Cuban President Raul Castro bid farewell Wednesday morning to Chinese President Hu Jintao, whose visit to Cuba helped strengthen ties between the two countries.

Cuban President Raul Castro saw off Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, this Wednesday, after an “optimum visit” as Raul described it.
The Venezuela-based Latin American and Caribbean Economic System announced on Tuesday that the organization
will reject Washington’s sanctions against Cuba, including the Helms-Burton Law at its upcoming conference.
The presidents of China and Cuba, Hu Jintao and Raul Castro, met Tuesday with students from China who are on a Spanish program at the Tarara school, located in the north-eastern coast of Havana.
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, met on Tuesday morning with the President of China, Hu Jintao, who is on a two-day official visit to the Caribbean nation.

Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday greeted visiting Sao Tome and Principe’s Prime Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, who arrived in Cuba over the weekend for an official visit.

Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived on Monday evening in Havana for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro.
Cuba’s First VP Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, and the Prime Minister of Sao Tome and Principe Joaquín Rafael Branco, discussed the current state of relations between their two countries on Monday.
US president-elect Barack Obama, reiterated his vow to close the prison located at the Guantanamo military base in southeastern Cuba, a territory that is illegally occupied by Washington.
São Tomé and Príncipe's Prime Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco, visiting Cuba expressed his country's interest in broadening cooperation relations with Cuba.
Bolivian President Evo Morales highlighted the importance of the Cuban Revolution and said that its triumph in 1959 allowed his country to begin a national literacy campaign in 2006.
Cuba’s Parliament President, Ricardo Alarcon, stressed the importance that Cuban workers understand the need for the new Social Security Law and support it.