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Sancti Spiritus was the venue this year of the World Environment Day major commemoration in the island, due to the achievements attained in this respect in this central Cuban territory.»

Victor Mesa Crocodiles performed as kings in the Victoria Giron Stadium and swept Sancti Spiritus Roosters to tip the balance in their favor while getting one game closer to the final of the Cuban baseball 2013 championship.»

Cuban President Raul Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, met with Guo Jinlong, member of the Politburo and secretary of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, who is on an official visit here.»

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that Petrocaribe economic zone will start operating as of June 29, in the context of the presidential summit the bloc’s state member will hold in Managua.»

Cuba has firmly rejected Washington’s repeated and shameful designation of Cuba as a ‘state sponsor of international terrorism.’»

The remains of Jesus Cejas, a member of the Cuban diplomatic service in Argentina who was who was kidnapped and later on murdered in 1976, were found by of the Argentinean Unit of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF, in Spanish).»

After two suspensions due to rainy days, the euphoria seemed to have weakened in Sancti Spiritus as playoff actions restored on Wednesday.»

With the creation of 118 public internet access points throughout the country, Cuba is expanding its public internet access, in line with the strategy of making new technologies available for societal use, national media reported.»

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent  Rafael Correa a message congratulating him for his re-election as Ecuadorian President.»

Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Rene Gonzalez, was proposed this Wednesday in Sancti Spiritus as delegate to the 11th Congress of the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC, in Spanish).»