The flow of Russian tourists to Cuba is nearing a new record today, as over 60 thousand visitors have enjoyed the island´s beaches, health services, culture and other attractions.»

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, welcomed on Thursday afternoon Louis Farrakhan, leader of the US organization Nation of Islam.»

Sancti Spiritus baseball players Yulieski Gourriel, Frederich Cepeda, Ismel Jimenez and Yenier Bello are part of the Cuban baseball team readying for the upcoming World Baseball Classic to take place on March 2013.»

The U.S. blockade against Cuba that has lasted for more than 50 years has cost this country losses equivalent to $100 billion USD, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced on Thursday at the presentation of a report on the damages to the island resulting from the policy.»

The Cuba 2012 Population and Housing Census has already registered 46.3 percent of all households on the island since it kicked off four days ago, said Juan Carlos Alfonso, national census director.»

The President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Government, Army General Raul Castro Ruz held talks on Tuesday afternoon with Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Trade minister, the Honorable Arnold Joseph Nicholson, who is on an official visit to Cuba.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received El Salvador’s First Lady and Secretary for Social Inclusion, Doctor Vanda Pignato, who is on a working visit to Cuba.»

Rancho Querete, las cuevas de Valdés (the Valdes’s Caves), la Solapa de Genaro and the Chalet Los Alamos, virgin landscapes of northern Sancti Spiritus, are becoming over time a permanent tourist attraction.»

The first two qualifying rounds of the third World Baseball Classic-2013 will begin next Thursday in the U.S. city of Jupiter and Regensburg in Germany, organizers confirmed today.»

Considered one of the most important Cuban landscape painters, Mario Garcia Portela will present a retrospective on the occasion of an event that will bring together, in the historical center of the capital, prominent creators of this artistic expression.»