Havana - Cuba and United States governments signed today an agreement on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue aimed at strengthening cooperation in providing assistance to people at risk by events in that sphere.

Havana - Representatives of Cuba and the United States have held in Washington the fourth bilateral meeting on human trafficking, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean island reported today.

The earthquake of 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale that took place yesterday southwest of the province of Santiago de Cuba has so far had more than three aftershocks and it is expected several others to occur in the next few hours, which would decrease in weeks or two months.

Havana-Cuban President Raul Castro met Friday in Havana with Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who is on a visit here.

Havana - Following a constructive policy, Cuba has managed to strike despite the ongoing economic blockade 18 mutually beneficial cooperation deals with the US Government on fields of common interest such as national security.

Havana- Cuban First Vice-President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, met with Protestant American church leaders visiting this Caribbean country, official sources report today.