Keith Ellis, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, Canada, and a defender of the Cuban Revolution, received on Tuesday in this capital the Friendship Medal given by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.

Jose Antonio Meade, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, expressed on Monday in this city his country's interest in strengthening and expanding bonds with Cuba, as part of Mexico's priorities in its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade, who is on a working visit to the island.

Activists with the Solidarity-with-Cuba campaign in the U.K. called emergency meetings to protest the denial once again by British authorities of an entry visa in that country against Cuban anti-terrorist Rene Gonzalez.

Brazilian Liberation theologian Frei Betto was bestowed on Monday with Cuba's Solidarity Order in acknowledgement of his defense of the fair causes of the peoples.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapksa reiterated his willingness to further strengthen friendly and cooperation relations with Cuba as he met in the capital Colombo with visiting Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is on an Asia tour that includes Vietnam, Laos and New Zealand.

A total of 6 thousand 195 patients were treated in Cuba with stem cells in the first half of 2014, while the medical procedure has been expanded to 14 provinces since it was first administered here in 2004.

Cuban women play a crucial role in the economic and political development of the country as a result of the defense of their full rights through the years of socialist revolution.

The President of the United States, Barak Obama, extended for another year the measures of the commercial blockade against Cuba, the White House informed on Friday.

Michael Lapsley, renowned ecclesiastical activist and close friend of Cuba, presented on Friday in this capital his autobiographical book Reconciliarse con el pasado: Un camino desde la lucha por la libertad hacia la sanacion.

Deputy Elias Castillo, of Panama, president of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), highlighted on Friday in this capital that Cuba has had a very active participation for several years in that legislative organ.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the councils of State and Ministers conferred on Friday the Antonio Maceo Order on the Air Force Brigade of the Playa Giron Guard, on the occasion of its 55th anniversary.

The First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, met on Friday afternoon with deputy Elias Castillo, President of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), who is in Cuba to attend activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of that institution and to take part in the meetings of its commissions of Health and Tourism and the Environment, under way in Havana.

Havana—The Cuban Sexual Education Center (CENESEX) is marking World Sexual Education Dlay with a series of activities dedicated to children and adolescents on issues related to the subject.

The World Campaign of Solidarity with The Five and against Terrorism, which will take place until October 6 in 38 nations, began on Thursday in Cuba.