The 14th International Congress "Pedagogía 2015" gets underway Monday in Havana with a keynote speech by Cuba's Education Minister Ena Elsa Velazquez, addressing more than 2,500 delegates from 30 countries.
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from increased support from Cuba in the areas of health, education, disaster response, and support for the disabled, the Jamaica Information Service reports.
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica welcomed the recent diplomatic contacts between Cuba and the United States, saying they pave the way for a more global package of trade facilities for Latin America.
Lifting the U.S. economic blockade imposed on Cuba for more than 50 years ago has become an essential aspect for the normalization of bilateral relations, a Cuban diplomatic source stated on Friday.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, on the afternoon of January 22, received Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez, vice president-elect of Uruguay.
Experts from Cuba and Ecuador assess today the results of a cooperation agreement on comprehensive child development, as part of which Cuban professionals trained about 15,700 people from this South American nation.
Delegations from Cuba and the United States just concluded two days of official talks in this capital, in which they discussed issues such as illegal immigration and the course towards the restoration of diplomatic relations.
The Cuban government''s achievements in public health were stressed by experts in that matter, who are attending the lecture "Neglected Diseases in Latin America," developed at the central House of Democracy in Berlin.
Cuba and the United States began today here the second day of talks with a meeting focused on the restoration of diplomatic relations, the opening of embassies, and other issues of bilateral interest.
Cuban physicians have saved the lives of 293,693 Guatemalans from November 1998 to December 2014, while free consultations have exceeded 37,557,077 in the same period, an official source reported today.
Vice President Mercedes Lopez Acea is leading her country''s delegation to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Bolivian President Evo Morales, to be held today and tomorrow in that Andean nation.
The migratory talks between Cuba and the United States were described as constructive today despite the fact that the Cuban Adjustment Act and "wet foot/dry foot" policy remained unchanged.