US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Havana at 9.00 this morning for the flag-raising ceremony to officially open the embassy of the United States in Cuba.

John Kerry on an Official Visit to Cuba on Friday

Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived on Wednesday night in this capital to celebrate on Thursday the 89th birthday of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.
He congratulated Fidel, the government and people of Cuba on this significant date, in which "we come to celebrate our older brother's birthday," he told local media minutes after his arrival in Havana.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced the opening since August 11 of a special section on its official website Cubaminrex.cu to offer up-to-date information on the apostolic visit by Pope Francis to the island September 19-22.

During his visit to Cuba, September 19-22, Pope Francis will officiate his first mass at the emblematic Revolution Square in Havana, where preparations are well underway including the setting up of a wooden and iron altar, platforms for the press and chair space for 4 thousand guests.

The follow up process, control, verification and compliance of the agreements of the 10th Congress of the Young Communist League, UJC, will be as inclusive as the preparation itself of the forum, said Yuniasky Crespo Baquero, First Secretary of the youth organization.

The presence of women dedicated to the agricultural sector has been growing in recent years after the application of policies aimed at strengthening the use of the land to produce food.

Lands that were covered by marabou for some fifteen years in the municipality of Chambas were rescued for sugarcane production with a new project by Azcuba Business Group.

The Vice-president of the Council of State, Salvador Valdes, heads the Cuban delegation attending the inauguration of the President of the Republic of Suriname, Desire Delano Bouterse, on Wednesday, August 12.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the councils of State and Ministers, sent congratulations to the Cuban youth newspaper, Juventud Rebelde, on the occasion of its 50th birthday and the photo exhibition titled "A Rebel in Rebelde," opened on Monday in this capital at the Jose Marti Memorial.

Professors of England, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Cuba are taking part in an International Course on Dengue that began on Monday in this capital.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Sunday afternoon with Salvador Sanchez, President of the fraternal Republic of El Salvador.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Jorge Arreaza, Executive Vice-president (VP) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who paid a working visit to the island.

The 22nd Latin American and Caribbean Brigade will conclude its visit to Cuba on August 7, after intense days of exchanges with social and productive sectors, which began on July 22 in several of the country's provinces.

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.