Cuba

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Flavia Pansieri, received Adriana Pérez, the wife of Gerardo Hernández, one of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly held in US prisons.»

President Nicolas Maduro stressed on Monday what he described as the “incalculable assistance that Cuba gives Venezuela in caring for the health of the people in a deeply humanitarian and supportive gesture.”»

President Raul Castro paid tribute to heroine Melba Hernandez, who died on Sunday, March 9, and whose ashes are at the headquarters of the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces. On Monday night, the statesman laid a white rose in front of the coffin as a tribute to the combatant, who was one of the first one in joining to the »

The Cuban Communist Party reports the sad news that Melba Hernandez, member of the Party’s Central Committee and deputy to the National Parliament, passed away Sunday, March 9th.»

Cuban President Raul Castro described  the Special Development Zone at the Harbor of Mariel, west of Havana, as the most important project being built on the island.»

An international commission of jurists demanded that U.S. President Barack Obama pardon the Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly sentenced in the United States and release the three of them who still remain in prison.»

The 9th Congress of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), was closed this Saturday with the presence of Army general Raul Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, and president of the Councils of State and Ministers. We feel proud of our women, of our people, of what we have done so far, he said. He also »

The 9th Congress of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) begins today with the participation of 373 delegates representing the whole country at Havana’s Conference Center, to debate issues related to the role of women in the society.»

Renowned figures from Cuba and other countries, and victims of terrorism against that Caribbean country are discussing at an investigating commission in London the case of the Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly condemned in the United States.»

President Raul Castro returned to Cuba yesterday afternoon, after participating in Venezuela in the activities in honor to the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, Granma newspaper reported today.»