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The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (COCC) highlighted the importance of Pope Francis’s visit to the island from September 19 to 22, in a message released today by Granma newspaper.»

As the 48th summit of the South American sub-regional block Mercosur kicked off in Brasilia Thursday, heads of member states to focused on reducing trade barriers between their countries over the next six months to promote regional integration.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received Thursday afternoon Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, minister of Foreign Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany, who pays an official visit to our country.»

The Minister for Foreign Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, held a meeting Thursday morning with his Cuban peer, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, as part of his official visit to Cuba.»

Cuba had a fruitful harvest Monday at the 17th Pan American Games in the Canadian city of Toronto, highlighting the performance in diving, canoeing, rowing and weightlifting.»

The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who were unjustly imprisoned in the USA thanked the authorities and people of Angola for the affection and solidarity they received during their stay in the African nation.»

Russia President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday the creation of a BRICS university, during the summit of the bloc underway in the Russian city of Ufa.»

The 17th Summit Meeting of the Non Aligned Movement, originally scheduled to be held in Margarita Island, Venezuela, this year, was postponed for a yet to be set date of year 2016, sources from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry told Prensa Latina.»

Six people were killed by an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale in the city of Hotan, Autonomous Region of Uygur Xinjiang, in northwest China.»

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced in Washington that Cuba has become the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV / AIDS and syphilis from mother to baby.»