Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he met with Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro for four hours in Havana, following the recently held ALBA special summit on Ebola.»

The re-election of Dilma Rousseff means avoiding the return to the past and fostering the process of social improvement, said former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.»

The 48 members of the Puerto Rican Juan Rius Rivera Solidarity-with-Cuba Brigade, who currently visit Sancti Spiritus, held a meeting with representatives of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in the headquarters of that institution. Since their arrival in this central Cuban city last Saturday, they’ve been engaged in the fulfilment of a busy agenda which included »

Precipitations also reached significant levels in the city of Sancti Spiritus (87 mm), in the municipality of La Sierpe (69 mm), and in the mountainous region of Topes de Collantes (71 mm).»

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, met with Ahmed Üzümcü, director general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).»

The United States is willing to cooperate with Cuba in the international struggle against Ebola in Western Africa, as confirmed on Wednesday to EFE by a spokeswoman of the State Department.»

Cuban President Raul Castro bid farewell to a medical brigade that will fight the Ebola epidemic in Africa, mainly in western countries of that continent.»

Diaz-Canel and the visiting top official talked about the good state of relations between OPCW and Cuba, and reiterated the common willingness to continue strengthening them.»

Cuba closed its participation in the 9 American Cup of Sports Shooting when Alexander Moleiro achieved the eighth gold medal for his team, in rifle three positions style at 50 meters (m).»

The countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) regional bloc put together an action plan for a joint response to the Ebola pandemic in Africa. The Final Declaration of the ALBA Extraordinary Summit on Ebola lists as one of its main objectives the strengthening of “professional development for experts in the treatment of Ebola patients” »