Nobel Literature Prize Winner, writer Wole Soyinka, reiterated in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, his absolute support of the cause of the Five Cuban anti-terrorism fighters unjustly imprisoned in US jails for 10 years.

Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque met on Tuesday with Mexican President Felipe Calderon during the third day of an official visit to this country.

The National Association for the Blind (ANCI) marked National Culture Day with a host of activities by thousands of amateur artists throughout the island, as part of the efforts made by this organization for their rehabilitation and full integration…
Cuba’s First Vice-president José Ramón Machado Ventura toured several municipalities of Havana on Monday, to assess the development of recovery work begun immediately after the passage of the devastating hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Cuban President Raul Castro attended on Sunday the opening of a Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Havana as part of a series of activities to celebrate Russian culture in the Caribbean country.
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque begins on Monday an official visit to Mexico at the invitation of his Mexican counterpart, Patricia Espinosa Castellano.

The Russian Orthodox Church granted its highest decoration, the Order of Glory and Honor, to the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz.

“In the last 25 years, Cuban anesthesiology has improved in spite of the fact that the US blockade prevents the country from buying state-of-the-art products,” said Dr. Humberto Sainz, President of the Federation of Anesthesiology Societies of…
Chinese company Haier donated 150,000 dollars in equipment to hurricane-struck Cuba, to help in the recovery works in the most affected areas by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. 
Cuban Vice President Juan Almeida Bosque visited two construction materials plants in central-eastern Camagüey province, to asses the works done for the recoveries from the damage caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, reported Granma newspaper.…

The Russian Duma (Lower chamber) approved to make a call to the United Nations demanding the end of the US blockade against Cuba and to send humanitarian aid after the battering of hurricanes Gustav and Ike to the Caribbean nation.

A group of young Germans will arrive next Tuesday to westernmost Pinar del Rio province to help for six months in the rescue of the botanical garden and communities damaged by hurricanes Ike and Gustav.