New migration regulations were published Friday on Granma newspaper lifting prohibitions on Cuban nationals to enter or exit the island by ship, which had been in force for years to prevent terrorist actions of which Cuba had for long been the target.

Cuban workers throughout the island prepare massive mobilizations in support of the accords reached by the recent 7th Congress of the Communist Party as all unions and the non-state sector get ready to stage huge marches on May Day.

Panamanian authorities announced the building of shelters for some 2 500 Cubans stranded in the border with Costa Rica, who intend to keep their journey to the United States where they will pursue the benefits offered only to Cubans citizens by the US Cuban Adjustment Act.

One of the reasons I'm here is because the Smithsonian Institute of the United States –the world's largest group of museums - is interested in cooperating with Cuba, David Skorton, secretary of the U.S. institute visiting the island told reporters.

The first plenary session of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party reelected Army General Raul Castro in the position of First Secretary and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura as Second Secretary.

Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, presented today in this capital the 17 members of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the PCC.

We should tell our brothers in Latin America and the world that the Cuban people will win, asserted the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, in a special address at the closing ceremony of the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in session for four days at Havana's Convention Center.

A delegation of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities of the United States, made up of some 70 personalities from the cultural sphere of that country, visited Cuba's University of the Arts (ISA) as part of its official agenda on the Island.

The final session of the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) began in this capital, attended by the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, and Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC.

The final session of the 7th Cuban Communist Party Congress has been scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Havana's Convention Center, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of the historic victory of Bay of Pigs.

Cuban Communist Party member Bruno Rodriguez stressed the challenge posed by the main report submitted by Raul Castro, First Secretary of the political organization, to the current 7th Communist Congress.

Participants at the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party, in sessions since Saturday, today will elect the organization´s Central Committee, to be released on Tuesday along with the members of the Politburo, the first and second secretaries.

A Cuban 26-member emergency medical brigade departed for Ecuador on Sunday, as hundreds of other Cuban doctors are in that country assisting the victims of the 7.8 quake that has caused huge human loss and property damage in the coastal zone of that South American nation.

Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday sent a message of condolences to his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa after the 7.8 quake that caused over 270 deaths and more than 2 thousand injured in the South American country.

With the debate in the morning session of the Central Report presented on the opening day by Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (CC of the PCC), work in committees of the 7th Congress continued today at the capital's Convention Center.