The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations issued a statement on Tuesday on the detention in Panama of a boat under North Korean Flag that departed Cuba with defensive and obsolete armament to be repaired and shipped back to the island.»

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro were awarded the Coat of Arms of Santiago de Cuba Province, top distinction granted by the People’s Power Assembly of that Cuban territory.»

Miguel Diaz-Canel, member of the Political Bureau of Cuba’s Communist Party and first vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers met on Monday with representatives of the Cuban Ecumenical Council.»

Cuba won the men’s Para Pan American Judo Championship tournament for blind and visually impaired, in Colorado Springs, United States, with two gold and three silver medals, and women added another scepter.»

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Carisse Etienne, director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), who is on a visit to Cuba.»

Cuba and Venezuela presented their fourth additional protocol to be attached to the 2012 Economic Complementariness Accord, which further expands bilateral trade between Caracas and Havana.»

More than 40 clinical trials implemented in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus have benefited the vast majority of patients, ensured specialists involved in the task. In the first provincial workshop on the topic it was announced that all studies (over 40 since 1992) had encouraging results and allowed assessing, experimentally, various drugs, finally valued as effective and safe.»

The implementation of digital television in Cuba responds to a program that will be applied in stages and according to the economic availability.»

Cuban Hanser Garcia won the gold medal in the 100m freestyle during the second stop of the Mare Nostrum circuit being held in Barcelona, Spain.»

President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro, met on Wednesday afternoon with Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Program (WFP).»