Other top news

After casting his ballot at a voting station in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion municipality, Fidel spoke with reporters for over one hour.»

International media report on mass participation in this Sunday elections all over the island, where over eight million Cuban citizens have been call to cast their vote.»

President Raul Castro visited some areas damaged by hurricane Sandy in the eastern Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba, where he checked the progress of the recovering work, revealed the national media today.»

Since very early this morning, thousand electors in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, have been casting their votes to elect the delegates to the Provincial Assembly of the People’s Power, and the local candidates to Cuban Parliament.»

Luminaria Publishing House, from the central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus, will present 20 new titles in the upcoming International Book Fair. The book event will be held in this province from the end of February to the beginning of March.»

President Raul Castro met with the former presidents of Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, and Guatemala’s Alvaro Colom, who attended the Third International Conference for World Equilibrium.»

Until next April 3rd, 2013, Sancti Spiritus’s Ediciones Luminaria Publishing House will receive comic strips made by Cuban artists.»

Cuban President Raul Castro leads his country’s delegation to the First Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to take place on January 27th and 28th in Santiago de Chile.»

Heads of state and government from several countries begin to arrive in Santiago de Chile to participate at the First Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the First CELAC-European Union Summit.»

A fiber-optic cable that links Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is up and running since August 2012, being used initially for voice traffic, the Cuban Telecommunications Company ETECSA S.A. said on Wednesday.»