Pope Benedict XVI arrived on Monday to Santiago de Cuba to kick off a three-day apostollic visit, also including a stay in Havana, the capital.»

Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Santiago de Cuba, an eastern Cuban city, on Monday for a three-day apostolic visit to Cuba that will include public masses, tours and meetings with government and religious authorities.»

A march of solidarity with Cuba in Peru urged the United States to free the five anti-terrorists Cuban fighters unjustly imprisonned in its territory and to end the blockade.   The mobilization Peru Committee of Solidarity with Cuba Youth Branch toured Saturday the center of the capital and rallied in Washington Park, near the residence of US Ambassador Rose M. »

The first mass to be officiated by Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival in Santiago de Cuba next March 26th, will be presided over by the image of the Virgin of Charity which, according to Archbishop Dionisio Garcia, will be exceptionally moved from her altar in El Cobre to the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square.»

Cuban President Raul Castro welcomed Venezuela´s head of state Hugo Chavez in Havana. The Venezuelan leader came for radiotherapy treatment to keep his recovery process from surgery a month ago.»

The Antonio Maceo  Revolution Square and the National Sanctuary of Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, in Santiago de Cuba,  are prepared to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, who will begin a three day visit to Cuba on Monday, March 26.»

Belarus First Industry Vice-Minister, Ivan Demi-dovitch, and Cuban diplomats in Minsk have analyzed how to strengthen bilateral trade.»

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday officiated his first mass in Mexico, held at the chapel of the Miraflores College and only attended by the Papal entourage, other priests and nuns from the local congregation.»

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday began a six-day trip that includes official agendas in Mexico and Cuba, as part of his second tour of Latin America in almost seven years of pontificate.»

The Cuban crocodile shown to Pope Benedict XVI in a recent public hearing in the Vatican will be taken on Friday to Cuba’s National Zoo, officials of the institution announced.»