Lourdes Gourriel Jr. will defend the left field and Alfredo Despaigne will be the designed hitter of the Cuban baseball team in its match against Canada on the Premier 12 on November 10, said the managering corp of the team Monday.»

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, received today his Cuban peer Raul Castro, who pays an official visit to that country.»

President Raul Castro begins an official visit to Mexico, when the relationships between the two countries recover their historical fullness.»

Cuban President Raul Castro offered his sincere condolences to his Russian peer Vladimir Putin for the loss of human lives, caused by the catastrophe of the plane Air Bus 321.»

Cuban Council of Minister Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas, received today Tatarstans Prime Minister, Ildar Shafkatovich Jalikov, who is on a working visit to the Caribbean island.»

In the presence of businessmen from more than 70 countries, the 33rd Havana International Fair, Fihav 2015, the most important annual trade event in Cuba, begins today.»

U.S. nephrologists will give as of today a series of lectures at the “Professor Abelardo Buch Lopez” Nephrology Institute, in Havana, Granma newspaper reported.»

The visit to Cuba of Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, is today another step in the strengthening of cooperation ties between both nations.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced at the General Assembly of the United Nations the full implementation of the US blockade, despite the steps taken in the bilateral approach.»

Next Sunday, November 1, Cuba will establish normal time, announced the National Office for the Rational Use of Energy (Onure), daily Juventud Rebelde reports today.»