Cuban Vice-President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed this Friday the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China Chen Changzhi, who is on an official visit to the island.»

Cuba makes progresses in delivering idle lands in usufruct with the granting since 2008 of more than 1.580.000 hectares and the updating of the legislation referring to the issue, as part of the improvement of the economic model.»

The general secretary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdul Latif bin Rashed Al Zayani, received Cuban ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Enrique Enriquez, with whom he analyzed the possible multilateral cooperation, diplomatic sources said today.»

The II Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will be a success for the regional integration, said today the Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Teresita González.»

The Ministry of Heritage and Culture of Ecuador confirmed that at least 23 local authors will attend the 23rd International Book Fair of Havana (FIL), during which Ecuador is a guest of honor.»

President Rafael Correa celebrates seven years in office in Ecuador, where he has received growing popular support for the Citizen’s Revolution he has implemented.»

Cuba will extend a new management model for the taxi service agencies giving services in Convertible Cuban Pesos (CUC, equivalent to US dollars in Cuba) experimentally applied since 2010 in Havana.»

Cuban musicians César “Puppy” Pedroso and Adriano Rodriguez deserved the 2013 National Music Award, given on this occasion to two outstanding figures in this area, it was learned here today.»

The International Committee for the release of the Cuban antiterrorists imprisoned in United States called internet users from all over the world to publish the messages on Sunday on Twitter social network, demanding the release of those men.»

President Raul Castro during the Revolution 55th anniversary commemoration»