The Cuban National Ballet Company is scheduled to hold a special gala on Saturday, May 18, to pay homage to the Cuban Five.»

Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Salvador Lamothe, begins an official visit to Cuba, to strengthen relations between the two countries.»

The Meteoro 2013 drill will be carried out in Cuba on May 18 and 19, to reduce the vulnerabilities this country is exposed in case of high intensity hurricanes and other extreme disasters.»

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno made statements on the cooperation advancements discussed at CELAC meeting.»

Cuban antiterrorist Rene Gonzalez announced that the U.S. Interests Section of United States in Havana handed him the certificate of loss of U.S. nationality.»

Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly held in the United States, said that with the definitive return to Cuba of Rene Gonzalez, “each one of the Five is a little more free.”»

Cuba hosts today the 5th Meeting of National Coordinators of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), an integration bloc in which the island is assuming the pro tempore presidency.»

Cuba complied in advance the 1996 goal to eradicate hunger.»

Cuba presentation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), in which many countries recognized its achievements in human rights and reiterated the rejection of the blockade imposed by the United States, was described as successful.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in Geneva that US blockade on the island is a systematic violation of human rights.»