The United States Government is on Tuesday insisting on bringing Venezuela into disrepute through a new campaign so as to further alienate global public opinion regarding the harsh situation in the South American nation, the Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza stated.

The United Nations Decade for Family Agriculture (UNDFA), an issue for debate at an event that opened on Monday at headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aims to boost the efforts to eradicate hunger and build a sustainable food future.

The ALBA-TCP France group on Monday expressed solidarity with Cuba in the face of renewed US economic and political aggression that intensifies the commercial and financial blockade imposed on the island for almost 60 years.

The European foreign ministers repeated their strong rejection of the US blockade of Cuba, diplomatic sources said here on Thursday.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday ratified Cuba's condemnation of a draft resolution submitted by the United States to the United Nations Security Council to step up its crusade against Venezuela.