The 200-strong Cuban delegation to the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students departed early on Friday for Ecuador. Quito, the capital, will host the international event for tens of thousands of young people from all over the world.
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The Cuban medical brigade fighting cholera in Haiti has done a commendable job, according to the United Nations Health Coordinator in Haiti, Pedro Medrano.
Cuban President Raul Castro has sent a message of condolence to South African Head of State Jacob Zuma on the death of Nelson Mandela.
Cuban and Spanish legislators have agreed to establish closer relations between their respective institutions at a meeting held in Havana by a Spanish parliamentary delegation.
Dozens of Ecuadorians warmly welcomed the Cuban delegation to the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, which arrived in this capital today.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez and the president of the Autonomous Community of Galicia in Spain, Alberto Nuñez, agreed today to increase and expand the bilateral and historical links between their countries.
Cuban-American scholar Nelson Valdés urged US President Barack Obama to release four anti-terrorist Cuban fighters held in US prison for 15 years now for preventing the implementation of violent actions by Miami-based terrorist groups against Cuba.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said here that the tour carried out by regional countries and he ended today in Angola is part of deep convictions to cooperate with the African continent.
Human development and subjectivity, psychological theories and their relationship to other sciences are among the issues to be discussed at the 6th Intercontinental Convention on Psychology, Hominis 2013, starting today in this capital.
At the United Nations, Cuba called for revitalizing the General Assembly as a key way of ensuring work that is more democratic and effective.
The 180th birthday of Cuban scientist Carlos J. Finlay, who made the world discovery of the transmitting agent for yellow fever is being remembered today in this eastern central city.
Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Cuban Communist Party''s Central Committee, gave the national flag to the delegation that will represent this country at the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students.