The 52nd Anti-polio Vaccination Campaign was started this Friday in Sancti Spiritus, the first stage of which will be concluded next March 7th.»

Getting to San Francisco, in the semifinals,  is not a crazy dream; it is true possibility that Cuban players are to defend at the Third World Baseball Classic.»

The four teams from America and the Caribbean with tickets to the U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey, are going to the field on Friday to play the semis matches: Cuba vs. USA and Mexico-El Salvador.»

Cuban writer Julio M. Llanes was granted the Sendero de luz Award in the context of the 22nd International Book Fair that takes place in this territory until next March 3rd.»

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Apoltolic Palace of the Castel Gandolfo, Rome, where he will temporarily stay from today, chosen day to formalize his resignation from the papacy.»

Pope Benedict XVI ends his ministry today as spiritual leader of millions of Catholics around the world, becoming the first pope to resign in the last six centuries.»

Writing to US university students and professors is priority task.»

Sancti Spiritus Serafin Sanchez Park became again the literary epicenter of the Cuban central province, as the 22nd International Book Fair was inaugurated this morning while it is expected to run in the main cities of the western region until  March 3.»

Cuba made history Tuesday night, securing a place at a FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time by beating Costa Rica, 2-1, in a quarterfinal dual at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez congratulated, on behalf of the Venezuelan people and Government, Raul Castro for being reaffirmed Sunday as president of the Council of State of Cuba by the National Assembly of the People’s Power of that nation.»