Cuba

Cuban youths, students and workers will stage a vigil on Friday to pay homage to some 3 500 victims of terrorist acts committed against the island over the past five decades.»

Chaired by Cuban President Raul Castro, an expanded meeting of the Cuban Council of Ministers was recently held in Havana, which had as its first point on the agenda the debts of state companies between December 2011 and July 2012.»

Cuba reiterated today, before the United Nations Organization, its condemnation to the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the U.S.A. on the island for over half a century.  »

The President of the Gabonese Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba arrived Thursday in Havana for a four-day official visit, on the invitation of the Cuban government.»

The Gabonese Republic President Ali Bongo Ondimba begins today an official visit to Cuba. According to his agenda, the president will hold talks with senior officials, and will pay tribute to Cuban national hero Jose Marti.»

Cuban President, Raul Castro, saw off his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales, who concluded on Monday a brief working visit to the Caribbean nation.»

Cuban voters had already held over 48,000 assemblies until Saturday, September 22, during the first stage of the Cuban general elections now entering its final week.»

Raul Castro, president of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers welcomed Bolivian President Evo Morales Sunday evening. The Bolivian head of state is on a working visit to Havana, Cuban television reported.»

Cuba will officially close the information gathering stage of the 2012 Population and Housing Census, the number 18 since the first one conducted in the island in 1774 and the fourth of the revolutionary stage.»

The flow of Russian tourists to Cuba is nearing a new record today, as over 60 thousand visitors have enjoyed the island´s beaches, health services, culture and other attractions.»