Floral Tributes of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, and Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the councils of State and Ministers, were placed on Friday at the mausoleum to the combatants of the Doctor Mario Muñoz Third Eastern Front in the province of Santiago de Cuba.

One of the most significant stages of the Cuban electoral process is currently taking place throughout the island, as voters have been nominating candidates to delegates or councilors to Municipal People´s Power Assemblies since February 24 up to March 25.

For over 40 years, there was no a single food shipment between the US and Cuba, but in 2000 the Bill Clinton administration allowed exports produce to the island giving the one-way line of trade a boost of several hundred million dollars.

The executive director for The Americas with the European External Action Service, Christian Leffler said that the third round of negotiations held in Havana March 4 and 5 towards a political accord between the European Union and Cuba evidenced the constructive and committed spirit of the two parties.

Numerous personalities of Cuban culture and politics paid tribute on Thursday in this capital to Commander Hugo Chavez, "the best friend the Cuban people had," on the occasion of the second anniversary of his death.

U.S. jurists demanded on Thursday in this capital the removal of Cuba from the list of nations sponsoring terrorism and the cessation of the unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by Washington on the island for over 50 years now.

The First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel, arrived on Thursday, March 5, in Caracas, Venezuela, to represent Cuba in the commemoration of the second anniversary of the physical disappearance of Commander Hugo Chavez.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, returned to Cuba on Tuesday after a three-day visit to Uruguay, where he took part in the inauguration of President Tabare Vazquez, who assumed this responsibility for the second time as representative of Frente Amplio.

Matthias Fekl, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad, will arrive in Cuba on Thursday afternoon on an official visit, which will run until March 7, as informed in this capital.

The remains of the ancient coffee plantation St. Paulina, built in the nineteenth century by French colonists, were found by specialists in archeology from the Office of the Curator of the city (OCC by its Spanish acronym), in the rural community of San Felipe.

As 2015 begins with a rapid increase in the amount of visitors to the island, Cuba demonstrated its development in the tourism industry in important Fairs in Europe with challenges to the growing number of vacationers to the Caribbean destination.

Representatives of different Cuban public entities have been attending a seminar headed by Britain expert and researcher Matthew Cox in Havana.

Cuba and the European Union have been negotiating a bilateral political and cooperation accord during talks Wednesday and Thursday at the headquarters of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, in Havana.

President Raul Castro arrived in Havana after having attended the inauguration ceremony for Uruguayan head of state Tabare Vazquez, who took office for the second time in representation of his country´s Frente Amplio political party.

Up next, ACN brings you a report on the text written by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on an exchange of letters with Diego Armando Maradona.