The London 2012 Olympics have ended with a spectacular musical closing ceremony and the official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro. The three-hour show featured some of the biggest names of British pop from decades past, including the Spice Girls, George Michael and Elbow.»

The Cuban delegation was placed 16th in the medal standings by country of the 2012 London Olympics. The athletes from the island, totalling 110, got 14 medals in the big event: 5 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze.»

If we were to determine a region in Cuba to illustrate both, the magnitude and infrastructure of the hydraulic works undertaken by the Revolution since the creation of the National Institute of Water Resources (INRH, in Spanish), we will definitely have to refer to Sancti Spiritus.»

Sources from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Five confirmed Escambray on the presence of Rosa Aurora Freijanes, wife of Fernando Gonzalez, and pacifist leader Cindy Sheehan, in the XI Labour Conference to be held in Tijuana, Mexico.»

In a moved semifinal, with more than enough exchanges and effective blows, Cuban boxer  Lazaro Alvarez lost 19-14 to Irish John Kevin and could not access the title dispute in the 56 kg division, in the 2012 London Olympics.»

Cuban decathlete Leonel Suarez climbed the podium again in London 2012, in a night where Bolt became the first athlete in history to get to renew his Olympic titles in 100 and 200 meters, and the Kenyan David Rudisha led the best 800-meter race in history.»

All members of the Cuban electoral commissions are currently organizing the first stage of general elections in the country, which includes the identification of constituency sections for the upcoming nomination of candidates to municipal governments, to take place September 29.»

Mijain Lopez remained the Olympic champion in men’s 120-kg of the Greco-Roman wrestling after beating Estonian Heiki Nabi for the gold medal in London. Thus, Cuba climbed to the 13th place in the medals standings by country with 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.»

Cuban Yarisley Silva grew big in London 2012 by soaring over 4, 75m and obtaining the silver medal in the women’s pole vault final, even ahead of Russian star Yelena Isinbayeva, the best ever in this specialty.»

Cubapetroleo oil company issued a press release explaining that exploration activity in a well located in the Cuban exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the identification of an active oil reserve but with no capacity to be considered a commercial finding.»