Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday dismissed Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro after a court confirmed charges of disqualification and mismanagement against him.»

Cuba called at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the total elimination of nuclear weapons, and highlighted a decision from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to declare the region a peace zone.»

The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 called to celebrate a campaign of denunciation and solidarity on June 4-11 in Washington.»

Cuban State Council convened an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power for Mar. 29, to discuss the draft bill on foreign investment.»

A regional meeting for local development and cultural life was dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the foundartion of the city of Sancti Spiritus, center of Cuba, to exchange experiences and present projects, with the attendance of experts from several provinces.»

Between July 23-27 the 3rd baseball dual meet Cuba-USA will take place in Havana. Cuba-USA Friendship Series: CNT Completes Sweep»

Over three thousand 800 works valued at over 23 million pesos, have been made in the municipal demarcation since late 2010 when the activities to celebrate the foundation of Sancti Spiritus initiated. The village is one of the first seven settlements that took place in Cuba. Unmistakable Colonial-Styled Sancti Spiritus Preamble to Half-Millennium Celebration Sancti Spiritus, ancient and beautiful village»

Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales presented the flag to the seventh group of medical collaborators headed to work in Brazil, the press reported in Havana today.»

Soprano Barbara Llanes will offer two concerts in the French city of Enghien-les-Bains, neighboring this capital, where she will perform songs of the best Cuban composers from early and mid 20th century.»

The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas (ALBA) rejected recent interfering statements by US State Secretary John Kerry in relation to the option of imposing unilateral sanctions on Venezuela.»