Elian Gonzalez will attend the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students, to be held in December in Ecuador, as a guest of the Cuban delegation, it was reported this Friday.»

Famous Ukrainian dancer Vladimir Malakhov will return for the second time to the Cuban stages, this time to perform on December 6th and 7th in the eastern province of Holguin, some 743 kilometers southeast of Havana.»

Data from the government’s Integrated Accounting System show that with a month left to end the year, 60.4 percent of the budget for the anti-hunger project known as “Pacto Hambre Cero” (Hunger Free Pact) has been implemented.»

The more than 5.3 millions of Hondurans with electoral rights today live a day of reflection that allows them to incline for one of the eight government possibilities, which promise better conditions of living if they are chosen.»

As part of the strategic national military exercise Bastion 2013, a provincial wartime newspaper, Escambray, was printed in this Cuban province.»

Cuban President Raul Castro said that his country has to constantly study and improve each one of its tactics and methods in order to be ready to respond any enemy aggression.»

President Raul Castro visited the Provincial Defense Council in Artemisa, about 45 kilometers from Havana, to learn the activities developed during the strategic exercise Bastion 2013. This territory particpates for the first time in a military exercise of this kind, as it was established as province in January 2011. During the visit held Thursday, the president of the Provincial Defense »

Colombian, Mexican, Peruvian and Brazilian journalists were the winners of the 2013 Gabriel García Márquez International Journalism Award.»

The Venezuelan government rejected statements by U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki regarding the new Enabling Law in this nation.»

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the National Defense Council, visited the military command for Cuba’s internal security forces, after Tuesday’s launch of the strategic exercises known as “Bastion 2013.” According to an official note released in this capital today, Colonel Emir Mesa Corona, second departmental chief at the Ministry of Interior informed Raul Castro about the fulfillment of »