Former US President Bill Clinton described as positive the recent reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.

Cuba and the United States are holding their joint meeting on law enforcement with the objective of strengthening bilateral cooperation in the area of security, according to the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Cuban President Raul Castro started an official visit to Mexico where he was received on Friday by his counterpart Enrique Peña Nieto.

Nearly 100 Cuban students and workers received in 2015 scholarships for postgraduate studies in the Russian Federation, as announced in the exchange held between Cuban academics and officials of that European nation in Havana's Nacional Hotel.

The Cuba-US Bilateral Commission, set up after the reestablishment of bilateral relations, will hold its second session on November 10 in Washington.

Cuba reiterated its commitment today in Paris with UNESCO and confidence in its management by making reality the dream of achieving societies characterized by legitimate sustainable development.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez reiterated his country´s willingness to advance towards the improvement of bilateral relations with the United States, a process affected by the US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the Caribbean nation.

Faced with an avalanche of speeches by representatives of organizations and governments that demanded an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba, the United States tried to justify on Tuesday its opposition to the draft resolution against that policy submitted to the United Nations General Assembly.

Cuban Foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez is already in New York for the UN General Assembly vote on the Cuban-sponsored resolution on the necessity to end economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintained against the island for over 5 decades now.

Syria´s Information minister Omran al-Zoabi categorically denied any presence of Cuban or North Korean troops in his country and said that with Russia is more than enough to fight terrorism.

Nine U.S. governors asked the leaders of their country's Congress to lift the blockade against Cuba.
The governors signed a letter sent to the Capitol where they requested the end of the blockade against Cuba which they assured "prevents the normalization of relations" between the island and the northern nation.

Cubans residing in Europe urged the US Congress to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintained against their nation for over 50 years now.

Members of the Asia, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) declared themselves at the European Parliament to be in favor of the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.

Bolivian President Evo Morales considered on Monday that the five Cuban heroes that were imprisoned in the United States for monitoring the activities of terrorist groups there "are heroes of their country and also of Bolivia."