The Municipal Electoral Commissions were officially constituted on Tuesday to take the reins of these general elections in the eight territories from Sancti Spiritus.»

The team from USA beat Cuba on Monday 5×4 in the last game of the friendly meet held between these two baseball powers in Havana, which favored locals 3×2.»

Cubans will officially set up all 167 municipal electoral commissions on Tuesday throughout the island as part of the first stage of general elections taking place this year in the country.»

The Cuban Presidente Raul Castro and his Russian peer Vladimir Putin are to meet on Wednesday in Moscow to strengthen the bilateral cooperation, as the former initiates an official visit to the Russian Federation on July 11.»

Cuban President, Raul Castro, paid tribute to late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh on Monday, laying a wreath of flowers at his mausoleum as he wrapped up a four-day state visit to the Asian nation.»

Residents from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus will witness the inauguration of the summer season this July 6th, with the celebration of the Night of the Books, an initiative of growing preference in this respect.»

Sancti Spiritus water reservoirs greatly benefited from the rain fallen in June, when 1 147 000m³ were collected. This represents 90 per cent of the overall water capacity of the territory.»

Cuban President Raul Castro has met with the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, on Friday in Beijing, where he pays a four-day official visit aimed at cementing bilateral ties and signing a key economic agreement with the Asian giant.»

The Cuban Council of State called general elections for October. A note published on Granma and Juventud Rebelde newspapers on Thursday reads that in conformity with the Cuban Constitution and the Electoral Law of 29 October 1992, the Council of State agreed  to call on the voters of the Republic to general elections, which include the voting of delegates to »

Cuba’s daily Granma denounced the lack of action on the part of U.S. authorities in the face of death threats in Miami against Rene Gonzalez, one of the Five Cuban anti-terrorism fighters held in the U.S. since 1998.»