Cuba ratified on Tuesday the importance of nuclear disarmament to the international community. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament, the Cuban delegate Yusnier Romero, said that this issue should be a priority in the work of that forum.»

Sancti Spiritus boxer Yosvany Veitia is part of the Cuban team, headed by world champions Lazaro Alvarez and Julio Cesar La Cruz, that is to participate in the Bocskai Memorial Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary between February 8th to 11th.»

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Havana from Venezuela, where the XI Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas took place.  Important issues such as the economic armor of the nations of the area, were addressed in the meeting.»

The Community of Caribbean and Latin American States (CELAC) consolidates an environmental agenda which allows to identify regional problems and move towards a more united region, said a Bolivian expert in this capital.»

Fifty years after been official, the US government´s economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean island of Cuba generates the almost unanimous rejection of the international community, said the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry here Monday.»

The 11th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), held this weekend in Caracas, closed stressing the defence of sovereignty and people’s self-determination, besides the adhesion of Suriname and Saint Lucia as special members of the bloc and Haiti as full member.»

Children, youth and workers from Yaguajay, a northern municipality in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, were protagonists in the homage paid to Commander Camilo Cienfuegos in the 80th anniversary of his birth.»

A special declaration for the release of the Cuban antiterrorists who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States was approved during the 11th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) that took place over the weekend in Caracas, Venezuela.»

The presidents of the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) will discuss Sunday in the 11th Summit the entry of new members, in order to strengthen their integration objectives.»

Iran will never start a war, but it will react severely to any threat or attack, said on Sunday a senior military commander on the occasion of the military exercises started here on Saturday.»