Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, welcomed in Paris Elba Rosa Perez, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, who is attending the World Summit on climate change.

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis sent the over 5 thousand Cubans stranded in his country hoping to reach the United States a message saying that efforts to have other countries of the region to accept them in their route have been fruitless.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca is heading the island´s delegation to attend the swearing-in ceremony, December 10, of Argentina´s president-elect Mauricio Macri.

Cuban Science, Technology and Environment minister Elba Rosa Perez reaffirmed in Paris her nation´s commitment to the success of Climate Conference underway in the French capital, which is expected to reach a fair, balanced and far-reaching accord.

The Miami-based Alianza Martiana Coalition, an active group of Cuban migrant´s organizations, has called a demonstration next Saturday, December 12, in that southern US city to demand the immediate lifting of the over-50-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

The regional integration bloc known as Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People´s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) will send a mission to accompany next Sunday´s legislative elections in Venezuela.

Delegations from Cuba and the United States held a technical meeting Tuesday in Washington on the fight on drug trafficking and they agreed on the importance of bilateral cooperation in the area and the signing of accords.

The sixth round of talks between Cuba and the European Union concluded on Wednesday with an agreement on trade and closed negotiations on cooperation and dialogue on sector policies, pointed out the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX).

The President of the Syria-Cuba Friendship Association, Abdul Nasser al-Shafia welcomed on Tuesday in Damasco Cuba´s ambassador Rogelio Santana to review the solidarity ties that unites both nations, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.

Up next, the press release published by the Cubaminrex Web site on the Cuba-U.S.A. migratory round held today in Washington:

Starting from December 1st, Cubans wishing to enter Ecuador will require a tourist visa, according to the announcement made on Thursday in Quito by Deputy Foreign Minister Xavier Lasso.

A meeting of the foreign ministers of the Central American Integration System (SICA) plus Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia unanimously rejected the US´s 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act and other related policies that encourage illegal departures of Cubans to the United States.

The foreign ministers of Central American countries are meeting Tuesday in El Salvador to address the situation of over 25 thousand Cubans stranded in Costa Rica in their attempt to emigrate to the United States.

The situation of the over 2 thousand Cubans stranded in Costa Rica could be described as calm and tense at the same time as they hope that next Tuesday´s Central American and Caribbean ministerial forum finds a solution to their case.