Cuban President, Raul Castro, welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, with whom he held official talks at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana. Before the official welcoming ceremony, Russian President placed a floral tribute in the monuments of the Soviet internationalist soldier and the National Hero of the Island, Jose Marti. Russian President Vladimir Putin Arrives in Cuba»
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cuba early this morning, as a first stop of an almost historic one-week tour of Latin America. Putin was welcomed at the Jose Marti International Airport shortly after 5:30 local time, by Cuba’s First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, and members of the Russian embassy in Cuba, among other officials.»
President Raul Castro met Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who is on an official visit to Cuba, the island’s television news reported.»
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, will arrive in Cuba on July 11, for an official visit.»
Delegations from Cuba and the United States held a new round of migration talks Wednesday in Washington.»
Cuban Parliament’s President Esteban Lazo welcomed his counterpart of the Senate of Saint Lucia, Claudius J. Francis, to promote legislative relations.»
The Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador, Jorge Glas Espinel, arrived in Cuba for an official visit, during which cooperation agreements between the two countries will be assessed and other topics of interest will be tackled.»
The legendary Cuban architect Mario Coyula, National Cultural Heritage Award, died at the age of 79, after a long struggle against cancer.»
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, starting in mid July, was announced officially in Beijing on Monday.»
Puerto Rican independence fighter Nestor Nazario said the Cuban Five, instead of being imprisoned in the United States, deserved to be awarded by that government.»
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