Several Egyptian newspapers published today a message of condolences sent by Cuban President Raul Castro for the victims of a railroad accident in which children were killed on Sat. Nov. 17, in the city of Assiut.
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The President of the National Assembly of Cuba's People Power began an oficial visit to El Salvador invited by his peer, Sigfrido Reyes.
The Russian Duma (Lower Chamber) urged the United States today to practice a policy towards Cuba based on respect for equality, non-interference in internal affairs, and freedom of trade and international navigation.
The children''s theater company La Colmenita will return to Cuba after having concluded its successful tour to the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with their musical play inspired by a tale written by Jose Marti.
Cuba denounced today before the World Trade Organization that the United States insists on maintaining the blockade, despite the repeated claims of the international community to lift it.
The film "Las esposas cubanas" (The Cuban Wives), which deals with the case of five antiterrorist fighters convicted in the United States, will be screened in Belgium on November 24 during the 4th Latin American Film Festival of Flanders.
Cuban singer and songwriter Eliades Ochoa won the 2012 Latin Grammy award for best traditional tropical album, with his CD "Un bolero para ti" (A Bolero For You).
The overwhelming victory at the United Nations of 188 votes in favor of lifting the U.S. blockade against Cuba has been highly spread today in Egypt and other Middle East countries.
As a vital link in the Cuban tourism, the capital is celebrating today its 493rd anniversary, increasingly cosmopolitan and wrapped by travelers from around the world, who prefer it and almost adore it.
The blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States is a historical aberration, Oscar Madoery, PhD in Political Science, of the University of Rosario, in Argentina, said in this capital.
Cuba warned today in this city about the very serious threat that the existence of 22,000 nuclear weapons, a rise in military spending, and development of conventional arsenals represent for the survival of mankind.
Brazilian residents in the state of Pernambuco demanded today the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in the United States for 14 years, and announced new actions for those youth.