Salvador Valdés Mesa, Cuban Vice President of the State Council, received on Sunday afternoon at Erastus Okundi Mwencha, African Union (AU) Commission deputy chairperson.

Cuban media outlets highlighted the presence of Cuban President Raul Castro in Uruguay, where he arrived on Saturday to attend the inauguration of Tabare Vazquez, who for the second occasion will assume the country’s presidency after winning general elections in November as candidate of Frente Amplio.

In a meeting presided over by Army General Raul Castro, the members of the Council of Ministers met on Thursday to tackle several issues related to the updating of the country’s social and economic model.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and President of the Foundation named after him, who is on a visit to Cuba.

Up next, ACN brings you the English language version of the statements made by the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs at the High Level Segment of the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, on March 2, 2015.

Cuban Foreign Minister to Attend Human Rights Session

A group of officials from the Departments of State, Commerce and Treasury will soon travel to Cuba to hold meetings with the Foreign Ministry, other ministries, and banks and institutions of the island, announced in Washington Josefina Vidal, general director of the United States Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez is in Geneva heading a delegation that will participate at the high-level segment of the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council.

Some 400 private workers have joined the National Union of Hotel and Tourism Workers in the central province of Villa Clara.

Granma newspaper published on Monday photos of a meeting on February 28 of Revolution leader Fidel Castro with the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters and an article describing the occasion written by Fidel.

Press release issued by the Cuban delegation to the round of talks on the resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States. Washington, February 27, 2015.

Jen Psaki: US Policy towards Cuba Hasn’t Worked

Positive and Respectful Atmosphere in Cuba-US talks

Jen Psaki, State Department spokesperson, acknowledged at a news conference in the capital, that the US policy toward Cuba in 50 years has failed.

Talks between Cuba and the United States continue under a positive, constructive and respectful atmosphere, Juan Jacomino spokesman of the Cuban Interests Section in the United States told Cuban News Agency.

Jen Psaki: US Policy towards Cuba Hasn’t Worked

Cuba and the U.S.A. Return to Negotiating Table on Friday

Josefina Vidal: We come to Bring Stances Closer

Representatives of Cuba and the United States return on Friday to the negotiating table for the second round of talks on the process of reestablishment of diplomatic relations, which will take place at the State Department in Washington.

We come with a constructive spirit, trying to bring stances of the two parties closer, said in Washington on Thursday Josefina Vidal, general director of the United States Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX), who heads the Cuban delegation to the second round of talks between the island and the United States.