High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Federica Mogherini, said today that the bloc cannot lose opportunities in its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean theme ministers discussed today Affairs. Upon reaching the appointment of foreign ministers of the Group of 28, Mogherini stressed the importance of the issue at a time when the Latin American subcontinent undergoes transformations, as the process to restore diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.

The Sixth Latin American Congress of Agrarian Workers Organizations in Buenos Aires demanded an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba, and condemned the interference of the northern nation in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

Engage Cuba, a new non-profit group, will lobby the U.S. Congress next month for the end of prohibitions against doing business or travel to the Caribbean nation.