Poor rainfall reported in the mountainous area of Villa Clara from September 2014 to date have caused an unprecedented drought in the area, resulting in affectation in agricultural work.

Experts with the World Health Organization (WHO) will arrive March 22 in Havana to consider the certification of Cuba as the first country in the world to have wiped out the transmission of Syphilis and HIV via mother to child.

Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel is in Namibia to attend the swearing-in ceremony for president-elect Hage Geingob and to participate at celebrations for the 25th anniversary of that country´s national independence.

In the heart of downtown Windhoek, capital of Namibia, a street flanked by main commercial offices and businesses bears the name of Fidel Castro, in honor to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Members of Cuban student organizations and youth movements are gathering in Havana to contribute, from their experience and reality, ideas and proposals to the Civil Society Forum that will take place in Panama April 8-10, during the 7th Summit of the Americas.

Cuban President Raul Castro may visit Russia in 2015, the Cuban Ambassador to Russia Emilio Lozada Garcia told RIA Novosti this week.

Cuban President Raul Castro returned to Cuba on Wednesday afternoon, after participating in the Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA−TCP), held in Caracas with the objective of establishing stances with respect to the U.S. interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

The director of the Latin American Department at Russia´s Foreign Ministry, Alexander Schetinin, confirmed that foreign minister Serguei Lavrov will take a Latin American tour March 24-26, which includes Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

American actress and writer Terry Baum offered at El Mejunje Cultural Center, in this city, a unique feature of her work Immediate Family, with which she appreciates the opportunity to visit Cuba.

The most recent talks in Havana between representatives of Cuba and Washington were held closed doors; both sides agreed to keep contacts in the future as part of the process aimed at restablishing diplomatic relations and opening embassies in both capital cities.

Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel kicked off a three-day official visit to Angola, a second leg of an African tour that already took him to South Africa.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a message in which he stressed the discipline and firm stance of the Venezuelan people in defense of the Bolivarian Revolution amidst the most recent US threats.

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will pay a visit to Cuba March 23 and 24, in what is considered the first visit to Havana by a diplomat of her rank.

The Cuban Parliament expressed its solidarity with Venezuela by condemning Washington´ action to call the South American nation a threat to US national security, which the Cuban legislative body described as a serious, arbitrary and aggressive US decision.

Representatives of Cuba and the United States are meeting in Havana on Monday as part of bilateral negotiations to reestablish bilateral diplomatic relations.