Cuban and US religious leaders expressed their commitment to continue working for the normalization of relations between the two countries, and the return home of three Cuban antiterrorist fighters imprisoned in US jails.

Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel visited this Tuesday the International Fair of Havana, FIHAV 2104, a clear sign of the importance the Cuban government gives to this event.

Cuba´s First vice-president Miguel Diaz Canel held talks on Sunday with the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Nurgaliyevich, who is on an official visit to the island.

The Cuban health staff now in Liberia to support that country's combat against Ebola, visited the field hospital where they will work starting from Monday. Dr. Ronald Hernandez, member of the Cuban Brigade, wrote in Facebook:

Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales said that the expert meeting on the prevention and fight against Ebola, held in Havana this week, revealed the need for the countries of the region to join efforts for their benefit and allowed to deepen knowledge and share experiences to be in better conditions to face the disease and assist African countries.

The Havana-based Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute will be the venue to the first International Course for the prevention and fighting against Ebola in the Americas, Cuban deputy health minister Marcia Cobas announced.

The minister of state of the United Kingdom's Foreign Ministry, Hugo Swire stressed the significance of three memorandums of understanding signed with Havana in the areas of sports, diplomatic relations and trade.

Two experts are to arrive in Jamaica from Cuba next week, to assist with the training of health care workers and other designated Ebola frontline responders.

Over 130 people arrived yesterday morning in the Alamar Identity Card Office, in Havana del Este municipality, to get their new ID, Lt. Col. Magnolia Soto, transactions unit chief in Havana, said.

The Cuban literacy program known as "Yes, I Can" has been implemented in 30 nations of the world where eight million people have learned how to read and write with that methodology, said Doctor in Science Cesar Torres, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogic Institute, which leads that initiative.

The director of the US Disease Control and Prevention Center, Nelson Arboleda, said during an expert meeting in Havana on Wednesday that his entity is willing to cooperate with Cuba in the fight against the Ebola epidemic affecting western Africa.

Cuba is implementing a national plan to prevent and fight the Ebola fever virus, aimed at consolidating health measures that guarantee preparation to minimize risks of introduction, transmission and consequences of that epidemic.

The 5th International Workshop on Childhood, Adolescence and Youth: Social Integration and Sustainable Development began at the capital's Riviera Hotel, the Granma newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The United States and Israel were left once again on their own against the world with respect to the blockade of Cuba, warned on Tuesday a new article published by The New York Times.

Matanzas strengthened its position as leader of the Cuban baseball by beating 12-7 Industriales yesterday, reaching thus 19 wins this season against only nine losses.