Cuba

Cuban Vicepresident Esteban Lazo met on Wednesday with Bolivian foreign minister David Choquehuanca, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.»

The President of the National People’s Assembly of Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, is scheduled to pay from June 28 to July 2 a working visit to Angola, local news agency Angola Press reported.»

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and  Ministers, reiterated Cuba’s stance against the institutional coup perpetrated against  Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo.»

The Cuban government will not recognize any authority in Paraguay if it does not stem from the legitimate suffrage and the exercise of sovereignty by the Paraguayan people, reads a note issued by the Cuban Foreign Ministry condemning the recent coup that ousted President Fernando Lugo.»

The United States (U.S.) has allocated funds valued at $20 million USD to promote subversion programs in Cuba, mainly dedicated to the supply of electronic technologies, charged the Cuban press here today.»

President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, arrives Sunday on an official visit to Cuba, official sources said.»

The President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, will pay an official to Cuba beginning tomorrow, Sunday, and will meet with Cuban head of state Raul Castro.»

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived this morning in Havana after participating in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.»

Ramón Labañino, one of the five Cubans imprisoned in the U.S. since 1998, sent a message for the death of lawyer Roberto Gonzalez, a member of the legal team working for the release of this group of fighters.»

Presidents Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) and Raul Castro (Cuba) reviewed this Friday, the excellent state of bilateral relations and exchanged views about the running of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20.»