New Ballot Presented in Venezuela

<p style="text-align: justify;">Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, presented a new ballot paper that will be used in the 2012 presidential and regional elections.According to Lucena, the new ballot is remarkable because of its size and voter-friendly features. Read More

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Cuba, Vietnam vow to advance military ties

<p style="text-align: justify;">11:00, June 21, 2011. Cuba and Vietnam would enhance cooperation in military technology, according to agreements reached during Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh's visit to the island state.A Vietnamese delegation headed by Nguyen arrived here Monday and also paid tribute to the Cuban independence hero Antonio Maceo at his mausoleum on the outskirts of Havana, the official NNTV televison reported. Read More

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Venezuela's comptroller general passes away in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">Venezuela's Comptroller General Clodosbaldo Russián died on Monday in Havana, Cuba, confirmed Minister of Communication and Information Andrés Izarra on his Twitter account."Another great Venezuelan has passed away: honor and glory to Clodosbaldo Russián. Let us honor his memory. He was an example," Izarra posted on his Twitter account. The government issued a statement on Russián's death. Read More

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Venezuela: Walid Makled Faces Drug Trafficking Charges

<p style="text-align: justify;">Walid Makled Faces Drug Trafficking Charges.] Caracas, Jun 18.- The Venezuelan Attorney General''s Office announced charges against businessman Walid Makled of drug trafficking, money laundering, contract killings and criminal association. Prosecutors submitted their case in a preliminary court hearing in Caracas against Makled, a Syrian-born Venezuelan, who was extradited by Colombia last month. Read More

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Commemorative stamps to mark PHL-Cuba ties anniversary

<p style="text-align: justify;">06/19/2011. The Philippines and Cuba will mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with the unveiling of special commemorative stamps on July 1. Philippine charge d’affaires Wilfredo Maximo disclosed this at the Philippine Embassy in Havana’s celebration of the 113th Independence Day, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a news release. “The celebration (of Philippine-Cuba ties) will be marked by the unveiling of special commemorative stamps on July 1 at the Casa de la Amistad, ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples) headquarters," the DFA said. Read More

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Cuba, Venezuela to Boost Bilateral Cooperation

<p style="text-align: justify;">Havana, June 16 (KCNA) -- Cuba and Venezuela are now boosting the bilateral cooperation.Fidel Castro, leader of the Cuban revolution, and Raul Castro, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, met and had talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias in Havana on June 10. Read More

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Viet Nam, Cuba toast 50 years of friendly relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">Viet Nam News/Asia News Network. Sat, Jun 18, 2011. Havana - The friendship between Viet Nam and Cuba has been constantly fostered since diplomatic relations were established in 1960, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong told Melba Hernandez Rodriguez - the first and former chairwoman of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with Viet Nam. Read More

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Cuba Denies Version on Reelection of Ban Ki-moon

<p style="text-align: justify;">United Nations, Jun 17.- Cuba denied reports blaming it for preventing the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) from supporting the re-election of Ban Ki-moon as UN secretary general. The refutation of those rumors, spread by the news agency Reuters, was issued in a press release from the Cuban permanent mission to the UN. The press release "categorically rejects that allegation, especially when the aforementioned group has not met today (June 16)." Read More

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Zelaya: Honduran Gov't Violates Cartagena Agreement

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Claudia Gomez. 16 de junio de 2011, 13:35. Tegucigalpa, June 16 (Prensa Latina) Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said a court order to arrest a former member of his cabinet was a violation of the Cartagena agreement. After learning of the decision of bringing corruption charges against his former minister of the presidency, Enrique Flores Lanza, Zelaya said that he demanded that the Porfirio Lobo government "stop and resolve this latest escalation of persecution." Read More

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Ban Ki-Moon in Brazil rallying for support, Cuba delays re-election

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ban: his plans to be recommended for a second term might were postponed today. UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil rallying for support for his candidacy for a second term as the head of the United Nations. The trip marks the conclusion of a South American tour that has taken him to Colombia Argentina and Uruguay. The visit to the Latin American nation includes meetings with Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. Read More

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