Central American countries agreed in a meeting in Guatemala on Monday to airlift some 8 thousand Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to El Salvador starting the first week of January.

Representatives of Central American nations, plus Ecuador, Cuba, Colombia and the U.S., addressed in Mexico the situation of thousands of Cuban stranded in Costa Rica in their effort to make it to US territory encouraged by Washington´s policies.

With deep sorrow and indignation, the Cuban Arab Association condemned the assassination of legendary Lebanese combatant of Hezbollah Samir Al Kantar amidst attacks perpetrated by an Israeli raid against a residential area in the city of Jaramana, in Damascus.

Cuban experts with the Labiofam Pharmaceutical Labs Company are joining a local Malaria campaign in the African country in an effort to reduce the fatal impact of that disease on the population.

The accord signed by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces and the government constitutes a new and significant step in the advancements of efforts for peace.

Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, welcomed in Paris Elba Rosa Perez, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, who is attending the World Summit on climate change.

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis sent the over 5 thousand Cubans stranded in his country hoping to reach the United States a message saying that efforts to have other countries of the region to accept them in their route have been fruitless.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca is heading the island´s delegation to attend the swearing-in ceremony, December 10, of Argentina´s president-elect Mauricio Macri.

Cuban Science, Technology and Environment minister Elba Rosa Perez reaffirmed in Paris her nation´s commitment to the success of Climate Conference underway in the French capital, which is expected to reach a fair, balanced and far-reaching accord.

The Miami-based Alianza Martiana Coalition, an active group of Cuban migrant´s organizations, has called a demonstration next Saturday, December 12, in that southern US city to demand the immediate lifting of the over-50-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.

The regional integration bloc known as Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People´s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) will send a mission to accompany next Sunday´s legislative elections in Venezuela.

Delegations from Cuba and the United States held a technical meeting Tuesday in Washington on the fight on drug trafficking and they agreed on the importance of bilateral cooperation in the area and the signing of accords.

The sixth round of talks between Cuba and the European Union concluded on Wednesday with an agreement on trade and closed negotiations on cooperation and dialogue on sector policies, pointed out the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX).

The President of the Syria-Cuba Friendship Association, Abdul Nasser al-Shafia welcomed on Tuesday in Damasco Cuba´s ambassador Rogelio Santana to review the solidarity ties that unites both nations, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.