The General Secretary of the Association of Caribbean States, June Soomer arrived in Cuba Sunday, September 4 on a working visit.

The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) strongly condemned the coup against the legitimate President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.

The Cuban Council of Churches, a leading institution of Cuba´s Christian Ecumenical Movement, says threats by the US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) federal agency to withdraw the tax-exempt status of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)-Pastors for Peace organization aims at undermining solidarity between the Cuban and the US peoples.

Up next, the English language version of the Declaration by the Cuban Revolutionary Government published by the Cubaminrex Web site:

Social inclusion, community-based rehabilitation and access to the various techniques for people with disabilities were central themes during the General Assembly of the World Blind Union, held on August 18-25 in Orlando, Florida.

Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation of the United States, will travel to Cuba on August 31, coinciding with the arrival of Airbus A-320 of JetBlue airlines, which activates regular flights between the two countries, interrupted for more than half a century.

The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) sent a message of condolences to the movement of solidarity with Cuba in Italy, following the earthquake that occurred in that European nation, reported on Thursday the local Foreign Ministry.

Colombia's National Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces guerrillas announced on Wednesday in Havana a Final, Comprehensive and Definitive Peace Accord to end the over-50-year armed conflict and to build stable and long-lasting peace in Colombia.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will arrive in Cuba on Sunday on an official visit, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cubaminrex) reported.

The 22 member states of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC) elected Cuba from the eight countries in the region that aspire to occupy a seat in the council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, in its next meeting.

Among the many messages sent to Cuban leader Fidel Castro on his 90th birthday was that of Bolivia´s Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of a Latin American nation.

Namibian President Hage Geingob said that the historic legacy of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is a huge source of inspiration.

Fidel for us is a great example; I wish all leaders to be like him and many of them to have the dignity and integrity of the Commander, remarked in this capital American Manolo de los Santos.

Today, more than ever, the example of Cuba is needed, said Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the Committee of Solidarity with Cuba in the United States, referring to the growing social inequality in the world and specifically in the northern country.