Havana -The joint work of U.S. and Cuban scientists on autism in a book counters the blockade imposed by the United States government on this island, says the main author, Maria de los Angeles Robinson Agramonte.

Havana - The 36th edition of the International Havana Fair (Fihav 2018), one of the most representative trade exchanges of Latin America opens today and through November 2, to businesspeople from over 60 countries.

United Nations - El Salvador''s ambassador at the UN, Ruben Escalante, assured on Wednesday that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will support the resolution against the US financial, economic and commercial blockade of Cuba.

Astana - Cuban Deputy Health Minister Alfredo Gonzalez on Friday confirmed his country''s commitment to train primary healthcare specialists in the world during the Global Conference on this subject, taking place in Astana.

The perspectives for commercial, economic and investor cooperation focused the attention of the participants in the II Business Forum Russia-Latin America and the Caribbean, developed for the first time in this capital, within the scope of the XXXVI International Fair of Havana FIHAV 2018.

Havana -The main cause of the deterioration of the Cuban public health infrastructure is the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States to the island, an official from the sector stated in Havana on Thursday.