In a sixth editorial published in English and Spanish since October 12, this time entitled A Cuban Brain Drain, Courtesy of the U.S., The New York Times blasts the US program implemented by the Bush administration, and still underway, to encourage defection of Cuban medical personnel from assignments overseas. The program, says The Times, is particularly hard to justify.

For the first time in more than 50 years the political situation between the United States and Cuba favors the resumption of bilateral relations, according to The New York Times editorial page editor Andrews Rosenthal.

The president of the Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD), Doctor Felix Manuel Escaño stressed the successful Cuban program for the prevention and control of diabetes by describing it as an example to follow in the region.

The general secretary of the Union of Latin American Nations (UNASUR), Ernesto Samper criticized the exclusion of Cuba from the Summit of the Americas describing the action as sitting at the dinner table without inviting a family member.

The permanent Cuban mission at the United Nations submitted four draft resolutions aimed at strengthening human rights and peace on the planet.

For the fifth time in less than a month, the newspaper The New York Times published a long editorial on Cuba, on this occasion acknowledging the countless destabilizing attempts of the United States designed to cause the fall of the government in Havana, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Bolivian president Evo Morales announced in the city of Potosi that he will visit some Latin American and Caribbean nations, including Cuba in late November and early December.

Washington—An article published on the US publication The New Yorker said that Cuba is the country with the first-level response in the world before the international crisis that have appeared over the past years.

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, praised on Friday the contribution made by Cuba to the struggle against Ebola in West Africa and said that her country is very grateful.

Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), asserted on Tuesday that the voting against the U.S. blockade of Cuba at the 69th period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly is yet another example of how the international community continues to expect a positive reaction from the United States.

The Group of 77 plus China asked the U.S. government on Tuesday to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for over half a century now.

For the 23rd occasion, Cuba will today submit to the UN General Assembly the resolution "Necessity to End the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade Imposed by The United States of America against Cuba. The document will be submitted to over 190 UN member nations.

The Cuban Health Ministry announced the death from Malaria, on October 26, of an economist with the island´s medical brigade that is fighting Ebola in Guinea.

Bolivian Health minister Juan Carlos Calvimontes announced in La Paz that six doctors from his country will attend a preparatory meeting in Cuba on the clinical management of Ebola.