Cuba and Chile ratified on Friday in this city their interest in strengthening their bonds at political and governmental levels and between their peoples, on the occasion of the visit to the island of the presidency of the Camber of Deputies of that South American nation.

Congolese National Defense minister Division General Charles Richard Mondjo expressed in Havana his interest in strengthening relations with Cuba, particularly in the military sector.

The coming into effect of new US regulations towards Cuba was addressed Friday by Cuba´s Granma newspaper noting that although the steps go on the right direction, the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is still in force.

Religious leaders gathered in a joint initiative known as Cuban Inter-religious Platform called an International Meeting for inter-religious dialog and world peace in Havana October 16 to 18.

US companies ready to back at Congress the regulations that the White House is expected to announce with the aim of easing commercial ties with Cuba, according to reports by the US media.

Soccer star Diego Armando Maradona said on Monday in Havana that he was happy to have received a letter from Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and that he was so happy to know that Fidel enjoys good health.

Cuba installed a modern refrigerator in the Special Development Zone Mariel (ZEDM) that uses ammonia gas as a natural and environmentally friendly refrigerant that does not damage the ozone layer and does not contribute to global warming.

Cuba will begin to offer wi-fi services in public areas by the end of January in the Eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba.

A group of entities related to the sectors of economy, services and food production were declared as inefficient by a national internal control audit in the central province of Ciego de Avila.

Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel said university students must question cultural models that currently spread as imposed on the island and he insisted in the need for the creation of values that favor cultural, ethical and humanistic development.

Cuban President Raul Castro condemned the terrorist attack perpetrated against the French Charlie Hebdo weekly, which took 12 lives.

Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel evaluated the social and economic development, challenges and potentials in the eastern province of Camaguey.

Provincial electoral commissions will be constituted on Thursday in solemn meetings throughout Cuba, aimed at the successful development of elections of delegates to the municipal assemblies of the People's Power, convened for April 19.

The Stations Network of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded an earthquake at 8:08 am yesterday at 9.1 kilometers southwest of the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale, Granma newspaper reported today.

Gema Hernandez Perez, the daughter of Gerardo Hernandez (one of The Five) and Adriana Perez, was born on Tuesday in Havana at 8:30 a.m. by cesarean section, the Cubadebate Web site reported.