The Cuban medical brigade in Ecuador is ready to assist the local population in the event of the eruption of the Cotopaxi and Tungurahua volcanoes, which have increase activity over the past few days.

A Cuban delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno attended the Meeting of National Coordinators of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), slated for August 26-28 in the city of Quito, capital of the Republic of Ecuador. A Special Communique on the Guantanamo Naval Base was approved during the meeting, the English version of which we bring you up next, as published by the www.cubaminrex.cu Web site:

Tropical storm Erika is expected to hit the Dominican Republic Friday to later head for Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas, according to the latest advisories.

The President of the Congress of Spain, Jesus Posada, will travel to Cuba from September 3rd to the 5th with a group of deputies of the Popular Party (PP), the Socialist Party (PSOE) and United Left (IU) in order to boost bilateral relations, according to parliamentary sources.

Cuba will show its progress in the struggle against desertification and drought during an important international meeting to be held on October 12-23 in Ankara, the capital of the Republic of Turkey.

Cuba will take part at the Fourth World Conference of Parliament Presidents,, call by the Inter-parliamentary Union at United Nations in New York, August 31 to September 2nd focusing on the participation of parliaments in the implementation of new sustainable development goals.

The Cultural Center for Cooperation of Buenos Aires, Argentina, opened a photo exhibit depicting moments of the speech given by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro at the stairs of the Law Faculty at the University of Buenos Aires back in 2003.

I feel proud to pay homage to a giant, an example of dignity, said Cuban intellectual Miguel Barnet during a tribute-paying ceremony to Chile´s former president Salvador Allende in the capital Santiago.

Media outlets in the US state of Vermont stress recent statements by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy who said that US ideals must be promoted by lifting the travel ban and the blockade against Cuba.

Works at the José Marti Revolution Square in Havana for the Mass that Pope Francis will officiate there during his visit to Cuba on September 19-22 are being performed on schedule, said Luis Perez, head of the brigade in charge of this task.

Nineteen personalities of the US policy and government will accompany Secretary of State John Kerry for the official opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, scheduled for August 14, according to a communiqué issued by the Press Department of the State Department.

Switzerland´s Federal Advisor and Chief of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, Didier Burkhalter is arriving Thursday, August 13 in Havana on an official visit.

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 11 (acn) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America –Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) is now moving towards the development of the Caribbean region, following the signing in Venezuela of several energy and social agreements, the Prensa Latina (PL ) news agency reported.

The Honduran National Congress will award a special acknowledgement to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for his work in favor of the health and education of the people of that Central American country, the Cubasi Web site reported on Friday.