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.

Today as never before, the World Peace Council is facing the challenge of increasing its actions for universal peace and the sovereignty of nations, which are at growing risk of destruction as a consequence of military conflicts.

Traffic accidents continued to claim lives in Cuba with a total of 615 by the end of October, an average of eight fatal victims in every 10 accidents, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.

The president of the Red Cross International Committee Peter Maurer is paying a working visit to Cuba on Monday, November 23.

Representatives of the University of Guantanamo and the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico, expressed their willingness to strengthen projects of common interest under the agreement signed in 2014 between these institutions.

The Executive Committee of the World Peace Council is meeting in the eastern Cuban city of Guantanamo.