Millions of Cubans marched on May 1st through squares across the country, united in the construction of socialism and with the aspiration of the present and future victory of the working class in power.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, headed at 7:00 a.m. the opening of the multitudinous parade on the occasion of May Day under way at Havana's Jose Marti Revolution Square.

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans showed on Friday their support for the Venezuelan people and Revolution at the main rally for International Workers Day at the capital's Jose Marti Revolution Square.

The member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, heads in this city on Friday celebrations for May Day.

Nearly one million Cubans are expected to march May Day on Havana´s Revolution Square, venue of celebrations tomorrow for International Worker´s Day.

All 295 high schools and 395 polytechnic institutes in Cuba will be connected to the Internet during the next school year, according to the Cuban Education Ministry.

Heavy rains and strong winds affected Havana Wednesday evening claiming two lives and inflicting property damage throughout the city.

The British trade mission that visited Cuba for three days concludes its contacts on Thursday, with the prospect of strengthening business ties with the archipelago.

The Oscar Lucero Moya University of this city renewed on Tuesday an international cooperation agreement with the University of Western Ontario, Canada, during the second day of the 7th International Scientific Conference of the University.

The First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, met on Wednesday morning with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcena.

Activists of the US National Network on Cuba condemned Washington´s economic blockade against the island on Wednesday in Havana during a meeting at Casa de la Amistad.

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 29 (acn) The case of Cuba must be distinguished because it opens to foreign investment but selects important items for the country and protects national jobs, highlighted on Tuesday in Havana Alicia Barcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

In Cuba there are more than two million people over 60 years of age, 19 percent of the total population, and is the first Latin American country with the oldest population, announced an expert in this capital on Tuesday.

Cuban President Raul Castro received on Monday afternoon Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy of the Holy See, who is visiting the Cuban Catholic Church.

A call for this May Day parade to be compact, colorful and combative was made in this capital on Monday, during a plenary meeting on the occasion of International Workers' Day.