The Cuban Health Ministry announced the death from malaria on Saturday of Cuban nurse Reinaldo Villafranca, who was working with the internationalist medical brigade that is fighting the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.

United Airlines announced its plans to fly to Cuba from Houston, Texas, and Newark, New Jersey if it receives authorization by the US administration.

Cuba called for efforts at the UN Security Council to achieve fair and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Pope Francis said that an example of dialogs that build bridges is the recent decision by the US and Cuba to put an end to a half-a-century reciprocal silence.

Rice farmers from the US Southern state of Louisiana are lobbying in Washington these days for the lifting of trade restrictions on Cuba.

Panama is retaking the national literacy program based on the Cuban method known as Yes, I Can, after a five-year freeze under the government of Ricardo Martinelli.

US officials acknowledged the prestige of Cuba in the fight against drug trafficking and they insisted in the need to expand cooperation accords between Washington and Havana, according to the Washington Post.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressed his best wishes and congratulations to the Cuban people and his willingness to support the expansion of bilateral relations with the island.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca is in Beijing heading the island´s delegation to the first Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States—CELAC.

Cuban vice-president Jose Ramon Machado Ventura is heading the island´s delegation to the inauguration ceremony of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, to take place January 1.

A recent survey revealed that 58 percent of Cubans residing in the US city of Miami between 50 and 64 years of age support the announcement by President Barack Obama about the reestablishment of diplomatic relation with the island.

Dmitry O. Rogozin, vice president of Government of Russia, laid today a wreath at the Monument to the Soviet Internationalist Soldier in Cuba.

Cuba and Algeria signed important accords on Thursday to boost cooperation in the fields of tourism and pharmaceuticals during the last session of the 19th Intergovernmental Commission.

Salvadorian President Salvador Sanchez highlighted on Sunday the importance of continuing to expand cooperation and solidarity between Latin American and Caribbean nations in search of real independence and sovereignty.