Cuba

The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) informed today that US citizen Alan Gross health remains normal and he exercises regularly.»

Cuba’s National Elections Commission called satisfactory the arrangements for the Oct. 21st nomination of candidates to make up the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power with the run-offs set for October 28th.»

Cuba denounced at the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) limitations on access to radioactive materials for health and food security as a result of the U.S. blockade on the island.»

Cuban president Raul Castro sent a congratulatory message to his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo Dos Santos for the victory of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), in the general elections of August 31.»

Former U.S. President James Carter said that his country and Cuba could hold a “more sincere” dialogue if the island is removed from Washington’s controversial list of state sponsors of terrorism.»

Members of the Chilean Movement in Solidarity with Cuba urged the US administration to release the five Cuban antiterrorists held in the U.S. since 1998.»

The Cuban Revolution has had a historical commitment towards peace in Colombia and the efforts aimed at putting an end to the political, social and military conflict in that Latin American and Caribbean sister nation.»

Cuban literacy method “Yo si puedo” (Yes, I can) brought about the graduation of a second group of Australian aborigines who learnt to read and write in their own language.»

Delegates from African and Latin American countries expressed today a tacit support for Cuba principle’s stance, presented by First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura at the 16th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).»

Brazilian Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Fernando Pimentel expressed his satisfaction for having travelled to Cuba, where he arrived August 28 on an official visit.»