A new pill-packing plant will open in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, which has been considered of great important for Cuban economy since it will help replace costly imports and increase the production of pharmaceuticals, previously hindered by the lack of containers and packs.

The head of the Cuban Civil Defense Staff, Division General Ramon Pardo Guerra called for efficient use of water given the prolonged drought affecting the country and warned that the situation is serious.

Entrepreneurs from Cuba and Lebanon will explore this week new business and investment opportunities in key sectors, in order to develop trade between the two nations.

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a meeting of the Council of Ministers in which he called for deep analysis of each step to take and the consideration of every measure implemented so far in order to address and correct small mistakes committed along the way.

Theodor Friedrichs, representative to Cuba of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), praised in this capital the efforts of the Caribbean nation to ensure food security.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Thursday with the Head of Government of Mexico´s Federal District Doctor Miguel Angel Mancera, who is on a working visit to the island.

El Salvador´s President Salvador Sanchez described as successful his recent visit to Cuba given the signing of important accords aimed at consolidating bilateral commercial and cooperation relations.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Thursday in Havana with a delegation of the US House of Representatives, who are visiting the island.

Colombia´s foreign minister Maria Angela Holguin is arriving in Cuba on Thursday to join the current peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas amidst huge tensions by growing hostility.

The President of the Republic of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez, described on Thursday as successful his visit to Cuba, for the signing of important agreements for the consolidation of relations of trade and cooperation with the island.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received his counterpart from the Republic of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Cuba will increase its current energy output from renewable sources by six times, an official with the Energy and Mining Ministry said at an International Forum on Renewable Energy underway in Havana.

"We come to learn from you," said Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez on Tuesday after the conclusion of the performance of the work Y sin embargo se mueve (And yet it moves), by the children's theater group La Colmenita.

At the end of the 2011-2013 three year-period life expectancy at birth of the Cuban population in general reached 78.45 years, a figure that places the island among the 25 nations of the world most advantaged in this important social indicator.

Aimed at making progress in the consolidation of trade relations and cooperation with Cuba, the president of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez, arrived today in this capital.