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Cuban President Raul Castro arrived this morning in Havana after participating in the UN Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.»
Cuban President Back from Rio+20 Conference
RIO+20 CONFERENCE
Raul Castro and Dilma Rousseff Review Cuba-Brasil Bilateral Links
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.»
Final Text Approval to Mark End of Rio+20 Summit
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, concludes today with the approval of the final document, criticized by many presidents and termed by others as the best possible.»
Cuba: Raul Castro Warns about Consequences of Climate Change
Cuban President Raul Castro, denounced that the global temperature rise will compromise first, integrity and physical existence of many countries and island nations, and will produce serious consequences to the Third World.»
Raul Castro Attends UN Conference Rio +20
Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary general, was in charge of the opening of the forum, in which Cuba’s delegation is headed by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers.»
Raul Castro Heads Cuban Delegation to Rio+20 Summit
Cuban President Raul Castro leads the island’s delegation that participates in the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, Granma newspaper reported on Wednesday.»
Brazil to Defend Development Model in Rio +20
Brazil will defend its successes in sustainable development in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), achievements reached thanks to the strategies of the government, asserted President Dilma Rousseff.»
Social Movements Urge Obama to Free the Five
Social movements participating in the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro urged U.S. President Barack Obama, to honor his status as Nobel Peace Prize laureate and free the five Cubans unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998.»
New Round of Negotiation Prior to Rio +20 Conference
A new round of negotiations to achieve a consensus for the final document for the Rio + 20 Conference began on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.»
Summit of the Peoples Opens in Rio de Janeiro
The Peoples´ Summit, a meeting running parallel to the Rio-plus-20 UN Sustainable Development Conference kicked off Friday in Rio de Janeiro as a scenario where social movements will denounce that the real causes for environmental, social and economic deterioration have not yet been addressed.»