Cuba

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.»

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, welcomed on Thursday afternoon Louis Farrakhan, leader of the US organization Nation of Islam.»

The Cuba 2012 Population and Housing Census has already registered 46.3 percent of all households on the island since it kicked off four days ago, said Juan Carlos Alfonso, national census director.»

The President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Government, Army General Raul Castro Ruz held talks on Tuesday afternoon with Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Trade minister, the Honorable Arnold Joseph Nicholson, who is on an official visit to Cuba.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received El Salvador’s First Lady and Secretary for Social Inclusion, Doctor Vanda Pignato, who is on a working visit to Cuba.»

Cuba’s First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, met on Monday with the visiting head of the Pakistani Senate, Syed Hussain Bohkari Nayyer, who arrived last Thursday in Havana on an official visit.»