Cuba defeated host Mexico in straight sets (25-17, 25-14, 25-9) on Tuesday to win Pool B of the North, Central American and Caribbean (NORCECA) Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament that is underway in Tijuana, and in the process advanced directly to the semifinals of the competition.»

Marches and rallies against capitalism, from coast to coast, are taking place in the United States on Tuesday called by the peace movement Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on International Workers’ Day.»

Thousand people from Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, reaffirmed this 1st of May their unconditional support to the Revolution when attending an over-two-hour parade in front of the Serafin Sanchez Valdivia Revolution Square.»

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the main popular parade celebrating May Day in Havana’s Revolution Square. The big parade was headed this time by a contingent of more than 50,000 workers from the health sector.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Havana, Cuba, to continue his medical treatment, which began in late March.  He was welcomed by his Cuban couterpart Raul Castro.»

Nicaraguan commander Tomas Borge, founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), died from a pulmonary condition, PL news agency reported.»

With the speech delivered by Domingo Gutierrez Gutierrez, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Workers (CTC) in Sancti Spiritus, the 1st of May parade was started in this territory, in the presence of top Party and governmental leaders as well as representatives from grassroots organizations.»