Cuba’s Council of Ministers, headed by President Raul Castro, has adopted various measures and policies to implement the guidelines established at the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.»

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa arrived  this Friday in Santiago de Cuba city, 860 kilometers away from Havana, to fulfill a working visit during which he will hold talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.»

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela, will start next Saturday an official visit to China, invited by his peer Xi Jinping.»

Cuba is working on the progressive elimination of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), a powerful greenhouse gas that is one of the substances most harmful to the atmosphere’s protective layer, says an expert on the issue.»

Cuban President Raul Castro met Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, on an official visit to this country.»

Cuba’s President Raul Castro attended a cultural event paying tribute to the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters arrested 15 years ago in the United States, where they fought to thwart terrorist actions against the island.»

An evening in support of freedom for the Cuban antiterrorist fighters held prisoners in the United States was held in this capital in the presence of Health and Sports Minister Juan Carlos Calvimontes, who called for the release of those men.»

Canadian organizations in British Columbia have joined a yellow-ribbon campaign to demand freedom for the Cuban Five, who have been held in U.S. prisons for the last 15 years.»

Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters still held in the United States, requested from the prison where he is being held, that his compatriots in Cuba tie yellow ribbons everywhere as a sign of solidarity and hope for the return of the men to their homeland.»

United States scientists have identified a compound that reverses Down syndrome in newly born mice.»