Havana, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Strengthening Cuba's presence and commercial relations abroad in the field of law and legal services, mainly in countries where the community of Cuban nationals is significant, is now a priority for the legal sector.

Caracas, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, lashed out at statements made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whom he described as obsessed and pathetic.

Port-au-Prince, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's Minister of Public Health and Population, Bertrand Sinal, is participating in the 156th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), to be held in Geneva until February 11.

Panama City, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Deputies of the Labor and Health Commission rejected raising the retirement age in Panama by three years as part of the debate of a bill on the Social Security Fund (CSS).

Montevideo, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The aging population in Uruguay demands changes in social policies, according to a report released here by the Observatory of Old Age, Aging and Social Security.

Quito, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Two tremors, of 4,9 and 4,3 degrees of magnitude on the Richter scale, were registered in the Ecuadorian province of Napo, in the Amazon, where the day before there was an earthquake and several aftershocks.

Havana, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) A reduction in the length of time a driver's license is required for clients who rent cars for tourism in Cuba came into force today to expand access to that service, a source announced.

Ramallah, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The governmental Fatah movement condemned the arrest of its spokesman, Maher al-Namoura, by the Israeli army. The movement affirmed that the organization would continue its struggle until the liberation of the Palestinian people. The arrest of al-Namoura will not silence our voice, nor will it deter us from abandoning our historic role in protecting the Palestinians and their legitimate national rights, the organization said in a statement.

Damascus, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) At least 10 people of the Muslim Alawite minority were killed today, by an Islamist gang in the locality of Arzeh, in the north of the province of Hama, some 250 kilometers north of this capital.