The members of the 22nd Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba backed on Thursday the struggle of the Caribbean island for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States for more than half a century now.

Army General, Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, sent a message of condolences to Vietnam for the deaths caused in that country -17 so far- by the heavy rains that occurred in the northern province of Quanh Ninh, the Prensa Latina news agency informed on August 5.

The jovial face barely allows discovering the fatigue of a long journey. Almost without pause for sleep, Ana Miledys Rosario, member of the 46th contingent of Venceremos Brigade, which comes from the United States to visit the island, agrees to talk to ACN.

A representation of the national scientific community will pay tribute on Friday to the Cuban scientist Carlos Juan Finlay de Barres (1833-1915), who discovered that the female Aedes aegypti mosquito was the transmitter of yellow fever.

The recovery of 10 facilities devoted to the repair and maintenance of sugarcane agricultural machinery is one of the actions carried out in Villa Clara province in the preparatory schedule of the 2015-2016 sugar harvest.

Cuban youths will pay honor to Revolution commanders Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro during a historic tour named From Bolivar to Marti, August 6 to 19 in central Cuba.

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was awarded the Honoris Causa title by Bolivia´s Universidad Nacional Siglo 20 for his anti-imperialist legacy and his solidarity with the humblest nations of the world.

Democrat pre-candidate to the 2016 presidential elections in the United States, Hillary Clinton, asked Congress on Friday, from Miami, Florida, to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba since 1962, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Discovery Channel announced the premiere of a documentary on Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, whom has been the world´s most watched man by US intelligence services, according to the documentary.

The future of Latin America depends on the integration of progressive governments and their resistance against rightwing attacks, said Cuban Communist leader Jose Ramon Balaguer in Mexico.

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca and his Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng signed a document in Beijing on Wednesday on the development of bilateral economic, commercial relations for the 2016-2020 period of time.

An international course on dengue will be held on August 10-21 in Havana, aimed at discussing important and current aspects of the disease and its control.

The Pentagon has launched a probe into the growth in the number of cancer cases among the military and civil employees at the US naval base in the illegally Cuban occupied territory of Guantanamo, according to Military Times newspaper.

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Located in the province of Sancti Spiritus and one of the most important tourism sites in the country you will find the colonial town of Trinidad.