Cuba has now 389 athletes who are classified in 30 sports for the next Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, between July 10 and 26, said official sources Thursday.»

Two casualties and material damage yet to quantify is the balance of heavy rains in the capital, according to Granma newspaper.»

Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, welcomed here today the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcena.»

Cuba stated today that it is fundamental to preserve and protect the natural and cultural heritage, an essential premise for socio-economic development and reaffirmation of a people’s identity.»

From January to March, this year, 1 136 948 tourists and hikers arrived in the island. Never before had so many foreigners come to Cuba in a similar period of time.»

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the Council of State and Ministers, met with Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy at the Holy See, who is visiting the Catholic Church in our country.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, fulfilled an intense European tour in the week ending today, during which he made official visits to France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.»

The Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York on Tuesday signed an agreement to export to the USA a lung cancer vaccine developed on the island.»

After having been displayed in galleries of Sancti Spiritus and Havana, Raul Abreu’s Cerca del mar y del monte (Near the sea and the woods) photographic exhibition has finally settled in the Museum of Colonial Architecture of Trinidad.»

His Excellency Mr. Zhang Tuo, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Cuba, and his delegation, visited the local children’s home and the historic area of the city, as part of a visit paid to the territory.»