Cuba finished with four gold medals at the closing of the Doha 2015 World Boxing Championships, after Lazaro Alvarez (60 kg) and Julio Cesar La Cruz (81) won their respective fights this Thursday.»

The book “Fidel Castro: Guerrillero del Tiempo” (Fidel Castro: Timeless Guerrilla Fighter) was launched this Thursday in the Chinese city of Shanghai by its author, Cuban journalist and writer, Katiuska Blanco.»

The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB) in Havana presented Thursday the results of the new Cuban medicine PEG-Heberon to treat chronic hepatitis C.»

US pop singer Katy Perry visited the headquarters of the Cuban children’s theater company La Colmenita, where she met the children and their director Carlos Alberto “Tin” Cremata.»

Nine U.S. governors sent a letter to Congress asking for the lifting of travel, financial transactions, and trade restrictions codified in the over 50-year blockade against Cuba.»

Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, concludes today his official visit to Cuba, which he considered a very important step to strengthen relations between the two countries.»

Experts from various areas discuss at the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SELA, in Spanish) on the relations of the region with the Brics group.»

Slovakia Prime Minister, Robert Fico, who is on an official three-day visit to Cuba, will hold talks today with President Raul Castro, and pay tribute to National Hero Jose Marti.»

The visit to Cuba of U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, showed the enormous opportunities for both countries in trade and investment, after the restoration of the diplomatic relations in July.»

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) named Cuba the second leading tourist destination in the Caribbean in the first quarter of 2015.»