The International Hemingway Nautical Club began an attractive competitive regatta several kilometers north of Havana's coasts as part of activities on the occasion of its 25 th anniversary.

Cuban President Raul Castro sent a floral wreath to be laid at the Jose Marti Mausoleum in Santiago de Cuba to pay homage to the Cuban National Hero on the anniversary of his death in combat.

Ciegoplast Company is linked to the decontamination project in the Bay of Havana, with the production of floating barriers made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, unique in Cuba.

"What is happening in Palestine today is a shame for humanity," said Cuban anti-terrorist Rene Gonzalez in assuring that his country will never betray those who have always being its friends, and Arab peoples especially.

Chinese specialists work in the installation of the equipment and start-up of an industry of fibers and organic substrate of coconut in the Cuban city of Baracoa, Guantanamo.

Works march as planned after the repair of more than 13 kilometers of pipelines to reach the Purification Plant of the Amistad Cubano-Bulgara dam, the one with the largest volume of water destined to supply the population in the province of Camagüey.

The Castellanos Project, the largest Cuban mining investment located in the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio, will be operational in July.

Cuba's efforts to visualize and safeguard the struggle for respect for free and responsible sexual orientation and gender identity were ratified with the issue of the first postage stamp against homophobia and transphobia in this city.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Thursday in Havana with the delegation of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces – People´s Army (FARC-EP), headed by Commanders Timoleon Jimenez, Ivan Marquez, Pastor Alape, Joaquin Gomez, Carlos Antonio Lozada, Mauricio Jaramillo, Bertulfo Alvarez and Ricardo Tellez, members of the FARC-EP Secretariat.

The Jose Marti National Library received on Wednesday in Havana an important donation of equipment from its French counterpart aimed at saving the sound and audiovisual heritage that treasures its archives.

The governments of Cuba and El Salvador signed on Wednesday in San Salvador an agreement for specialists from the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) to share a Master's degree program in Epidemiology with 35 professionals from that Central American nation.

The Cuban National Seismology Service announced on Wednesday that an earthquake registering 3.4 on the Richter scale was felt at 11:36am in the municipalities of Guantanamo and Caimanera as well as in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

The Council of Ministers of the Group of Asia, Caribbean and Pacific States approved a resolution on Tuesday condemning the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.

Cuba and the Saudi Fund for Development signed a new loan agreement on Tuesday in Riad aimed at developing the Rehabilitation and Construction of Social Works Program of the City Historian's Office in Havana.

Cuba reiterated on Tuesday at the United Nations in New York its call to increase the number of countries to the South at the Security Council with the objective of balancing the world body, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.