Army General Raul Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, received Cyril Ramaphosa, Vice President of the Republic of South Africa, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), met on Friday afternoon with Sharif Ali Housein Meshal (Abbas Zaki), general commissioner and member of the Political Bureau of the Al Fatah Movement, who is on a visit to Cuba.

The 16th Havana International Theater Festival will kick off today with the presentation of the play Charenton, by the Grupo Buendia, at the Avellaneda Hall of the Cuban national Theater.

A group of fprmer US Congresspersons met in Havana this Wednesday Cuban lawmaker José Luis Toledo Santander, president of the Commission of Constitutional and Juridical Affairs of the Cuban People´s Power Assembly, along other deputies,
The visitors, who are of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, led by their president Barbara B. Kennelly, showed their interest on the Cuban political system, and had an open, frank dialogue with the Cuban deputies.

Salvador Valdes, Politburo member and Vice President of the Council of State received Sharif Ali Housein Meshal, General Commissioner and Member of the Political Bureau of the Al Fatah movement, who heads a delegation visiting the island for an exchange program with the Cuban Communist Party.

The vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, continued on Wednesday his working visit to Russia, focusing on promoting the signing of new bilateral agreements in the energy, metallurgical and pharmaceutical areas, Prensa Latina reported.

Civil aeronautics is the transportation sector that is most affected by the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca is paying a working visit to the United Arab Emirates to explore business opportunities, following a tour that took him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

World Health Organization (WHO) General Director Margaret Chan described the Cuban health system as an example to follow for its sustainability and capability to act in emergency situations.

The operating of 200 windmills and 20 solar panels are some of the actions carried out in the peasant and cooperative sector of Villa Clara to stop environmental degradation in rural settlements.

The First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz - Canel, received Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States.

A second flight connecting Cuba to Georgetown, capital of the Cayman Islands, with the city of Holguin, will join the route of Cayman Airways starting from November 28.

A Cuban delegation of lawmakers headed by Yolanda Ferrer, president of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), attends the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which began its general debate on Sunday at the International Conference Center of Geneva, Switzerland.

South Africa´s vice-president Cyril Ramaphosa is in Stockholm attending the Eight Session of the South Africa-Sweden Bilateral Commission as part of a tour that will take him to Cuba and later to Mexico.

Mexico´s foreign minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu is payng a working visit to Cuba on Monday.