Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Paris to participate in the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

The Ecuadorean consul to Cuba, Soraya Encalada, said her country is willing to expedite the process to grant tourist visas to Cubans wanting to travel to the South American nation.

We want to develop cooperation on issues of common interest, said in Havana on Friday Luis Rojas, Pro Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, during a meeting with deputy Ana Maria Mari Machado, vice-president of the National Assembly of the People's Power. Rojas is part of a Chilean delegation currently visiting the Caribbean island, headed by Deputy Aldo Cornejo, of the Christian Democratic Party, and also composed of Juan Andres Lagos, general secretary of the Communist Party of that country, and Gabriel Gaspar, former Chilean ambassador to Cuba.

The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lime Bay will arrive in Havana city today, according to a press release by the Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) During their visit, the British sailors will meet an agenda that include courtesy visits to the Head of the Revolutionary Navy, the Presidency of the People´s Power Assembly in Havana, as well as touring sites of historical and cultural interests.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on its www.cubaminrex.cu Web site, issued on Thursday a communique on the 6th round of negotiations between Cuba and the European Union (EU).

Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Foreign Minister of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, ratified on Thursday in this capital the interest of his country in strengthening bilateral ties with Cuba.

The United States and Cuba will hold talks as on Monday on migration and the struggle against drug trafficking, within the process of normalization of their bilateral relations, as informed on Thursday by the State Department and confirmed a by a source of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the Cubadebate website reported.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Mauro Luiz Lecker Vieira, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (FM) of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils fo State and Ministers, met on Wednesday with Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Minister of Foreign Affairs (FM) of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

The Telecommunications Company of Cuba, ETECSA S.A by its Spanish acronym, opened from Tuesday another four WIFI areas for wireless Internet access, located in parks and urban areas of public high influx, Granma newspaper says.

Cuba stands out among the countries with more scientific researches with ozone therapy and is among the first to regularize it in the world, which places it as an international leader, said an expert.

The foreign ministers of Brazil, Mauro Viera, and of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, are visiting Cuba on Wednesday to consider opportunities to further expand economic collaboration relations with the island.

Cuba and the United States signed on Tuesday in Washington a joint declaration to collaborate in environmental protection.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Tuesday evening with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who is on a working visit to Cuba.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received, on the morning of November 23, His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, who is on an official visit to the Caribbean island.