Sancti Spiritus´ rice planters were able to surpass the delay of the early season and completed planting of 33 000 178 hectares planned for the current year, a result which constitutes a decisive step to ensure the production growth expected.»
Machado Ventura highlights futuresa advantages of the creation of an economic area that links ALBA, Petrocaribe and Mercosur.»
The President of the Cuban Friendship Institute Kenia Serrano bestowed the Cuban Friendship Medal on Spanish activist Juan Manuel Morales for his unconditional and active support of the Cuban people.»
Venezuelan executive Vice-President Jorge Arreaza stressed sports cooperation between Cuba and his country under the Barrio Adentro Deportivo program, which was implemented by Hugo Chavez.»
Cuban pitcher Norberto Gonzalez, Olympic champion in Athens-2004 confirmed his retirement from active baseball after 15 seasons in the island’s national sport.»
The Latin American dignity is our shield, and strength is unity, the vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, said in this capital.»
The members of the XXV Pastors for Peace Caravan, who arrived in Sancti Spiritus this July 29th, attended an evening event at the local Casa de la Guayabera (House of the Guayabera), where they held a friendly meeting with their hosts.»
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro received Monday his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa at Miraflores Palace, in this capital where they will hold talks to assess the progress of bilateral cooperation projects.»
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) denounced Monday the United States has harshened the blockade on the island over the last weeks, using for this action the Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department.»
Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent a letter in which he recalled passages of the attacks on the Moncada and he pays homage to Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez.»
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