Cuban Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, met Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon, who is on a working visit to the Caribbean island.

Cuba and Japan should take advantage of the new vitality of their relations and increase trade cooperation, the first vice president of the Cuban State and Minister Councils, Miguel Diaz-Canel said on his visit to Tokyo.

Four conferences taking place as part of the 5th Convention, Tropico 2016, begin today in Havana attended by about 400 delegates from 17 countries.

The Hurricane Season officially begins on June 1st in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico with predictions of normal to active, although Cuba will remain prepared in case of any contingency.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received His Excellency Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium, who is on an official visit to Cuba.