Cuban electoral authorities are testing the voting system on Sunday throughout the country in order to get everything ready for next February 3 general elections.»

The First Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and the European Union expressed its rejection of the over 50-year US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba.»

Meetings prior to the first Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) got underway Thursday in Santiago de Chile, with the Fourth Meeting of National Coordinators of the regional group.»

Venezuelan Communications and Information Minister Ernesto Villegas called “false” and “grotesque” a photograph published by Spain’s newspaper El País, which shows a man with tubes lying in a hospital bed. »

The Venezuelan National Assembly has approved a request by President Hugo Chavez to postpone his inauguration for a new term in office, which was scheduled for Thursday.»

Cuba’s new tax regime became effective on January 1, 2013, following the enactment of the nation’s first comprehensive tax code since the triumph of the revolution in 1959.»

The Molecular Immunology Center of Cuba (CIM) has just patented a new therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of lung cancer, said Ana Maria Vazquez, a specialist of that institution.»

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro has told Latin American TV network teleSUR that he had visited President Chavez twice in the past days and that he had shown “gigantic force” as they spoke of political issues.»

The Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, sent commemorative post cards to the island’s health collaborators providing services in Bolivia, on the occasion of New Year Day and the 54th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution.»

Hugo Chavez has suffered “new complications” following his cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Sunday, describing the Venezuelan leader’s condition as delicate.»