Cuba and the United States have signed a joint declaration to collaborate in environmental protection.
 

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Tuesday evening with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who is on a working visit to Cuba.
 

The five Cubans who were held in U.S. prisons for fighting terrorism received today the Elijah Barayi award, granted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), in recognition of their impeccable work and resistance.
 

Mexico's Agriculture, Ranching, Fishing and Food Secretary Jose Calzada is paying a working visit to Cuba beginning Monday to explore new opportunities of trade and cooperation with the island.
 

The president of the Red Cross International Committee Peter Maurer is paying a working visit to Cuba on Monday, November 23rd.  According to this morning's edition of Granma newspaper, Peter Maurer will meet with high-level Cuban government…

The 10th Congress of Marine Sciences ends sessions today with a lecture on oceanography and sustainable development, by Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission at UNESCO.
 

The hemispheric meeting "Defeat of FTAA, 10 years later," begins today in this capital, to analyze the challenges of the Latin American integration one decade after the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata.
 

Cuba and Vietnam included new contents to their relations after concluding here today the works of the 33rd session of the Inter-Governmental Commission, a reflection of the will to boost economic ties, as authorities of both countries stressed.…

The five Cubans who were held in U.S. prisons for fighting terrorism expressed solidarity with the pan-Arab TV channel Al-Mayadeen against maneuvers and political pressures destined to silence it, the station reported.
 

Researchers and teachers from the universities of Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, are attending from today to Nov. 20 the Third International Scientific Training and Local Development Seminar.

The 10th Congress of Marine Sciences takes a break today to commemorate in this capital the 50th anniversary of the specialty in the Caribbean region.
 

Cuban President Raul Castro visited the French embassy in Havana to sign the book of condolences for the victims of the terrorist attacks carried out last Friday in Paris.