Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, arrived on Monday in Havana shortly after noon, after two days of activities as part of the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Margarita Island, Venezuela.

China´s Premier Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to Cuba this week as part of a tour of The Americas he started on Sunday, which also includes Canada and his participation at the 71 UN General Assembly in New York.

Iran´s President Hasan Rohani is paying an official visit to Cuba on Monday, September 19.

Addressing the 27th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela, President Raul Castro reiterated that Cuba is willing to maintain civilized relations with the United States, but will never renounce any of its principles, or yield its sovereignty and independence.

Cuban President Raul Castro said that when the 120 Non-Aligned nations act shoulder to shoulder their strength cannot be underestimated.

Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo received the President of the German Bundesrat (Federal Council), Stanislaw Tillich, who is on a visit to the island to boost economic relations between the two countries.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived this Friday afternoon in Margarita Island, Venezuela, to participate in the Seventeenth Summit of the Non Aligned Movement to take place September 17-18.

Cuban Vice President Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela stressed on Friday in Havana the importance of order, discipline and control to close doors to crime and contribute to economic advances.

Cuba will host a regional meeting on Zika and other diseases October 20 and 21 with the attendance of renowned experts from The Americas and Europe, along with specialists from this part of the world who have been directly involved in the fight on Zika.

Wednesday, at 6:24 pm, the Network Stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible earthquake, located at coordinates 19.75 North Latitude and 75.59 west longitude, southwest of the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a depth of 20 km and a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Thursday at the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Margarita Island, Venezuela, that most principles adopted in 2006 in Havana by the Non-Aligned Movement are not being systematically honored.

Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel alerted in eastern Bayamo city about a political, cultural, economic and symbol-related campaign aimed at undermining Cuban identity and the Revolution through the use of new technology.

Cuban President Raul Castro held talks on Thursday with his Mongol counterpart Tsakhiagiin Eldbegdorj, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

The President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, will come to Cuba on September 14-18 on an official visit, as reported by the Web site of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Philippe Couillard, Premier of the Canadian Province of Quebec, who is on an official visit to Cuba.