The member of the Politburo and Vice-president of the Council of State, Mercedes Lopez Acea, was received by Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Republic and general secretary of the Popular Revolutionary Party of Laos, who reiterated his support for the struggle of the Cuban people against the blockade and for the release of the Five Heroes, during the fraternal meeting they recently held on the occasion of Lopez Acea's working visit to Vientiane.

Bolivia's Deputy Health Minister Arianna Campero thanked in this capital the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, and Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, for being a bastion of dignity and honor for the peoples.

Interested in consolidating the French market as one of the main nations sending tourists to Cuba, the Caribbean island will participate, as of Tuesday, in the 36th edition of Top Resa, a fair of established prestige for the promotion of tourism in Europe, to be held in Paris.

Experts from over 20 countries of the world are gathering at Havana's Conventions Center on Monday for the 2014 International Congress of Cuba's Labiofam Entrepreneurial Group, which will present its most recent experiences in the production of pharmaceuticals for humans and veterinary use.

Two new cooperation agreements between Cuba and Venezuela to exchange supplies between the Labiofam S.A. and Agropatria S.A. enterprises were signed on Thursday in this capital.

At about 80 Cubans and foreign visitors confirmed their presence at the Digital Underwater Photography Festival taking place from today until Monday 22nd at Faro Luna Hotel, in Cienfuegos province.

Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno addressed participants in the emergency session of the UN Security Council to analyze the international struggle against the Ebola fever virus epidemics, in which he ratified Cuba's position of contributing with health professionals to fight the epidemics as well as the island's solidarity with African peoples.

Cuba´s permanent representative at the United Nations in Geneva, Anayansi Rodriguez, reiterated her country's support to a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria through dialogue.

Laos´ President Choummaly Sayasone thanked Cuba for its support of his nation economic development and national independence struggle, during a meeting with Lazara Mercedes Lopez, member of the Cuban Communist Party´s Political Bureau, who paid a working visit to that country this week.

Data published on Thursday by the Cubahora digital magazine evidence the importance of the Cuba-Vietnam cooperation project signed in 2002 for the replacement of rice imports on the island.

The Vice-president (VP) and Foreign Minister (FM) of the Republic of Panama, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, assessed on Thursday as very productive and beautiful her official visit to Cuba, during which mutual relations were strengthened.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Thursday afternoon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-president of the Republic of Panama, Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Some 400 local and foreign delegates will gather in Havana for the 2nd International Medical Education Conference in the 21st Century, to take place September 30 to October 3.

The executive director of the UN Environment Program, Ibrahim Thiaw, described as impressing the Cuban sustainable development and disaster mitigation plans.

Marcela Suanzo, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), asserted on Tuesday that over half a century ago Cuba began to meet the agreements adopted at the International Population and Development Conference.