The RALCA external fixators, designed by Cuban Professor Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras in the early 1970s, are patented in 24 nations and used in some 50 with notable results.

The World Bank has just published a revealing report on the problems of education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Entitled "Excellent Professors: How to improve learning in Latin America and the Caribbean," the study analyzes the public educational systems of countries in the region and the main challenges they face.

One million 800 thousand students will be at Cuban schools on September 1 as the 2014-2015 school years opens on the island, according to preliminary figures cited by Education minister Ena Elsa Velasquez.

Marlon Mendez, an eight year-old Cuban child that has a large collection of photos of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, saw his dream come true after having a meeting with him.

The Association of Sugar Technicians of Cuba (ATAC) plans to establish cooperation agreements with Costa Rican and Guatemalan related organizations in order to contribute to the professional development of their members, as announced on Monday in this capital.

The Cuban Women's Federation is marking its 54th anniversary August 23 in the Eastern province of Guantanamo, a territory where women has made important achievements.

Cuba called for new methods, initiatives and proposals to face the current international economic order, based on larger cooperation and solidarity among Latin American nations.

Fishermen in western Cuba reported to have found about 60 pieces presumably from a 17th or 18th century wreckage in areas of the Esperanza Harbor, Pinar del Rio province.

A Cuban delegation is attending the 23rd General Assembly of Housing and City Planning Ministers and Top Authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean Caribe (MINURVI), under way in Mexico City until Friday, announced the Physical Planning Institute (IPF) in this capital on Thursday.

For his , 20 ago (PL) For his contribution to Latin American integration and the creation of a fairer world, the National University of Lanus, Argentina, gave on Wednesday the Honoris Causa Doctorate to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

The head of the International Sanitary Control Department at Cuba's Health Ministry, Niurka Molina, said that the country has adopted all necessary measures to prevent the introduction on the island of the Ebola Virus, a condition affecting four western African nations.

In his most recent article entitled "True Friendship," Fidel Castro tells about his most recent meeting in Havana, on August 19, with Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and he praises Venezuela's assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip, under the atrocious Israeli attack.

A modern biofertilizers plant is built in Santiago de Cuba province, with an investment nearly five million pesos and technology developed by the Cuban Research Institute of Sugarcane Derivatives.

Dr. Niurka Molina, head of International Health Control Department of the Public Health Ministry (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), said in Havana that Cuba adopted measures to prevent the introduction of Ebola virus in the country.

The United Nations development Program (UNDP) has strengthened its cooperation program with Cuba until 2018 in priority areas like agriculture, food safety and nutrition.