Havana, June 11 (RHC)—The book “Philosophical Notes” by Ernesto Che Guevara, an unpublished volume, will be launched on June 14 at Havana´s International Press Center by the Ocean Press and Ocean South publishing houses.

Quito, June 11, (RHC), -- The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, criticized the economic and political blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for over half a century, dubbing it an attack on the human rights of the people of the island.

Havana, -- These are a method whereby I try to convey the modest knowledge acquired throughout long years which I consider to be useful to the Cuban officials responsible for the production of foodstuffs that are essential for the life of our people, a task that I gladly share with Talía González, an old friend from the times of the campaign to free Elián González.

Havana, June 11, (RHC), -- Cuban president, Raul Castro, met on Saturday with the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Spain, Jose Luis Centella, who pays an official visit to Cuba.

Havana, June 9 (RHC)—In his most recent reflections published on Saturday under the title “Unusual Days”, Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro comments on a New York Times article, published June 7, on Obama’s direct participation in the approval of assassinations of alleged terrorists in different countries and another by BBC World predicting the future of China.

Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura toured several economic entities severely damaged by recent rains in the central province of Sancti Spiritus and called on workers speed up recovery work and get the most out of improved weather conditions.

Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- The easternmost province of Guantanamo will be the venue this year of celebrations for National Rebellion Day, commemorating the July 26, 1953 attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons by a group of young revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro.

Port-au-Prince, June 9 (RHC)-- Haiti’s State Secretary for Foreign Relations and Culture, Jean Richard Casimir, reiterated his government’s support for Cuba’s demand to lift Washington’s over fifty-year-old economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island.

Miami, June 9 (RHC)-- The South Florida-based on-line publication “Progreso Semanal” has called for a repeal of the Cuban Adjustment Act and the end of the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba, describing these measures as “sources of political opportunism.”

Havana, June 9 (RHC)-- Defense attorney for Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cuban antiterrorists held in the U.S., Martin Garbus, expects that a recent legal motion filed in favor of his defendant will get through with success.

Havana, June 8 (RHC)--The positive performance of the child-and-mother health care national program could allow Cuba to report its lowest infant mortality rate ever this year, said Health Minister Roberto Morales in the eastern city of Holguin.

Havana, June 8, (RHC)—Cuban youths marked the 49^th birthday of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Ramon Labanino at the University of Havana’ Economy Faculty, where the hero, now serving an unfair sentence in the US, once graduated with honors.

Rio de Janeiro, June 8, (RHC), -- The book“Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of Time”, by journalist and writer Katiuska Blanco, was presented Thursday in the framework of the IX International Meeting of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, taking place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Havana, June 7 (RHC-ACN) Cuba’s Border Patrol Division detected 542 illegal actions on the island’s coasts from January 1 to May 31 this year, a higher figure than the same period last year. In addition to measures protecting Cuban coasts from illegal activity that may affect the international community, such as drug trafficking, the Interior Ministry division also plays its own role to protect the environment.

Havana, June 7 (RHC)—Cuban President Raul Castro sent a message of condolences to Nigerian head of state Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the death of at least 153 people in a plain accident last June 3 in the city of Lagos.