Blog Archives January 2012

Brazil President to Arrive in Cuba for Official Visit

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will begin an official visit to Cuba on Monday afternoon to enhance bilateral relations. Rousseff’s agenda in Havana includes meetings with local leaders and a tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti.»

Sancti Spiritus Aspires to Become World Heritage Site

The central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, which will turn 500 in 2014, seeks to rescue its patrimonial values without interfering with the village’s current development, in order to apply for the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site condition.»

Sancti Spiritus Pioneer Students Honored Cuban National Hero

Pioneer students from the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus staged this Saturday the traditional January 28th parade to honor Jose Marti. The children were dressed up as the characters of Marti’s La Edad de Oro stories and chanted verse lines of his well-known Versos Sencillos poems.»

Cuba: Party Conference Looks at the Future to Face Challenges

Machado Ventura called to make the greatest effort in getting rid of certain obsolete mentality based on inertia and old prejudices. “We must be responsible at work by looking at the future with the aim of strengthening the foundations of our party´s performance”, he added.»

Cuban Communist Party 1st National Conference Started

The First National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) was started this Saturday, presided over by Raul Castro, first secretary general of that political organization.The opening speech was delivered by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Party’s Central Committee.»