Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez gave Cuba its first crown at the World Wrestling Championships that are underway in Moscow, Russia.

Important personalities of the Cuban Christian Church have expressed their sorrow over the death of the leader of the US foundation Pastors for Peace, Reverend Lucius Walker, in New York on Tuesday morning.

The president of the Cuban Council of Churches (CIC), Marcial Miguel Hernandez Salazar, told ACN that he was “a strong element in a chain of fighters for justice and peace and against the US blockade of Cuba”.

The Association of Cuban-born China residents sent a letter to US President Barack Obama demanding him to order the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters imprisoned in his country.

Vietnam’s ambassador to Cuba, Vu Chi Cong, said in Havana his country is willing to intensify collaboration actions with the island particularly in rice production.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described as “heroes” the group of Cuban doctors currently providing free health services to the people of this South American nation.

Cuba is getting ready to conduct a national census to update the number and characteristics of the country’s population and housing.

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos Horta thanked the Cuban contribution to education in his country as he declared the district of Oe-cusse free of illiteracy.

Havana.- Articles, Reflections, and the life and political thinking of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, are present at the 23rd International Book Fair inaugurated on Wednesday in Moscow, the Russian capital.

Commander of the Revolution Guillermo Garcia Frias visited on Wednesday the locality of La Higuera, in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where Ernesto Che Guevara was assassinated in 1967.

Cuba rejected on Wednesday the US Government’s repeated disregard for statements made by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and demanded respect for accords reached within the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of this organization.