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President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, will give the keynote speech on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution major commemoration. The ceremony, to be started at 6:00PM today, will be held at the historic Parque Cespedes (Cespedes Park), located in front of the city council headquarters. It was »

In his most recent article, Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro addresses episodes in the historic fight against Apartheid in South Africa, and the long-standing struggle of Nelson Mandela with Cuban participation to liberate the country.  Fidel recalls how Washington and Israel converted the Apartheid regime into a nuclear power. Fidel says that no other present or past development that he »

President Raul Castro is heading the Cuban delegation that will attend the funeral services for Nelson Mandela, who passed away last Thursday in Johannesburg. The Cuban television announced on Sunday that the Cuban delegation is also made up of foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez and ambassador to Pretoria Carlos Fernandez de Cossio. Book of Condolences Opened at South African Embassy in »

Cuban President Raul Castro sent a message of condolences to South African Head of State Jacob Zuma for the death on Thursday of Nelson Mandela. Official Mourning in Cuba over Death of Nelson Mandela World Leaders Pay Tribute to Nelson Mandela Wide Repercussion in U.S. A. for Death of Mandela Message from Gerardo Hernandez on the passing of Nelson Mandela »

World icon against racism, Nelson Mandela, died today in his Johannesburg residence at age 95 and surrounded by a large number of relatives, friends and representatives of the South African government. During 2013, his health conditions deteriorated gradually. In March, Mandela underwent an operation. From June onward, his lung problems worsened and was hospitalized in Pretoria in a “critical situation”. »

President Raul Castro visited the Provincial Defense Council in Artemisa, about 45 kilometers from Havana, to learn the activities developed during the strategic exercise Bastion 2013. This territory particpates for the first time in a military exercise of this kind, as it was established as province in January 2011. During the visit held Thursday, the president of the Provincial Defense »

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the National Defense Council, visited the military command for Cuba’s internal security forces, after Tuesday’s launch of the strategic exercises known as “Bastion 2013.” According to an official note released in this capital today, Colonel Emir Mesa Corona, second departmental chief at the Ministry of Interior informed Raul Castro about the fulfillment of »

In order to consolidate the work of leaders and administration and steering bodies in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus, and achieving complete combat readiness of the troops, as part of the military doctrine of the “War of All the People”, the strategic exercise Bastion 2013 takes place between November 19 to 22 in this territory. Military Drills Prepare »

After a rigorous evaluation of the products presented in the most important trade event of the island, FIHAV 2013, the Escambray Electromechanical Factory, located in the mountain community of El Pedrero, debuted with a list of goods destined for the Tourism branch and other units of the Food Industry. Disposable plastic plates, glasses of 8 and 12 ounces, thermoforming production »

Cuba will have the world’s fifth plant for incineration of harmful gases to the ozone layer, confirmed Elier Rodriguez, specialist of the project running in the central province of Sancti Spiritus. The plant for Freon burning is being mounted on the Siguaney cement plant in collaboration with the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and is expected to be launched »