Four Cuban baseball players will play this Season in the Canadian Independent League Baseball (Can-Am), including Yunieski Gourriel, who repeated with Les Capitales de Quebec.»

Participants at the People’s Summit in Panama issued a joint statement on Saturday rejecting U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, and declaring the region a “Zone of Peace.”»

The first official meeting between Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama has been “productive”, according to Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who addressed reporters shortly after the landmark talks.»

Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the People’s Power National Assembly of Cuba, met with visiting President of Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), Elias Castillo.»

Yokohama BayStars General Manager Shigeru Takada revealed on Thursday that the club has informed infielder Yulieski Gourriel’s contract has been canceled.»

Over one hundred representatives of Cuban civil society will participate in forums that will run parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama.»

Venezuelan officials handed a formal letter of protest to the US embassy in Caracas on Friday to reject the White House’s recent executive order calling Venezuela a threat to national security.»

Celina González, queen of the country music (música campesina) genre in Cuba, died at the age of 86 early Wednesday morning, according to sources of the Cuban Institute of Music.»

The countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) regional bloc put together an action plan for a joint response to the Ebola pandemic in Africa. The Final Declaration of the ALBA Extraordinary Summit on Ebola lists as one of its main objectives the strengthening of “professional development for experts in the treatment of Ebola patients” »

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro criticizes the stance of NATO new general secretary, and praises the work of Stephen Hawking.»