The visit to South Africa of Cuba's first deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Marcelino Medina, ratified the excellent state of bilateral links.

Cuba is currently implementing a soil improvement program the main priorities of which are to prevent erosion, acidity, alkalinity, salinity and low fertility. "The implementation of this project includes the use of additions to the soil to correct pH imbalances in the most affected areas, with special attention to the use of industrial minerals such as soil improvers: calcium carbonate, dolomite, phosphoric and zeolites," Dagoberto Rodriguez, director of Soils and Fertilizers at the Ministry of Agriculture, said.

The visit to Guantanamo of Cuba's ambassador to Angola, Pedro Ross Leal, distinguished efforts aimed at recognizing the scientific work of the Cuban Association of Historians (UNHIC) in the province, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of created this guild.

Leaders attending the VII Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) will discuss the region's challenges and threats to its peace and stability, a top foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.

The director for the Office of Mexico and Central America of the German Confederation of Cooperatives (DGFRV), Helmut Pabst, said today that Cuba is firmly set on developing that form of production organization.