Havana, Cuba - Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, highlighted the generous support of Cuba to the nations of this region, speaking at the Fifth Caricom-Cuba Summit, which began today at the Palace the Revolution in Havana.

A native of the Commonwealth of Dominica, LaRocque praised the contribution of Cuba in the areas of health, education, culture and sports, as well as the training of human resources for the prevention and combating of Ebola virus.

Havana, Cuba -Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel attended the inauguration of the XXXVI International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, in the Karl Marx Theater in Havana.

The ceremony on Thursday night, which was also attended by personalities like Abel Prieto, Advisor to the President of the Councils of State and Ministers; Cuban Culture Minister Julian Gonzalez, and Franco-Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, began with an emotional tribute to Gabriel García Márquez.

Havana - President Raul Castro today stressed the need for unity among Caribbean countries and Cuba to confront common challenges imposed by globalization and stressed that only with close cooperation we can overcome.

In his opening speech to the Fifth Caricom-Cuba Summit mechanism, the Cuban leader recalled the history of slavery and the struggle for independence that share the Caribbean nations, which is the melting pot in which our culture has melted, he said.

Artemisa, Cuba - From a distant land, the continent where the human race comes from and the source of our tradition , customs ,mythology and culture , three doctors from Artemisa province show their experiences, full of a deep humanism, professional commitment and the pride they represent for the Cuban people.

On Oct. 2, nurses Lariel Laza Cárdenas (from José Ramón Martínez hospital in Guanajay), Jorge Martinez Cruz and Leonardo Baños Carmona (both from Ivan Portuondo’s , in San Antonio de los Baños) arrived in Sierra Leona to fight Ebola outbreak . They all left behind families and very close friends who support them in spite of the distance.

Havana, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The heads of state that are in Havana to attend to the V Summit Caricom-Cuba are going to participate in the homage dedicated to the hero Antonio Maceo and the 25th anniversary of the Tributo Operation.
Several of the heads of state and representatives of 14 member contries of the Community of Carebbean States are in Havana to take part in this solemn ceremony which is taking place in the Mausoleum of the Cacahual, that keeps the Maceo's remains.

Artemisa, Cuba - This week a Carahata Diana 2001 will start traveling through the rails from La Conchita, in San Cristóbal, to the locality of Aguacate at south of the municipality of Candelaria, covering a distance of 42 kilometers, a new option for the transportation of passengers.

This engine rail car has a similar frame of a bus Diana; with capacity for 26 seated passengers and 14 not seated; and for the entire stretch the full fare is 1.30 pesos. This tour will take place three times a day at a speed of 40 km / h.