President Raul Castro met Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who is on an official visit to Cuba, the island’s television news reported.»

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, will arrive in Cuba on July 11, for an official visit.»

Cuban Parliament’s President Esteban Lazo welcomed his counterpart of the Senate of Saint Lucia, Claudius J. Francis, to promote legislative relations.»

Not even the bitterest fans of the mighty Mannschaft could imagine what happened.»

The visitors, mostly young people coming from Italy, Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Switzerland, will stay in central Cuba from July 16th to 20th.»

After 12 years of absence ””The Odalisque in red pants”, of the French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954), returns to Venezuela after being recovered by U.S. authorities.»

The legendary Cuban architect Mario Coyula, National Cultural Heritage Award, died at the age of 79, after a long struggle against cancer.»

Puerto Rican independence fighter Nestor Nazario said the Cuban Five, instead of being imprisoned in the United States, deserved to be awarded by that government.»

Cuban President, Raul Castro, attended the third regular session of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament), held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana.»

Some 608 Cuban legislators are informed today  about the work of the Ministry of Agriculture, prior to the Third Ordinary Period of the Seventh Legislature of the Parliament which convenes tomorrow.»