The attack on Cuba by the governments of the United States, Chile and Spain over the death of a prisoner has a marked political intention that goes away from the concern about Cubans, affirmed on Monday an editorial in Granma newspaper.»

The XI National Workshop on the Fight Against Bandits (LCB, in Spanish) is to take place next March 15th to 17th in the Cuban ancient city of Trinidad.  According to a Cuban News Agency release, the event includes debates, conferences and visits to historical locations.»

The National Assembly of Nicaragua will begin its sessions on Monday, when it will debate possible reforms to the Childhood and Adolescence Code, the law on violence against women and the Family Code. The Parliament will also discuss the suspension of legal personalities and will assess the approval of 11 pardons recently passed, according to First Secretary Alba Palacios, quoted »

President Sebastian Piñera will head the ceremony for the enactment of the law on Automatic and Voluntary Voting, a norm that will govern the elections on October 2012. The electoral legal initiative was approved by Congress in December and it represents an increase of nearly five million votes in the electoral register, so Chile will have 13 million voters from »

The implementation of the recent governmental decree and complementary resolutions of the Central Bank of Cuba concerning the granting of credits, proceeds at a good pace in Sancti Spiritus. Over 3 000 persons have so far applied for credits, most of them fo construction works.»

Multifaceted singer-songwriter X Alfonso is to give a concert in Sancti Spiritus, city located in central Cuba, as part of a national tour for some territories of the country’s geography. X Alfonso is considered to be among the best national artists recognized worldwide.»

Five times medallist in world tournaments, cyclist Yumari Gonzalez aims at qualifying for London’s 2012 Olympics. Yumari currently trains in the Cuban central province but she expects to be travelling soon to Havana’s cycle track Reinaldo Paseiro, headquarter to the national team.»

Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero announced in Madrid, Spain, that the Cuban tourist industry grew 7.3 percent in 2011, when it received over 2.7 million visitors. According to Marrero, the arrival of 200 000 more visitors compared to the previous year fulfilled the expectations in the ever growing industry.»

A mobile offshore-drilling rig, the Scarabeo 9, arrived in Cuban waters on Thursday with the purpose of resuming deepwater oil prospecting in the coming days some 22 miles off the Cuban coasts, in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone of the Gulf of Mexico.»

The presence of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Argentine Adolfo Perez Esquivel, will honor the 8th University Congress in February, said First Deputy Minister of Higher Education Rodolfo Alarcon.»