The Cuban Women's Federation is marking its 54th anniversary August 23 in the Eastern province of Guantanamo, a territory where women has made important achievements.

Cuba called for new methods, initiatives and proposals to face the current international economic order, based on larger cooperation and solidarity among Latin American nations.

Fishermen in western Cuba reported to have found about 60 pieces presumably from a 17th or 18th century wreckage in areas of the Esperanza Harbor, Pinar del Rio province.

A Cuban delegation is attending the 23rd General Assembly of Housing and City Planning Ministers and Top Authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean Caribe (MINURVI), under way in Mexico City until Friday, announced the Physical Planning Institute (IPF) in this capital on Thursday.

For his , 20 ago (PL) For his contribution to Latin American integration and the creation of a fairer world, the National University of Lanus, Argentina, gave on Wednesday the Honoris Causa Doctorate to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

The head of the International Sanitary Control Department at Cuba's Health Ministry, Niurka Molina, said that the country has adopted all necessary measures to prevent the introduction on the island of the Ebola Virus, a condition affecting four western African nations.

In his most recent article entitled "True Friendship," Fidel Castro tells about his most recent meeting in Havana, on August 19, with Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and he praises Venezuela's assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip, under the atrocious Israeli attack.

A modern biofertilizers plant is built in Santiago de Cuba province, with an investment nearly five million pesos and technology developed by the Cuban Research Institute of Sugarcane Derivatives.

Dr. Niurka Molina, head of International Health Control Department of the Public Health Ministry (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym), said in Havana that Cuba adopted measures to prevent the introduction of Ebola virus in the country.

The United Nations development Program (UNDP) has strengthened its cooperation program with Cuba until 2018 in priority areas like agriculture, food safety and nutrition.

The Cuban Interest Section in Washington D.C. announced that it will continue to offer consular services despite the impact by the US blockade on its financial operations. Here is the full text of the statement by the Cuban office:

The Department of Studies on Ten-Syllable Verses of the University of Matanzas, has announced the 5th Colloquium "Day of the Spanish-American Decima (ten-syllable verses)" for September 28 and 29, as a tribute to the immaterial cultural heritage of the Cuban nation.

The 3rd International Convention on Engineering will take place in the Varadero Tourist Center of Matanzas province November 6 to 8.

The Maraguan Artistic Group of the University of Camaguey returned to the island with two prizes from its most recent presentations abroad, in two cities of Algeria, where it took part in festivals as the only representatives of Cuba and Latin America.

Cuba asked United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon to publish as official documents the denunciation against the most recent subversive US actions against the island.