His prestige is gaining strength as an example of Cuba’s great sporting figures.  His age and health portray him as the ideal prototype to preside over the Cuban Olympic Committee.»

The president of Gabon, Alí Bongo Ondimba, transmitted the Cuban authorities by means of Emmanuel Issoze, Foreign Minister of the African country, his desire to travel to this Caribbean nation next September.»

An official release published on Granma daily newspaper on Wednesday announced that the Cuban Council of State agreed to replace two cabinet ministers, who will be assigned other responsibilities.»

The U.S. State Department has confirmed that President Barack Obama will skip the Rio+20 sustainable development summit in Brazil next week. »

On the occasion of Father’s Day, the Belgian solidarity association “Friends of Cuba” sent a warm congratulation to the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in U.S. prisons since 1998.»

The Third Scientific Forum on Ophthalmology will be held in the central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus, from this Wednesday through Friday. The Camilo Cienfuegos General Hospital is the venue of the event.»

The Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, dedicated his latest reflection to the recent deceased Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson.»

India’s Foreign Affairs minister S. M. Krishna is scheduled to pay an official visit to Cuba June 15-17 and meet with his local counterpart Bruno Rodriguez on bilateral issues.»

With more than 80 sanitary registrations and export operations in nearly 30 countries, the Cuban Commercial Company CIMAB S.A., an exclusive representative of the Immunology Molecular Center (CIM), is marking 20 years of work.»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Tehran on Wednesday to analyze the situation in Syria and Iran’s participation in an international conference on the Syrian conflict, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.»