With clear majority, Diosdado Cabello was reelected to chair the National Assembly, while Dario Vivas and Blanca Eekhout as first and second vice-presidents respectively.»

Constant reports on President Hugo Chavez’s health condition to the Venezuelan people are characterized by their veracity and immediacy, Executive Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.»

The right pitcher of Sancti Spiritus Ismel Jimenez won Holguin team 2-0 in 52 Cuban League Baseball, and put his win-loss balance in the tournament 6-0.»

When only one year ago Sancti Spiritus province closed 2011 with one of the highest infant mortality rates in Cuba, 5.9 deaths per thousand live births, not even local authorities in charge of reversing this situation could have calculated that twelve months later the territory would halve that figure and become a reference for the entire nation.»

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has been facing complications stemming from a severe lung infection, said Communications and Information minister Ernesto Villegas.»

A book of Fidel Castro addressing the independence struggle waged by the peoples of The Americas will be launched January 5 at a book presentation usually held on Saturday at the Old Section of Havana.»

The 612 deputies to Cuban Parliament, and the 1 269 delegates to the provincial assemblies of the People’s Power will be elected next February 3rd.»

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s health continues stable, amid a delicate condition, and he keeps fighting for his recovery, informed Wednesday Science and Technology Minister Jorge Arreaza on his Twitter account.»

Cuba will take part with five cyclists in the third phase of the World Track Cycling Cup, from January 17 to 19 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, confirmed the Cuban Cycling Federation in the Caribbean island Thursday.»

Cuba ended 2012 with an infant mortality rate of 4.6 percent per 1,000 live births, the lowest rate of America, according to the local press.»