JetBlue Airlines announced that starting from July 3 it will make a weekly New York-Havana flight, although U.S. citizens won't be able to travel as tourists, due to the restrictions of the blockade.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev and expressed his gratefulness for the invitation to participate at commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism, which will take place Saturday in Moscow.

Jorge Mattar, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning, said in this city that the shift to a dignified life in the region is possible.

The Holy See confirmed that Pope Francis will receive Cuban President Raul Castro in a private meeting on Sunday, May 10.

The University of South Dakota, in the United States, is offering students a program to take Health Service Administration in Cuba and learn from the island´s reality, culture and people.

Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the National Assembly of the People's Power, received Doctor Serguei Naryshkin, president of the Russian State Duma.

The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, who were held in US prisons for over 16 years, are visiting Venezuela, where they were granted the keys to that sister Latin American city.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Russia on Tuesday at the invitation of Russian Head of State Vladimir Putin to participate at celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the victory over fascism.

Intense rains in the last days caused partial damages to hundreds of houses, the electrical grid, crops and some roads in the mountainous municipality of Baracoa, in Cuban easternmost Guantanamo province.

Cuban President Raul Castro and Algeria´s Head of State Abdelaziz Bouteflika held a two-hour meeting in Algiers on Monday, in which Raul conveyed greetings from Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and his best wishes to the Algerian president.

Japan expressed its support of ongoing efforts by Cuba and the United States to normalize bilateral relations, a processed that kicked off with the historic December 17 announcement by presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama.

The speaker of the Russian lower chamber of parliament or Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, is paying an official visit to Cuba on Monday, May 4, as both countries mark the 55th anniversary of the reestablishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.

Cuban President Raul Castro met with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, this Monday morning in Alger, to discuss ways to strengthen political relations and boost bilateral trade.

The province of Camaguey celebrated International Workers Day with one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the country so far this year and an efficient execution of the investments aimed at the refurbishing of health installations in the region.

Invited by Bolivarian President Nicolas Maduro, the five Cuban antiterrorists will arrive on Monday in Venezuela for a visit to the South American nation, as confirmed on Sunday by diplomatic sources, the Prensa Latina news agency reported from Caracas.