International media report on mass participation in this Sunday elections all over the island, where over eight million Cuban citizens have been call to cast their vote.»

The president of the National Elections Commission of Cuba (CEN), Alina Balseiro, said today that elections to vote for deputies to Parliament and members of provincial People’s Power assemblies began without any difficulty.»

President of the Councils of State and Ministers Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, exercised his right to vote at Mayari Arriba, in Santiago de Cuba’s Segundo Frente municipality.»

President Raul Castro visited some areas damaged by hurricane Sandy in the eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba, where he checked the progress of the recovering work, revealed the national media today.»

Since very early this morning, thousand electors in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, have been casting their votes to elect the delegates to the Provincial Assembly of the People’s Power, and the local candidates to Cuban Parliament.»

The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed the advancement of Cuba’s biotechnology to fight cancer, which is the second major cause of death on the island after cardiovascular diseases.»

Over eight million Cuban citizens will go to the polls tomorrow, Sunday, to elect 612 Parliament deputies, said the president of the National Electoral Commission Alina Balseiro.»

Over 365 000 Sancti Spiritus residents will go back to the polls February 3rd in order to vote for the future delegates to the Provincial Assembly of the People’s Power, and the deputies to Cuban Parliament.»

Experts with the Attorney General’s office continue investigating today the causes of the explosion registered on Thursday at the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), in the Federal District, that killed nearly 25 people, including 17 women, and injured 100.»

Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva meets with Fidel Castro.»