In comments made in Pretoria, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla highlighted his country’s longstanding friendly links with Africa, forged in a history of struggle for common ideals.»

The 5th International Convention of Physical Activity and Sports (Afide-2013) will discuss a number of papers this Wednesday on high-performance sports, sports psychology, applied sport sciences, and university chess.»

President Raul Castro met with the president of Rosneft Oil Company, Igor Sechin, who was leading a delegation from the Russian Federation on a working visit to the island, the local press reported today.»

A new Cuban rum was presented this Friday by the authorities of the corporation Havana Club International Ltd. (HCI), at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana.»

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.»