Cuba

The 2nd Ordinary Session of the 8th Legislature of the People’s Power National Assembly of Cuba (Parliament) was called on Saturday to be held on December 20 at Havana’s Convention Center.»

In comments made in Pretoria, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla highlighted his country’s longstanding friendly links with Africa, forged in a history of struggle for common ideals.»

The Cuban office in Washington particularly regrets the inconveniences that this situation will have for Cuban and US citizens.»

President Raul Castro met with the president of Rosneft Oil Company, Igor Sechin, who was leading a delegation from the Russian Federation on a working visit to the island, the local press reported today.»

A new Cuban rum was presented this Friday by the authorities of the corporation Havana Club International Ltd. (HCI), at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana.»

Elian Gonzalez will attend the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, to be held in December in Ecuador, as a guest of the Cuban delegation, it was reported this Friday.»

Cuban President Raul Castro said that his country has to constantly study and improve each one of its tactics and methods in order to be ready to respond any enemy aggression.»

President Raul Castro visited the Provincial Defense Council in Artemisa, about 45 kilometers from Havana, to learn the activities developed during the strategic exercise Bastion 2013. This territory particpates for the first time in a military exercise of this kind, as it was established as province in January 2011. During the visit held Thursday, the president of the Provincial Defense »

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the National Defense Council, visited the military command for Cuba’s internal security forces, after Tuesday’s launch of the strategic exercises known as “Bastion 2013.” According to an official note released in this capital today, Colonel Emir Mesa Corona, second departmental chief at the Ministry of Interior informed Raul Castro about the fulfillment of »

Election of Cuba for a new three-year period in the Human Rights Council (HRC) is considered a victory for the people of the island that have managed to withstand more than five decades of U.S. blockade.»