Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla warned of threats posed to Latin America and the Caribbean by the current world order and defended regional integration as a way to face them.»

The devastated city was in need of assistance, and dedicated work, and that was precisely the mark left by the almost 50-men brigade from Sancti Spiritus’s engineering forces in that eastern Cuban territory.»

Cuban President, Raul Castro held a meeting on Thursday morning with Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, who pays a working visit to Cuba.»

Over 400 grassroot representatives, along with those ratified in Cuba’s recent elections, are to constitute the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power in Sancti Spiritus.»

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos expressed his gratitude towards Cuba’s support for the realization of the peace talks agreed with the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Army of the People (FARC-EP).»

The blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States is a historical aberration, said Oscar Madoery, PhD in Political Science, of the University of Rosario, in Argentina.»

Spain’s major trade unions today noted the mass participation of workers in the second general strike against the austerity policies implemented by the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy.»

Since 1972, the concern for the Zaza Dam has increased in Sancti Spiritus and Cuba as well, because nowhere else in the country such a volume of water can be stored.»

Bruno Rodriguez:  Since the blockade is a unilateral policy, it must stop unilaterally.»

Over 500 films from 46 countries will be shown at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in its 34 edition.»