UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held talks on Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the situation in Syria and the importance of ensuring access to humanitarian aid to this country.»

The Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) declared itself to be in favor of Cuba’s presence in the 6th Summit of the Americas scheduled for April.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, when opening the extraordinary session of the ALBA’s Political Council VIII meeting, reiterated that Cuba will not return to the OAS, nor cares to have any relationship with that organization that has served for purposes of domination, occupation and aggression, by the United States as a platform to attack and plunder Latin America and the »

Social liability of universities will guide debates in the Ninth Congress University 2014 in Cuba, Minister of Higher Education Miguel Diaz-Canel announced. “A better world is not possible without sustainable development or social liability of the university”, he added.»

The book “Fidel Castro in the face of Natural Disasters. Thinking and Action” by researcher Luis Enrique Ramos Guadalupe was launched on Tuesday at the ongoing  21st Havana International Book Fair. The book deals with Fidel´s activity during the passage on the island of different hurricanes since the 1960s.»

Three players from Sancti Spiritus baseball team are included in the West squad that is to face its similar from the East, in the Cuban Baseball All-Star Game to take place next Sunday in the Victoria Giron Stadium, in Matanzas.»

The International Book Fair will pay special tribute on Monday to the famous Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera (1912-1979), as part of the celebrations on his 100th birthday.»

The 43th Cerro Pelado-Granma International Tournament will continue on Monday with fights in the 60- and 74-kilogram divisions in the Greco-Roman style, and 48, 51 and 55 kgs in the women”s category.»

Sancti Spiritus Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA)’s Delegate Leonel Diaz Camero affirmed that local scientists give priority to the integration of researches to both the economic and service processes.»

The leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro reiterated the need to continue struggling and maintain the population informed, in a meeting with intellectuals of the Network in Defense of Humanity, released by local press on Saturday.»