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"The relationship with Cuba is extremely valuable to liberate ourselves," said Wilfred Elrington, Belize’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade during the opening session of the Eleventh Joint Commission for Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two countries.

Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo said in Nicaragua that only unity, peace and people’s integration would lead to a victory over the world’s current difficult times.

For the ninth time, the US Interests Section has denied an entry visa to Olga Salanueva, the wife of Rene Gonzalez, one of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly held in US prisons.

President Raul Castro on Friday presented a flag to the Cuban delegation to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in a ceremony at Havana"s Convention Center.

Cuba reiterated on Tuesday its rejection of the hegemonic policy carried out by successive US administrations against the Caribbean nation and their attempts to obstruct the independence of Latin American peoples.

The analysis of the state of bilateral relations and the implementation of bilateral agreements are the two main objectives of the 8th Cuba-Bulgaria Intergovernmental Session that began in Havana.

A facsimile edition of the diary of the Cuban – Argentinean fighter, Ernesto Che Guevara in Bolivia will be published here in the following months, announced authorities of the Cultural Vice Minister.

Vice President Carlos Lage is heading the Cuban delegation to the 5th Petrocaribe Summit opening Saturday in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, local media reported.

Cuban President Raul Castro pointed to the importance of planning, organizing and working hard in order to achieve efficiency. Raul specifically emphasized the urging need to put every acre of land to produce, pointing out that productive land helps to eliminate expensive food imports.

Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro highlighted on Thursday his 50 years of sincere friendship with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes Barcha.

New adjustments and restrictions need to be applied to the national economy for the second semester of 2008 and in 2009, said  Cuban Economy and Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez. The measures are aimed at dealing with the impact of skyrocketing international prices for food and oil id that.

Cuba's sugar production increased 24 percent during the 2007-2008 harvest, compared to the previous harvest, thus meeting the demand from the domestic and foreign markets.

The 12 permanent working commissions of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), constituted with a provisional nature last May, are in session on Monday and Tuesday at Havana’s Convention Center.

Cuban President Raul Castro characterized the journalist congress as excellent during the last day of the forum which wound up at Havana´s International Convention Center.

The Cuban Union of Journalists (UPEC) is holding its 8th National Congress July 3-5 with the slogan “Learning, Reflecting and Informing”, which emphasizes three major concepts of Cuban journalistic practice.