The Cuban daily Juventud Rebelde highlighted in its Sunday edition the joy of the residents of the province of Sancti Spiritus for having been selected as the site to host the main activity for the 63th anniversary of the attack of the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Military Garrison which sparked the final struggle for Cuba's independence.

On June 8, Cuban and US authorities held a technical meeting on the prevention and fight of terrorism, aimed at exchanging on possible cooperation on this issue.

The National Transit Board of the Cuban Police informed on Wednesday in Havana that there have been 3 thousand 702 traffic accidents in the first four months of the year.

After months of severe drought, the 14 reservoirs in the western Cuban province of Artemisa are recovering their storage levels with the rains of recent days associated to tropical storm Colin.

Not even today's persistent rain prevented Havana City to be officially declared a Wonder City of Modern World, with the unveiling of a monument at the entrance of Havana Bay that will bear witness to the decision of hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Several neighborhoods were flooded in the city of Pinar del Rio after heavy rains associated with tropical storm Collin dropped some 141 millimeters in 24 hours.

Latin American and Caribbean women with special needs will participate in the 1st Regional Seminar-Workshop of Women Leaders with Special Needs to kick off on Wednesday in Havana.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC) and President of the councils of State and Ministers, presided over the ceremony for the 55th anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).

Cuban President Raul Castro saw off Monday might his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, who participated in the 7th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States in Havana.

President Raul Castro held bilateral meetings with leaders of different countries, who participated at the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), held last Saturday in Havana.

The Summit of the Association of Caribbean States, recently held in Havana, adopted a special declaration in support of efforts to achieve an effective dialog between the Venezuelan government and the opposition to promote political stability, social development and economic recovery in the South American nation.

Joint work and integration will be essential to carry on with the objectives of development proposed for the coming years by the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in order to achieve prosperity and sustainability in the countries of the area.

Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, reaffirmed today in this capital that integration in Latin America and the Caribbean is a possible, realistic path and that its consolidation will make it possible for countries in the area to face common challenges.

Let’s turn the Caribbean into a referent in risk prevention and progress of the goals of sustainable development, said today Danilo Medina, president of the Dominican Republic, during the Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).