Cuba participated on Tuesday in the International Symposium on Education Policies held at UNESCO, where topics such as school leadership, monitoring, evaluation and governance in the context of Agenda 2030 were addressed, Prensa Latina reported.

For the island, these aspects are fundamental priority in the face of the implementation process of the new Education Agenda 2030, commented members of the delegation, headed by Mercedes Escuredo, Director of Education of Camaguey province, and composed of representatives of the National Commission of UNESCO and officials of the permanent legation to the institution.

New York -The Septeto Nacional de Cuba will perform today at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx along with the iconic Orquesta Broadway of New York.

In the show entitled íAl Rojo Vivo! will perform as guest artists the tres player Yadil Guerra and trumpeter Someillan Agustin, because some members of the Cuban band were unable to travel due to visa problems.

Caracas - On the 163 anniversary of the birth of Jose Marti, and 135 anniversary of his arrival in Venezuela, began today in Caracas the remembrance days for the National Hero of Cuba.

 Havana - The work of art ''Milagro'' by Cuban artist Alexis Leyva (Kcho), gifted by President Raul Castro to Pope Francis in September, will be moved to the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to a note released today.

Presented as a gift to the Pope on his visit to the Cuba, the work of art was originally placed in the Church of the Holy Cross in Agrigento, Sicily, and on January 17 will be moved to the largest of the Italian Pelagie islands.

Windhoek- Namibia''s Parliament president, Peter Katjavivi, will attend the world meeting "With All and for the Good of All," to discuss some aspects of Jose Marti''s thought, a diplomatic source said today.

Havana - Organizers of a second international conference on the ideas of José Martí are emphasizing the continuing relevance of the Cuban national hero’s ethics, which will be the focus of debate and analysis by intellectuals from 44 countries at the upcoming event.