Cuban President Raul Castro addressed the United Nations General Assembly during the General Debate of the 70th Session of that governing body on September 28 th in New York City.

A Cuban Communist Party delegation is in Ecuador to participate at the 2nd Latin American and Progressive Forum, which kicked off on Monday in the South American nation.

Pope Francis will end on Sunday his 10-day tour of Cuba and the United States with a Mass in Philadelphia, which will serve as culmination of the 8 th World Meeting of Families.

Ecuador´s President Rafael Correa said that during his mandate the number of medical consultations increased from 16 million to 36 million thanks to his government support and the collaboration of Cuba.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived Thursday in New York to participate at the United Nations Summit dedicated to the approval of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and at the General Debate of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived at noon in New York City to attend the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and to participate in the General Debate of the 70th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly.

This is the first time in 17 years that a Pope calls the blockade by its name, and not by the biased term of "embargo", and this happens aboard the Alitalia airplane that took him from Santiago de Cuba to the Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, where he was welcomed by President Barack Obama.

MESSAGE BY POPE FRANCIS TO ARMY GENERAL RAUL CASTRO, SENT DURING HIS FLIGHT TO THE UNITED STATES.

Pope Francis sent a thank you message to Cuban families for ¨making me feel at home¨ in his last speech to Cubans in his four-day papal visit.

I´m coming to visit you to share faith and hope, said Pope Francis in a video-message to the people of Cuba, aired by Cuban television.

Over 1 thousand foreign reporters, both on temporary visa and permanently accredited here, will cover the visit of Pope Francis to the island.

On Thursday afternoon, Jose Ramon Cabañas handed over to President Barack Obama the Credentials accrediting him as ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the United States.

Pope Francis warmly greeted the Cuban people during Wednesday's general audience at the Vatican, while referring to the visit he will pay to the island starting from Saturday, September 19.

President Raul Castro will travel to the U.S. to give a speech at the UN General Assembly on September 28, Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez announced on Wednesday.