Cuba President Raul Castro attended this Friday the inauguration ceremony of the 10th Congress of the Youth Communist League (UJC), which takes place in Havana’s Convention Palace. The nearly 600 delegates to the event welcomed the head of state with ovations, and chanted phrases of support for the Revolution. The congress opening session is also being attended by Cuban First »

As the 48th summit of the South American sub-regional block Mercosur kicked off in Brasilia Thursday, heads of member states to focused on reducing trade barriers between their countries over the next six months to promote regional integration.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received Thursday afternoon Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, minister of Foreign Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany, who pays an official visit to our country.»

The Minister for Foreign Relations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, held a meeting Thursday morning with his Cuban peer, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, as part of his official visit to Cuba.»

Sancti Spiritus judo athlete, Dayaris Mestre, won the first gold medal for the Cuban delegation at the XVII Pan American Games being held in Toronto, Canada.»

Pope Francis concluded this Friday, after noon, his visit to Bolivia, after a three-day historic journey in which he expressed his solidarity with the poor and called for a better future for this Andean-Amazonian country.»

Fidel Castro, congratulated the Primer Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, for his “brilliant political victory” in the referendum.»

Greek people this Sunday clearly rejected the austerity reforms demanded by European lenders. The ‘No’ side led in the non-binding referendum by over 60 percent.»

“Mister President, you will always be able to rely on the Church to support your people who stood up with dignity,” said the Pope to the Ecuadorean leader.  »

The Government of Namibia on Sunday official invited the Cuban Five to its Heroes’ Day commemorations that will take place at the Heroes’ Acre outside the capital on 26 August this year.»