Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe was received at José Martí International Airport by Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra.

Haitian Prime Minister begins official visit to Cuba
HAITIAN Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe began an official visit to Cuba yesterday, May 15, during which he is to meet with authorities with a view to extending bilateral relations.

The battle against
our own limitations and
deficiencies
MAY 10, during an expanded meeting of the Council of Ministers, President Raúl Castro Ruz reiterated the need to avoid inefficient use of resources since, “conservation is a principal source of income within the economy,” not always given the priority it merits. The solution, he said, cannot be looking elsewhere for what can be produced within the country.


We were, we are and
will be the Five
To my brother René in freedom
That September 12, for which there is no adjective to describe its violence, I was the last to arrive in Miami and, thus, the last to be placed in an extremely cold cell, with a bare mattress, a bedspread and a roll of toilet paper; all of us in isolation.

 CUBA
• Sculpture donated to Hemingway's Cuban home
• “Home is love, respect and inclusion”
• Support for the Cuban people’s struggle confirmed


Our America
• Low intensity conflict to destabilize Bolivia
• Paraguay: Returning to MERCOSUR?
• Efraín Ríos Montt sentenced to 80 years in prison


INTERNATIONAL
• SYRIA
Phantom chemical weapons
• Spain’s indignados return to the streets on their 2nd anniversary
• Boasting of virtues not in evidence


CULTURE
• I prefer the Cuban prize to a Grammy
• Adigio Benítez, exemplary art educator and revolutionary
• Talking of Poetry


SPORTS
• From 'Chicken' to prize rooster
• Belem Grand Prix
Cuban triple jumper wins gold medal in Brazil
• Gateau Diving Grand Prix
Outstanding performance of Cuban platform divers in Canada

René no longer a U.S. citizen
SINCE Thursday, May 9 at 2:00pm, René González Sehwerert is "just a Cuban patriot." At that time, in Havana’s U.S. Interests Section (USIS), he received the document certifying his renunciation of U.S. citizenship, a procedure which will allow him to remain in Cuba.


Cuba, best country in Latin America for maternity
LONDON, May 7.— Cuba is the best country in Latin America, and 33rd in the world for maternity, according to the international organization Save the Children, which promotes the rights of childhood.Upon compiling its list, Save the Children, headquartered in London...
 

MORE INFORMATION
• A new standard-bearer
• IN GUANAHACABIBES:Guardians of a treasure
• Ramón Labañino salutes René González’ presence in Cuba
• René González, a Cuban patriot
• Letter to Fidel from FAO Director General
• Cuba remains committed to its irrevocable decision to advance its socialist, national, original, democratic and freely participative socialist development