The Cuban government conveyed messages of sympathy to the governments and people of the Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, Canada and the United States regarding the devastation left behind by Hurricane Sandy.»

An Inter-American hearing to inquire about denunciations of human rights violations in Paraguay will be held on Thursday, November 1st, with the Federico Franco government as the accused.»

Cuba reiterated today, before the United Nations Organization, its condemnation to the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S.A. on the island for over half a century.  »

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The U.S. State Department has confirmed that President Barack Obama will skip the Rio+20 sustainable development summit in Brazil next week. »

India’s Foreign Affairs minister S. M. Krishna is scheduled to pay an official visit to Cuba June 15-17 and meet with his local counterpart Bruno Rodriguez on bilateral issues.»

The president of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT), Rui Falcao, reiterated his party support for the re-election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the October general elections in the South American nation.»

Marches and rallies against capitalism, from coast to coast, are taking place in the United States on Tuesday called by the peace movement Occupy Wall Street (OWS) on International Workers’ Day.»

Thousand people from Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, reaffirmed this 1st of May their unconditional support to the Revolution when attending an over-two-hour parade in front of the Serafin Sanchez Valdivia Revolution Square.»

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the main popular parade celebrating May Day in Havana’s Revolution Square. The big parade was headed this time by a contingent of more than 50,000 workers from the health sector.»