Cuba

Relatives of the Five met with renowned Cuban intellectuals.»

During a meeting of the Venezuelan Council of Ministers, President Hugo Chavez announced his return to Cuba on Sunday to submit himself to a surgical procedure after new cancerous cells were detected in the same body area where a tumor was withdrawn last year.»

Cuban President Raul Castro welcomed Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo, Deputy Chief of Staff of China’s Armed Forces, who paid a visit to Cuba on the invitation of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.»

Cuban President Raul Castro saw off his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez who returned to his country Thursday night.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) today called for an urgent investigation by humanitarian groups into the massacres and disappearances in that country.»

The President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro met on Tuesday with Brazil’s Health Minister, Doctor Alexandre Padilha, who is paying a working visit to Cuba.»

The draft legislations on the country’s Economic Plan and State Budget for 2013 will be submitted to the consideration of the 10th Session of the Seventh Legislature of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power.»

The Cuban government assessed compliance with the Guidelines of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party (PCC), which govern the transformation of the economic model of the country, reported Granma newspaper on Monday.»

Participants at the 8th International Colloquium for the Freedom of the Cuban Five and against Terrorism called for the intensification of actions in support of the cause of the five anti-terrorist fighters held in the United States.»

The International Colloquium underway in Holguin called Internet users to condemn the injustice against the Cuban Five.»