CUBA-VENEZUELA

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez Passes Away

Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias passed away this March 5th in Venezuela, at the age of 59, after a long battle against cancer. Vice President Nicolás Maduro called “to pray and accept the difficult moment” when talking on the television to inform the world about the fatal event. He also asked for a special deployment of the army in »

Chavez Congratulates Raul Castro on Re-election

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez congratulated, on behalf of the Venezuelan people and Government, Raul Castro for being reaffirmed Sunday as president of the Council of State of Cuba by the National Assembly of the People’s Power of that nation.»

Cuba Testing ALBA-1 Fiber Optic Cable

A fiber-optic cable that links Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is up and running since August 2012, being used initially for voice traffic, the Cuban Telecommunications Company ETECSA S.A. said on Wednesday.»