The governor of the US State of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is paying a three-day visit to Cuba heading a political and commercial mission aimed at finding ways to expand economic and commercial relations.

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the councils of State and Ministers, attended on Friday the gala dedicated to the triumph of the Cuban Revolution at the Alicia Alonso Gran Teatro de La Habana, which also marked the reopening of the emblematic center after three years of intense restoration works.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 2 (acn) With the arrival of 130 Italian travelers on January 1st at the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport of Camagüey, the link between that city and Italy -one of the main countries sending tourists to this eastern province- was resumed after over a decade without flights between these destinations.

The representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba, Anna Lucia D'Emilio, highlighted on Wednesday the island's results in the care of its children during 2015, and reaffirmed the support of her organization for that effort.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, attends in Havana the sixth regular session of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of the People's Power.

Participants in the 12th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), chaired by its First Secretary, Army General Raul Castro, assessed on Saturday the proposal of the Conceptualization of the Cuban Social and Economic Model of Socialist Development, and the report on the performance of the work objectives adopted at the First National Conference of the PCC.

Cuba will continue making possible the cooperation of international organizations and foreign governments towards priority sectors of the country such as food, energy, hydraulics, sanitation, public health and education.

Several years after the implementation of the 17 steps to a better functioning of the Basic Units of Cooperative Production (UBPC), organizational and control deficiencies that affect food production are still present.

As a prelude to the 6th period of sessions of the 8 th legislature of the National Assembly of the People's Power, its 10 standing committees began today in Havana the discussion of topics related to the sectors or organizations they serve.

The Cuban Council of Ministers announced a long-term plan from 2017 to 2020 to cushion the impact of the severe drought affecting the country through the implementation of new and crucial projects.

Cuban ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Enrique Enriquez stressed in the capital Riad his country´s relations with this nation and with the Arab world in general, which Havana has always extended its solidarity.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, received the Secretary General of the South African Communist Party, Blade Nzimande, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Rolando Acebal, head coach of Cuban boxing team, described as superior regarding the organization and technical quality of the athletes attending in this city the just concluded 54th edition of Playa Giron boxing tournament.

Cuban President Raul Castro said in the latest meeting of the Council of Ministers to face problems wherever they are, ¨we have to go there, we have to talk, we cannot leave room to a sense of defeatism¨

Esteban Lazo, Cuba's Chairman of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP by its Spanish acronym), ratified in this capital the strong and excellent relations of the Caribbean nation with the Government and people of South Africa.