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.»
The People’s Provincial Court of Granma, eastern province of the island, set for October 5 the public trial for Spanish Angel Francisco Carromero, involved in an accident that killed two people.»
The US Supreme Court ratified a controversial legislation adopted by the US state of Florida, which bans students and professors at state and public education centers from traveling to Cuba.»
Cuba condemned the attack on the US diplomatic Mission in Libya and regretted the death of the US ambassador, according to a statement released by the Cuban Foreign Ministry’s United States Division.»
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