Over 2 700 young residents from Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, will vote for the first time next October. They are part of the nearly 8,5 million people who will exercise the vote in the island, of whom 200 000 reach the voting age this year.»

Several educational institutions from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus will welcome the next school year, to begin September 3rd, in better shape.»

Tropical Storm Isaac is centered 390 miles east of Guadeloupe in the Leeward Islands, and according to Cuba’s Climate Forecast Center, it may affect Cuba as it moves on a westward course at 18 mph.»

The secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ali Rodriguez, said that the United Kingdom and Ecuador must understand each other in a sovereign way and on the basis of mutual respect to solve the crisis caused by the Assange case.»

Adriana Perez, wife of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Gerardo Hernandez, arrived in Bolivia this Wednesday for a five-day visit that includes a tribute to Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara.»

Cuban Radio broadcasting calls on all the people who love radio in Cuba, Latin America and the whole world to exchange on the Twitter social network from 9.00 a.m. to 13.00 hours local time on August 22 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Cuban Radio.»

Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez, author of songs like Ojalá and Unicornio azul, announced on his blog Segunda Cita he will perform in Argentina next November.»

The U.S. Diana Nyad gave up today on her attempt to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys, after more than two days of difficult battle against storms and jellyfish.»

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa warned that the United Kingdom’s threat to raid his country’s embassy in London to arrest Australian citizen Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, still persists today.»

Russian Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov today insisted on a peaceful solution to the Syrian dispute, calling to implement the final document of the Geneva conference last June.»