Telesur, September 19, 2014 - Cuba confirmed the sending of 165 health workers to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola outbreak during a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting on Thursday.

By RICKEY SINGH - Jamaica Observer, Sunday, September 21, 2014 - They say that a friend in times of need is truly a friend indeed. Well, Cuba has been routinely demonstrating practical examples of friendship to countries in need across continents, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean/Latin American region ever since its Fidel Castro-led revolution 55 years ago.

Havana, September 9, 2014 - Prominent Canadian Intellectual Keith Ellis, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, was honored today in Havana with the prestigious Medal of Friendship in recognition of his long history of solidarity with the island.

Johannesburg, July 28.- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has launched a Cuban Solidarity Campaign — pledging to work against long-standing U.S. economic blockade against the Caribbean island nation. ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe has pledged South Africa to help Cuba fight the “inhuman U.S. sanctions against the Caribbean nation.”