An article published on Granma newspaper on Friday, entitled "The Odyssey for the American Dream" addressed the situation of nearly 2000 Cubans left stranded in Costa Rica, which have raised concern of countries of the region, currently trying to come up with a solution to the case.

Swaziland ´s Health Director Samuel Vusi Magagula said thanked Cuba for the contribution of their medical personnel to his country.

The Cuban government reiterated on Tuesday its condemnation of the politicization of the migration issue by the United States and called for legal, safe and orderly emigration.

A majority of possible voters in the US states of Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Tennessee back the reestablishment of relations with Cuba, according to a survey that revealed large support to the lifting of US trade and travel restrictions on the island.

The signing of a contract on Cuba's participation in the Astana 2017 World Exhibition took place on Tuesday in a solemn ceremony at the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan, confirmed the island's embassy to that nation, according to the Prensa Latina news agency.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez extended sympathies to his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil for the 44 victims of a terrorist attack perpetrated in a southern neighborhood of Beirut.

Cuba and Vietnam opened the 33 rd session of their joint intergovernmental commission in an effort to keep deepening bilateral economic and commercial relations.

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos thanked yesterday, in Luanda , on behalf of his people and government the participation of Cuba during the struggle for independence and national reconstruction , Granma newspaper published.

Forty years after the beginning of Operation Carlota, the Cuban internationalist military mission in the People´s Republic of Angola back in the 1990s, both Angolans and Cubans treasure moving memories of that crucial chapter of their history.

The Vice-president of the Cuban Council of State, Salvador Valdes, arrived on Tuesday in Angola to participate in commemorative festivities on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of that African nation's independence.

Former US President Bill Clinton described as positive the recent reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.

Cuba and the United States are holding their joint meeting on law enforcement with the objective of strengthening bilateral cooperation in the area of security, according to the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Cuban President Raul Castro started an official visit to Mexico where he was received on Friday by his counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto.

Nearly 100 Cuban students and workers received in 2015 scholarships for postgraduate studies in the Russian Federation, as announced in the exchange held between Cuban academics and officials of that European nation in Havana's Nacional Hotel.