Giving continuity to fluid relationships between Cuba and France, the 4th Session of the Franco-Cuban Economic and Commercial Commission took place today with the aim of analyzing the implementation and follow up on the Bilateral Economic Agenda signed on February 1, 2016.

Ana Silvia Rodriguez, Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba and Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Ambassador, spoke at the "High Level Meeting for the Midterm Review on the implementation of the Vienna Program of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024", known as the Vienna Program of Action, at the UN headquarters.

HAVANA, Dec 4 (ACN) Titled "Our America in the face of the onslaught of imperialism and the oligarchies", the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement analyzing the current convulsed situation suffered by the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. Below is the full text of the document.

Audrey Azoulay, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will make an official visit to Cuba from next December 4.

Dr. Elisabeth Lovrek, honorary professor and president of the Austrian Supreme Court of Justice, held an exchange with her counterpart Ruben Remigio Ferro, president of the Cuban Popular Supreme Court.

Different activities were carried out by Cuban diplomats, collaborators and students in Vietnam to pay tribute to Fidel Castro on the third anniversary of his death.

A Cuban delegation headed by Congressman Andres Castro arrived in Paris to strengthen parliamentary ties between the Caribbean island and France, where the delegation will carry out an intense program.

Cuban minister of culture, Alpidio Alonso, paid tribute to German philosopher Karl Marx in front of the grave where his remains rest at Highgate cemetery, in northern London.

Starting next January 15, Colombian airline Avianca will suspend direct flights between El Salvador and Cuba, in order to avoid conflicts with the US Government.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil, considered his country's recent vote at the United Nations in favor of the US blockade against Cuba for almost six decades as shameful.

Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the eternal nature of the friendship between his country and Cuba while receiving credentials from the new Cuban ambassador, Carlos Miguel Pereira.

American Senator Patrick Leahy has reiterated his criticism of measures adopted by the Donald Trump administration against Cuba and stressed the importance of rapprochement between the two countries.