The National Electoral Commission (CEN), was officially constituted on Tuesday in this capital for the forthcoming partial elections to elect delegates to the National Assemblies of the People's Power.

At 12:55 pm on Monday the Stations Network of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible earthquake, located at coordinates 20.13 of north latitude and 73.98 of west longitude, 21.7 km East-Southeast of Maisí, in the province of Guantánamo, with a depth of 4.6 km and a magnitude of 3.0 on the Richter scale.

A new Ecuadorian construction brigade has headed for Cuba to support housing projects underway in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, hard hit by hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Cuba´s Council of State called for the election next April 19 of municipal delegates of People´s Power, Granma newspaper announced on Monday.

Brazil´s More Doctors Program counts on 14 thousand 462 health professionals working in 3 thousand 785 municipalities and 34 indigenous districts of the country, out of whom 11 thousand 429 are Cuban doctors under an accord signed by the Pan-American Health Organization.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent Raul Castro a letter upon the release of the remaining three Cuban anti-terrorist fighters in US prisons.

José Ramón Machado Ventura, second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba , said in Matanzas that the startup of the harvest in that province shows an encouraging and very different from the past years picture.

Héctor Rodríguez, Minister of Education of Venezuela, sent a huge hug to the Cuban teachers, due to the celebration of the Educator Day, this December 22 in Cuba.

After much debate, first in its standing committees and in the plenary session today, the National People's Assembly approved the Plan of Economics and Law of the State Budget for 2015.

"The Five are already here," said Esteban Lazo, Politburo member and president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP by its Spanish acronym), at the start today of the closing day of the Fourth Regular Session of the Eighth Legislature.

Raul Castro said today that in the new stage of relations with the United States, Cuba will not give up the ideas for which its people have fought for over a century, shed blood and run the greatest risk.

The 9th plenary session of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee, presided by its second secretary Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, held sessions on Thursday to evaluate the work of the organization in 2014 regarding the implementation and follow up of accords reached at the 6th Congress of the Party and the objectives adopted at its First National Conference.

The Cuban National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP by its Spanish acronym) thanked today in plenary, all parliamentarians and legislators of the world for their support to the cause of the Cuban Five.

The Cuban National Assembly of People´s Power (Parliament) will consider the approval today of main documents for Cuban economy in 2015 during the 4th Session of the 8th Legislature taking place at Havana´s Convention Centre.

US President Barack Obama will announce new executive measures next month aimed at improving relations with Cuba, according to White House officials cited by The New York Times.