Cuban Osleni Guerrero will seek today his second win in the International Badminton Cup based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, until February 13.

Up next, the English language version of the editorial by the Granma newspaper on the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Cuba, as published by the www.en.granma.cu Web site on Tuesday, March 9:

The infestation rate of the Aedes Aegypti and albopictus mosquitoes has decreased in the province of Camaguey since mid-February when the hygiene campaign began but there is a need for more risk perception among the population.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, received Hoang Binh Quan, Special Envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong.

An eight-worker brigade belonging to the sports industry of Florida City in the province of Camagüey, supports repair works in the Havana's Latinoamericano baseball stadium.

Cuban women celebrate March 8 International Women´ Day with important achievement and promising realities, which prove that discrimination and gender gaps may be overcome in today´s world.

Cuba's Informatics Association gathers the computer science and communication professionals that have graduated after 1959 that were dispersed in different organizations, institutions and companies.

The potato harvest has begun in the areas of Guines and Batabano in the province of Mayabeque according to directives of the Agricultural and Forest Group.

Cuban President Raul Castro called for more discipline and effectiveness in implementing the current anti-mosquito campaign island wide as he headed a meeting on the effort to prevent the spread of diseases transmitted by that vector.

The Suchel Camacho company re-launched two perfumes (Romeo and Juliet) inspired n the Cuban tobacco and destined to the family during the 18th International Cigar Festival underway in Havana.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received the President of the Federal Republic of Austria, Heinz Fischer, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Cuba and Austria expressed the intention to expand and strengthen bilateral ties in a business forum held on Wednesday in this capital, as part of the official visit of the president of that European nation, Heinz Fischer.

Attendees at the 18th Habanos Festival will make today a visit to the tobacco plantations in the province of Pinar del Rio, where they will know aspects related to the production of the aromatic leaf.

Salvador Valdes, Vice-president of the Council of State, received Omar Mansour, Special Envoy of the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, who was the bearer of a message from President Mohamed Abdelaziz to Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers.

The President of the Federal Republic of Austria, Heinz Fischer, will arrive in Cuba on Tuesday night on an official visit, the Granma newspaper reported.