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Brazilian President Faces First Attacks against Her Gov''t

<p style="text-align: justify;">Almost five months after being elected, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is now facing the first attacks against her government. For two weeks, the opposition media in Brasil has been waging an offensive involving the allegedly illicit enrichment of presidential Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci Filho, who had a turnover of around 20 million reales, almost 12 million USD, in the last four years. Read More

President of Salvadoran Parliament in Cuba for Three-Day Visit

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.28 - 21:13:52 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- The president of the Legislative Assembly (Parliament) of El Salvador, Sigfredo Reyes, arrived in Havana on Friday for a three-day official visit at the invitation of the Cuban National Assembly.Reyes is heading a delegation that includes the vice president of the Salvadoran Parliament, Guillermo Gallegos, and legislators Horacio Ortez, Jose Serafin Orantes, and Miguel Elias Olivos. Read More

Suriname's President Ends Visit to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Cosette Pérez.10:02. Havana, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Republic of Suriname, Desiré Delano Bouterse ended Saturday an official visit to Cuba, after he was said farewell by Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported. According to the newspaper, both sides expressed satisfaction with the results of the visit, which contubuted to patenting friendship and solidarity ties among two countries. Read More

Cuba and Uruguay Strengthen Biotechnological Cooperation

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.05.28 - 13:52:05 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Havana, Cuba.- Cuban and Uruguayan centers dedicated to the development of health biotechnology in the two nations signed various agreements to strengthen bilateral cooperation in this field.The accords were signed by the Center of Molecular Immunology and the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, of Cuba, with the University of the Republic, and the Pasteur and Clemente Estable institutes, of Uruguay. Read More

Parlatino Commissions Meet in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">26 de mayo de 2011, 17:24 Havana, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from 17 countries are discussing regional issues, including childhood, economy and health, in three commissions of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).Secretary of the commissions, Daisy Tourne, said that in spite of cultural differences in the area, many problems related to those issues affect the whole continent. Read More

Cuban Specialist Construction Engineers To Work With Ministry Of Public Works

<p style="text-align: justify;">May 26, 2011. An agreement has been reached between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Cuba for the provision of four specialist engineers to work with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.During a meeting on Tuesday in Cuba, Minister of Public Works and Transport the Honourable Trevor Walker and his Cuban counterpart the Honourable Rene Perez Villafaña commenced discussions on the arrangements for the arrival of the experts. Read More

Baracoa to receive high award to its historian as its own

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Ariel Soler C. The ancients city in Cuba received as if it were for them the Orden of Civil Merit, given by Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, to Alejandro Hartmann, historian of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa. In declarations made to AIN, after reaching a few hours ago his birth city of Baracoa (Guantanamo province), the multi-award winner researcher dedicated his recognition to the 500 years of existence of the First Cuban Village, founded by Diego Velázquez on August 15, 1511. Read More

Chinese VP to visit Italy, Cuba, Uruguay, Chile

<p style="text-align: justify;">English.news.cn&nbsp;&nbsp; 2011-05-27 15:09:56. BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will pay official visits to Italy, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile from June 1 to 13 and attend the ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Friday. Read More

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda concludes visit to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">15:29, May 27, 2011.Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Winston Baldwin Spencer, concluded here Thursday his four-day visit to Cuba. During a meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro on Wednesday, both sides "expressed satisfaction of the current state of bilateral relations." Read More

Raul Castro Holds Talks with President of Suriname

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Presidents of Cuba and Surinam held talks in Havana. Photo: Geovani FernandezCuban President Raul Castro held officials talks on Wednesday afternoon with the President of the Republic of Suriname, Desire Delano Bouterse, who is on an official visit to the island. Read More

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