Venezuela is gradually regaining calm, though still with fear and caution, after the intense earthquakes that struck the country last Wednesday and have so far caused 235 deaths and 4,300 injuries, according to Health Minister Carlos Alvarado.

In a new attempt to strangle and subdue Cuba, the United States government imposed another unilateral measure, this time against the state energy company Unión Cuba Petróleo (CUPET), as announced today by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Canadian mining company Sherritt International has finally decided to maintain its joint project with Cuba, reversing the dissolution plan announced days earlier amid the tightening of US sanctions against the island.

Russia is willing to study, if necessary, new oil supplies to Cuba, as well as other support measures, the Slavic country's Deputy Foreign Minister, Aleksandr Pankin, declared today.