San José - Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (Micitt) Marcelo Jenkins advocated here to continue strengthening scientific collaboration between Costa Rica and Cuba.

Geneva - Cuba defended the need for a new international economic order in which technological and knowledge monopolies were eliminated, during the United Nations'' Commission on Science and Technology for Development, taking place in Geneva today.

Havana - Cuban President Raul Castro returned to his country Thursday, after taking part in the 5th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) held in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) this week.

Dominican Republic - Cuba's Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla arrived in the Dominican Republic yesterday, January 23, to participate in the 5th Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit meeting of Foreign Ministers, which begins today.

Havana - With the slogan: ''For the Unity of All Educators'', the Congress Pedagogy 2017 will be held from January 30th, at the Havana International Conference Center, the Cuban Deputy Minister of Education Cira Piñeiro announced.

Havana - Important coastal floods have been recording in Havana as a result of a strong and extensive extra-tropical depression over South Carolina, in the United States, covering all Cuban territory with its wide circulation.