Cuba

Cuban President Raul Castro held official talks on Sunday afternoon with his Surinamese counterpart Delano Bouterse, who pays a working visit to Cuba.»

Suriname President Desiré Delano Bouterse arrived in Santiago de Cuba this Sunday, where he expressed his solidarity in view of the damages left by hurricane Sandy.»

Suriname President Desiré Delano Bouterse is to arrive on Sunday to Cuba to convey his country’s solidarity with the Caribbean Island in the wake of damages caused by Hurricane Sandy, said official sources.»

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla warned of threats posed to Latin America and the Caribbean by the current world order and defended regional integration as a way to face them.»

Cuban President, Raul Castro held a meeting on Thursday morning with Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, who pays a working visit to Cuba.»

The blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States is a historical aberration, said Oscar Madoery, PhD in Political Science, of the University of Rosario, in Argentina.»

Bruno Rodriguez:  Since the blockade is a unilateral policy, it must stop unilaterally.»

The UN General Assembly expressed its overwhelming rejection of the US economic blockade of Cuba by adopting the island’s resolution demanding the lifting of the US measure, with 188 votes in favor.»

The Law Faculty at the Washington-based Howard University is hosting a forum on Tuesday to demand the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters held in the United States since 1998.»

Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo received a delegation of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Sudan Party, led by its Secretary General, Pagan Amun.»