Cuban President Raul Castro presided over the main popular parade celebrating May Day in Havana’s Revolution Square. The big parade was headed this time by a contingent of more than 50,000 workers from the health sector.»
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Havana, Cuba, to continue his medical treatment, which began in late March. He was welcomed by his Cuban couterpart Raul Castro.»
Cuba has reported so far this year an infant mortality rate of 4.3 percent per 1,000 live births, lower than the 4.9 percent registered in 2011, when it reached the lowest level in the region, sources from the sector said on Monday.»
Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro wrote a recent article in which he denounced that Washington is promoting destabilizing plans aimed at toppling the Bolivarian government headed by President Hugo Chavez.»
Over one thousand representatives of 162 trade unions, social movements and of solidarity with Cuba, from 62 countries will participate in the parade on May 1 in support of the social project started on the island in 1959.»
The first National Meeting of Cuban Residents in the United States will take place on Saturday in this capital, in order to deepen the relationship between migration and Cuban society.»
Cuba denounced at the World Trade Organization the U.S. violations of the resolutions of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on intellectual property rights.»
Joyce Adelina Banford, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Ghana, expressed on Monday her appreciation for the help her country has received from Cuba in various fields.»
Cuba’s Workers Union (CTC for its Spanish acronym) convened its members and every Cuban worker to celebrate May Day with a massive parade. For Cubans, May Day equals joy and revolutionary confirmation.»
The president of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba, Ricardo Alarcon, met on Sunday in Havana with his counterpart from the Republic of Benin, Mathurin Coffi Nago.»
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