Namibian Parliament President, Peter Katjavivi, will soon pay an official visit to Cuba, said Giraldo Mazola, ambassador of the Caribbean nation in the African country.

A delegation of the Association of Former Members of the U.S. Congress, led by Democrat Ron Sarasin, met on Tuesday with deputies, former deputies and officials of the National Assembly of the People's Power (ANPP).

Cuban President Raul Castro will pay an official visit to France on February 1 and 2, at the invitation of his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, announced on Monday Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra.

Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales Ojeda said on Sunday in Havana that they are looking for ways for the over 10 thousand 500 family doctors' offices in the country to contribute in improving the services to the population.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, held a meeting on Sunday night with representatives of the delegations of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) present in Havana at the peace negotiating table.

Prominent Cuban revolutionary combatant Pedro Miret died in Havana in the early hours of Friday at age 88, as a consequence of an acute myocardial infarction.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, sent greetings on Friday to the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL) on the occasion of its 50 years of existence.

The president of the Academy of Spanish Language in Equatorial Guinea, Agustin Nze Nfumu, advocated in Malabo on Thursday the opening of a path for cultural exchanges with Cuban institutions, from which his organization can learn, Prensa Latina reported.

As part of ongoing US-Cuba academic exchange, favored by the thaw of bilateral relations, some 30 students from the Delaware Law School expect to spend a week in late February to exchange with local professionals and visit places of economic and environmental interest.

The Cuban Meteorology Institute has issued a first special advisory about possible and persisting heavy and intense rains in western and central Cuba on Wednesday.

The Vice-president of the Council of State, Salvador Valdes Mesa, heads the Cuban delegation that will participate in the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, which will take place on January 14.

US President Barack Obama again and directly called on the US Congress on Tuesday to lift the over-50-year economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica will travel to Havana in late January to give a lecture during the 57th edition of the Casa de las Americas Literary Prize.

Josefina Vidal Ferreiro has been closely linked to culture, language and the US political and academic events since she left to study in the former Soviet Union in 1979.

Authorities of the Cuban Company of Airports and Aviation Services (ECASA S.A.) and of the Beijing-Capital International Airport Ltd. (BCIA) signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding in this city.