Cuban president Raul Castro returned to Cuba on Saturday afternoon after meeting an intense agenda in South Africa, where he paid posthumous homage to Nelson Mandela.»

The body of Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and a global icon against racism, was buried in Qunu, Eastern Cape, around 12:40, local time, on Sunday.»

Seven-year-old girl lives in Sancti Spiritus Jose Marti Pediatric Hospital.»

South Africans have the last opportunity to pay tribute to recently deceased former president Nelson Mandela, whose mortal remains have been at Pretoria Government Palace since Wednesday.»

President Jacob Zuma thanked Cuba support in this period of mourning South Africa is living, due to the death of international icon against racism Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg, one week ago.»

Cuban President Raul Castro paid tribute today here to the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, at his coffin exposed at the Union Buildings executive headquarters. During a ceremony held in Soweto on Tuesday, the Cuban president stated that the former head of the South African state was an example of integrity and perseverance in the fight to reduce poverty »

Fidel Castro was awarded the 2013 National Pedagogy Prize by the Cuban Pedagogues’ Association in recognition of his contribution to Cuban and Latin American education.»

The president of the Semester at Sea Cruise Ship academic program, Les McCabe, announced that given to the positive results of this visit, the group will return next year for longer.»

Official ceremonies to pay tribute to the recently dead ex President Nelson Mandela continued in Pretoria and Cape Town with funeral processions in the capital and a mass memorial act in the southern city of this country.»

Students and teachers of the Semester at Sea program, sponsored by the University of Virginia, USA, visited the University of Havana as part of third stay in Cuba.»