The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will be sworn in Friday afternooon for a new five-year governing period, in the presence of dignitaries and representatives of nearly a hundred nations and international organizations.

Cuba and Indonesia discussed the possibilities for expansion of cooperation in various fields, during a meeting Friday in Jakarta between Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, according to the Xinhua news agency.

A project presented to travel agents known as “Marina Gaviota Varadero” at the 33rd International Tourism Fair is a major investment in the island’s economic sector and constitutes a new initiative in the Caribbean area.

With a focus on the social impact of public radio and television will be held next September 9-13 the International Radio & Television Festival and Expo-Fair Cuba 2013, organizers said.to host Intl Radio & Television Festival Cuba 2013With a focus on the social impact of public radio and television will be held next September 9-13 the International Radio & Television Festival and Expo-Fair Cuba 2013, organizers said.

A U.S. university professor visiting Cuba says that coming to the island offers the valuable opportunity to see how different this country is from what the U.S. media says about it.

Jose Ramon Fernandez, an advisor to Cuban President Raul Castro, met on Wednesday in Havana with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who headed the government of that country from 2000 to 2001.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met Monday in Brasilia with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is paying an official visit to that South American country.

Rene Gonzalez, a former Cuban political prisoner in the United States, has begun legal proceedings to renounce the U.S. citizenship, a requirement set by the authorities of that country to modify the terms of his probation.

Cuban President Raul Castro met in Havana with the Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil, Fernando Pimentel, who is paying a working visit to the Caribbean country.

The Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva congratulated the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, for his country's long-standing achievements in the eradication of hunger and undernourishment.

Nearly a third of Cubans are expected to be over 60 years old by 2030, making it home to Latin America's most aging population, according to a study.

Renowned Cuban instrumentalist and composer César Portillo de la Luz died Saturday in Havana at the age of 90.

Petrocaribe member states agreed to create a new economic zone and granted membership to Honduras and Guatemala at their 7th summit that ended here on Sunday.

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Cuban President, Raul Castro met Friday in Havana with the director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, who pays a working visit to the Caribbean island.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Friday expressed satisfaction with the progress in peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.

Cuban President Raul Castro headed the main rally marking International Workers' Day, at Havana’s Jose Marti Revolution Square under the slogan “United for Prosperous and Sustainable Socialism.”President Heads May Day Celebrations in HavanaCuban President Raul Castro headed the main rally marking International Workers' Day, at Havana’s Jose Marti Revolution Square under the slogan “United for Prosperous and Sustainable Socialism.”

Cuba presented on Wednesday its second report to the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council.

Theodor Friederich, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Cuba, highlighted on Tuesday the Caribbean island's capacity to increase food production.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday appealed to the government of the United States to end its decades-old economic blockade on Cuba.

An Ecuadorian Parliament delegation awarded the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in the United States with the Doctor Vicente Rocafuerte National Assembly of the Republic of Ecuador order.

Cuban President Raul Castro awarded outstanding intellectual Fina Garcia Marruz with the Jose Marti Order during a ceremony on Monday at Havana’s Revolution Palace.

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, arrived in Havana on Friday for an official visit.

A group of 21 European deputies have sent U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a letter, expressing concern about the case of the five Cuban anti-terrorists held in the United States since 1998.

The National Ballet School of Cuba has been invited to attend Assemblée Internationale 2013 –AI13-, sponsored by the National Ballet School of Canada, along with the most important 18 ballet schools from all over the world.

René Gonzalez, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly convicted in the United States, is in Havana on a family visit, local media said.

More than a thousand trade union leaders and representatives of social organizations from dozens of countries are scheduled to participate in the upcoming International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, to be held next May 2 in Havana.

Cuba's biotechnology industry is expected to double over the next five years, bringing in more than five billion U.S. dollars in export revenues, officials said recently.

An online forum, sponsored by the Cuban Association of United Nations (ACNU in Spanish), will open Friday to discuss the current situation of human rights in Cuba and support the latest report presented by the Caribbean island before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The death toll from Wednesday's building collapse in Savar on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has climbed to 147, and nearly 2,000 others were injured, a police official said Thursday morning.

The 33rd Caribbean Festival will be held in eastern Santiago de Cuba province from July 3rd through the 9th, dedicated to the Caribbean region of Colombia.

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group will resume peace talks in Havana on Tuesday after a month-long recess.

The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly held in the United States expressed their solidarity with the US people in the wake of the Boston bomb attack that left three people dead and 180 others wounded.

Representatives of the governments of Cuba and Saudi Arabia signed in Havana a bilateral agreement for the rehabilitation with Saudi financing of the water infrastructure of the island's capital.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, both started by the United States, have caused massive civilian casualties, says a report on the U.S. human rights record released on Sunday.

Businessman Horacio Cartes of the powerful center-right Colorado Party has won Paraguay’s presidential election by a wide margin, the electoral commission has announced.

The surviving Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is awake and responding to questions in writing, media reports said.

Cuban President Raul Castro returned to Havana on Sunday noon after attending the inauguration ceremony of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, will travel to Cuba on a working visit from April 21 to 24, diplomatic sources informed.

US police have captured the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, following a manhunt that completely locked down the city for an entire day.

Military cooperation between Cuba and Russia is at a very satisfactory level and will continue developing, said in Havana Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces.

Alfredo Guevara, founder and director of the International Festival of Latin American Cinema of Havana, died on Friday in Havana at the age of 87.

Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday at a ceremony attended by at least 60 high-level foreign delegations, some 15 of them from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Caracas on Friday, leading a government delegation to the swearing in of Nicolas Maduro as President of Venezuela.

A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was shot dead in a shootout with police early Friday, while a second suspect is still on the loose, officials said.

Presidents of member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are holding a special meeting Thursday in Lima, the Peruvian capital, to discuss the election dispute in Venezuela and express the bloc's support for president-elect Nicolas Maduro.

Cuban President Raul Castro held talks on Wednesday in Havana with the visiting president of the International Soccer Federation (FIFA), Joseph Blatter, who just concluded a working visit to the Caribbean island.

At least fifteen people are believed to have been killed and more than 160 injured in a fertilizer factory blast in the U.S. state of Texas on Wednesday, local police said.

Ukraine has leased an An-158 regional jetliner to the Cuban Aviation Enterprise. The jet is one of 10 An-158 aircraft that will be leased to Cuba under a 2010 contract with the Ukrainian design bureau Antonov and the Russian leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co.

Venezuela's stability and security is now the priority of the government of President Nicolas Maduro, after the violent unrest orchestrated by the right-wing opposition faction led by former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles.