Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, received Philippe Couillard, premier of the Canadian Province of Quebec, who is on an official visit to Cuba»

Jorge Perugorría will be awarded the City of Huelva Prize in the 42nd edition of the Ibero-American Film Festival of that Spanish province, according to a press release of the event»

The Cuban delegation reaffirmed that lifting the blockade is essential in order to make progress in economic, commercial and financial relations and toward the normalization of bilateral ties»

With a Paralympic record of 23.05 seconds, Cuban sprinter Omara Durand won the gold medal in the women’s 200m T-12 event, her second title in the Rio 2016 Paralympics»

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will begin on Monday a three-day official visit to Cuba, which seeks to strengthen bilateral relations in spheres»

Esteban Lazo, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of the People’s Power (Parliament), sent a message of condolences to Nicaragua, on the occasion of the death of his counterpart in that nation, Rene Núñez»

Cuban sprinter Yunidis Castillo won a silver medal on Thursday in long jump in the 15th Paralympic Games, with 5.59 meters. She lost the gold medal by three centimeters to New Zealander Anna Grimaldi at the Joao Havelange Stadium of Rio de Janeiro»

Cuban sprinter Omara Durand set a Paralympic record in the women’s T12 100m in the qualifying heats of the athletics tournament corresponding to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games»

Actor and stage director José Antonio Rodriguez, one of the most important figures of Cuban theater for more than five decades, died on Wednesday in Havana, at the age of 81»

Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz Canel met Tuesday with Natsuo Yamaguchi, president of Japan’s Komeito Party, which is part of the political coalition of the current Japanese government led by Premier Shinzo Abe»