The President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Taur Matan Ruak, will arrive Thursday evening in Cuba for an official visit.»

The 8th Congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), to take place from September 26 to 28 in Havana, will focus on important tasks and changes to take place in the organization.»

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a meeting of the Cuban Council of State on Thursday, which approved a decree law establishing the Special Development Zone of the Mariel Harbor, to the east of Havana.»

The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, who were unfairly given extremely long sentences in the United States, sent a message to the world and the United States on September 12, marking 15 years of their unfair incarceration for having monitored US-based violent organizations that planned terrorist actions against their country and their people.»

Cuban boxing will depend on nine men in the iconic Golden Belt tournament that begins after tomorrow in Constanta, Romania.»

Divisional General Pedro Mendiondo Gomez, Chief of the Anti-Craft Defense and Revolutionary Air Force died on August 26 at 3.20 AM from the injuries suffered in a car accident he was involved in.»

A 644-member medical contingent is taking a training course on the Brazilian health system and Portuguese Language in several Brazilian cities, before they begin offering medical services in September.»

Women in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba mark the 53rd anniversary of the Cuban Women’s Federation at a site near the place where former Federation president and heroine Vilma Espin once told them that from that heroic piece of land Cuban, women would always stand firm in any front assigned by the Revolution. Vilma Espin headed the women’s »

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) adopted a declaration in Buenos Aires, which favors nuclear disarmament. »

Cuban anti-terrorist fighter Gerardo Hernandez sent a heart-felt message to outstanding US movie maker and journalist Saul Landau, currently facing an advanced stage of a serious disease.»