President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday repeated the Sri Lankan government’s will to continue strengthening friendship and cooperation relations with Cuba.»

The main event for World Literacy Day are held  in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the 2014 international awards will go to projects from Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Algeria, South Africa and Spain.»

A total of 6 thousand 195 patients were treated in Cuba with stem cells in the first half of 2014, while the medical procedure has been expanded to 14 provinces since it was first administered here in 2004.»

Residents of Sancti Spiritus demand the return of Antonio, Gerardo, and Ramón.»

Cuban hero René González, who is attending a Festival of the Communist journal Avante, said his priority is to fight for the release of his three comrades still in U.S. prisons.»

Not a surprise to anyone, the U.S. government has criticized Panama’s decision to invite Cuba to participate in the 2015 Summit of the Americas, which the Central America country will host.»

The factory readies to start the elimination of CFCs, one more step in the program of getting rid of the so-called Substances Causing Depletion of the Ozone Layer.»

The 10th International Colloquium of Solidarity with The Five and against Terrorism will be held on September 11 and 12 in Havana, and so far over 200 delegates from 49 countries have expressed their interest in participating.»

The most recent report of the World Bank (WB) on education in Latin America and the Caribbean, places Cuba in the first position in the region in that regard, close to the most effective in the world.»

The 28th Marabana marathon competition has so far secured the participation of 213 runners from 31 countries, reported Carlos Gattorno director of the project, created in 1987.»