Matanzas, June 17 (RHC)-- Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo stressed the role and authority of district councillors and the People’s Councils, given their significance for the defense of the country.

Beijing, June 17 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel is in China on the first-leg of an Asian tour that will also take him to Vietnam and Laos.  

Havana, June 17 (RHC)-- The President of Sao Tome and Principe, Manuel Pinto da Costa, has begun an official visit to Cuba, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations with the island.

Moscow, June 17 (RHC)-- The world’s first woman cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, celebrated in Russia the 50th anniversary of her trip into Outer Space, sending warm greetings to the Cuban people and their leaders.

Havana, June 17, (RHC), – Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba is slated to make official visits to China, Vietnam and Laos, the official Granma newspaper said Monday.

Havana, Jun 15, (RHC-PL), -- The president of Sao Tome and Principe, Manuel Pinto da Costa, arrived in Cuba on Saturday on a four-day official visit to strengthen bilateral ties.

Havana, June 14 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed the role of youth in defending, protecting and advancing the Cuban Revolution, as he addressed the delegates at the 8th Congress of the University Student Federation, underway in Havana.  Diaz-Canel highlighted the honesty and maturity present in the analysis and proposals made by the delegates and their commitment to improve the socialist society.

Havana, June 14 (RHC)-- Delegates to the 7th Congress of the National Association of Economists and Accountants, underway in Havana, considered several proposals aimed at contributing to the recovery of the island's sugar sector.

Rome, June 12 (EFE)- The United Nations for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) congratulated 38 mostly Latin American and African nations, for having fulfilled, with two years in advance, the objectives of "Reto del Hambre Cero" -Zero Hunger Challenge-; although it warned about the endemic nature of this disease in many nations.

Havana, June 12 (RHC)-- The 8th Congress of the Cuban Federation of University Students got underway this morning here in Havana.  Delegates to the university students’ Congress gathered in working commissions to address different issues.