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.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff thanked Cuba on Monday for contributing thousands of physicians to improve health care in the population of that South American country.

Celestyal Cruises, Greek operator announced its new brand Cuba Cruise, an all-inclusive program with complimentary excursions around Cuba for 1.200 passengers this season.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced on Monday that he will visit Fidel Castro in Cuba on August 13, when the Cuban Revolution leader turns 89.

The laws and coercive measures implemented by various U.S. administrations against Cuba remain frozen in time and it's time to change them, points out an editorial on Monday in The New York Times.