On addressing participants in the 26th of July commemoration in Santiago de Cuba, Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro referred to Jose Marti as the forefather who continued the libertarian efforts of Simon Bolivar.»
Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba and first secretary of the Communist Party, presides over the major national ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the attack on Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons, being held at Santiago de Cuba’s Ciudad Escolar 26 de Julio.»
Jose Mujica, president of the Republic of Uruguay held a meeting with Fidel, and was officially welcomed by Cuba President Raul Castro.»
The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, begins today an official visit to Cuba, to be run until July 27.»
Cuban workers to discuss Draft Labor Code.»
A meeting between relatives of the Cuban Five and members of the Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan, reaffirmed the solidarity between the two peoples, in favor of the release the antiterrorist fighters.»
A best gift is impossible: Nelson Mandela is turning 95 today with “notable progress” in his health and a family lunch to celebrate his birthday at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in this capital.»
Attorney General of Brazil, Roberto Monteiro Gurgel, expressed in Havana the great interest of his country in establishing channels of integration with the General Attorney’s Office of Cuba, Granma newspaper reported.»
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations issued a statement on Tuesday on the detention in Panama of a boat under North Korean Flag that departed Cuba with defensive and obsolete armament to be repaired and shipped back to the island.»
Cuban President Raul Castro presided the swearing-in ceremony of 31 new ambassadors today in this capital. During the ceremony at the Havana’s Jose Marti Memorial Monument at the Revolution Square, diplomats signed the oath of office, in which they pledged to defend the independence and unity of Latin America, as well as work for the construction of a prosperous and »
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