Members of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, WFDY, stressed the resistance of the Cuban people and the role of the new generations of Cubans in the defense of the Socialist Revolution, during a session of the International Commission of the Cuban Communist League, held on Monday.

Mexico´s Minister of Agriculture, Ranching, Rural Development, Fishing and Food, Jose Calzada, announced a working visit to Cuba heading a business mission following a cooperation accord signed with Cuba´s Food minister Maria del Carmen Concepción.

The Cuban and Mexican governments signed several agreements in order to expand the reach of bilateral cooperation.

The Cuban Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas received Friday afternoon the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad Matthias Fekl, who leads a delegation of French entrepreneurs.

Miguel Diaz Canel, Cuba's first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, headed the event to mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the internationalist military mission in the Republic of Angola.

Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo received Peter Foster, his counterpart from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia, which he described as a sister nation that shares with Cuba excellent and historic relations.

The upcoming 10th Congress on Marine Sciences will allow open exchange between Cuban and US academics, experts and directives of institutions in the sector.

Cuban president Raul Castro sent his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a message of condolences for the loss of Russian lives in the crash of the Airbus 321 in the Sinai Peninsula last October 31.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-President of the Cuban Council of Ministers, received Monday afternoon Luis De Guindos Jurado, Minister of Economy of Spain, who is in Cuba on an official visit.

In an action characterizing Cuban democracy, district councilors throughout Cuba started on Sunday their reports to their voters in process that will run till December 30 aimed at achieving close exchange between the people and those elected councilors or district delegates in April.

Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, scientific advisor of Cuba´s Council of State, said that his recent visit to Beijing was highly positive to further advance bilateral scientific exchange with China.

Ildar Shafkatovich Jalikov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, will arrive in Cuba on Sunday on a working visit.

The Michigan State University announced this week that medical students of that higher education center will be able to do part of their curriculum in Cuban hospital as of April 2016.

US deputy secretary for Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas held talks on Thursday with Cuban first deputy foreign minister Marcelino Medina at the headquarters of the Cuban Foreign Ministry in Havana.

Cuba´s President Raul Castro will pay a state visit to Mexico November 5-7, according to a communiqué issued by the Mexican government.