Cuban President Raul Castro arrived this Friday afternoon in Margarita Island, Venezuela, to participate in the Seventeenth Summit of the Non Aligned Movement to take place September 17-18.

Cuban Vice President Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela stressed on Friday in Havana the importance of order, discipline and control to close doors to crime and contribute to economic advances.

Cuba will host a regional meeting on Zika and other diseases October 20 and 21 with the attendance of renowned experts from The Americas and Europe, along with specialists from this part of the world who have been directly involved in the fight on Zika.

Wednesday, at 6:24 pm, the Network Stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible earthquake, located at coordinates 19.75 North Latitude and 75.59 west longitude, southwest of the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a depth of 20 km and a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Thursday at the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Margarita Island, Venezuela, that most principles adopted in 2006 in Havana by the Non-Aligned Movement are not being systematically honored.

Cuba´s first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel alerted in eastern Bayamo city about a political, cultural, economic and symbol-related campaign aimed at undermining Cuban identity and the Revolution through the use of new technology.

Cuban President Raul Castro held talks on Thursday with his Mongol counterpart Tsakhiagiin Eldbegdorj, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

The President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, will come to Cuba on September 14-18 on an official visit, as reported by the Web site of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Philippe Couillard, Premier of the Canadian Province of Quebec, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Esteban Lazo, President of Cuba's National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), sent a message of condolences to Nicaragua, on the occasion of the death of his counterpart in that nation, Rene Nunez.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will begin on Monday a three-day official visit to the island, which seeks to strengthen bilateral relations in spheres such as renewable energy, tourism and food and agriculture.

With the arrival of Airbus 319 at the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport of the city of Camaguey, direct flights between the United States and this territory, which began almost half a century ago and were interrupted in 1961, were resumed.

As ongoing measures are being taken in Cuba to cushion what has been described as a temporary energy situation, Energy and Mines minister Alfredo Lopez insisted in the need to further rationalize electricity and fuels due to what he described as the consequences of the current world economic circumstances.

Cuban Education Minister Ena Elsa Velazquez said Thursday in Paris that political will is the key to eradicate illiteracy in today´s world, and education can be guaranteed for all the people when the governments consider it a working priority.

Cuban Medical Services Sales Company belonging to the Health Ministry presented on Tuesday in Havana a new therapeutic and preventive program destined for international tourism to be carried out in the country's medical and health assistance centers.