In memory of the late cuban singer Polo Montañez, his band will carry out a tour in 2013 to Colombia. Polo had a lot of fans in Colombia where he worked for several months, Amauri Ramos now leader of the band, told Prensa Latina.»

Companies bringing products to Cuba with the best quality and design will receive awards today at the 30th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV 2012), attended by business people from more than 60 countries.»

Nearly 10 000 plots of tobacco plants are being taken care of by planters from Sancti Spiritus, in order to support the hit-by-hurricane Sandy eastern provinces.»

Sancti Spiritus baseball team for the upcoming 52nd national season was officially announced Thursday afternnoon. The team combines experience and talented youth, though eight rookies for this new structure seems a lot.»

Twelve different pieces from diverse styles, genres and eras characterized the program closing ceremony of the International Ballet Festival in Havana.»

Citizens in Santiago de Cuba welcomed the government decision to discount by 50 percent the price of construction materials for families whose homes totally or partially collapsed during the recent passage on eastern Cuba of hurricane Sandy.»

The Cuban baseball national team will have five friendly matches against teams from Chinese Taipei and Japan to test its tactical thinking facing the III World Baseball Classics scheduled for March 2013.»

Four Cubans were awarded in four of the five categories of the Eureka Science Prize, during the inaugural gala of Cubamotricidad 2012, which was held in the theater Lazaro Peña, in this city.»

Barack Obama, President of the United States (U.S.), won the elections for a second term of four years, according to projections of several television networks.»

German archaeologists have excavated a granite statue of King Ramses II, covered by sand for millions of years in an area of the Lower Egypt Sector, announced official sources.»