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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement
May 17,12
ON May 14, 2012, the United States Supreme Court denied the Cuban company Cubaexport the opportunity to defend its right to renew the registration of the prestigious trademark Havana Club with the U.S. Patent and...

Pope Benedict XVI sends letter to Raúl
May 4,12
"WITH the pleasure of having undertaken my apostolic journey to Cuba for the 400th anniversary of the discovery and presence in that nation of the venerated image of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, it is a pleasure for me to express to Your Excellency and the country’s other authorities my deep gratitude for the...

René returns to the U.S.
April 17,12
On the afternoon of April 13, René González Sehwerert, Hero of the Republic, returned to the United States after a two-week stay in Cuba, as authorized by a South Florida District federal court judge in March and in accordance with the unjustifiable conditions imposed while he serves three years of supervised liberty.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón arrives in Cuba
April 11,12
The honorable Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of the United States of Mexico arrived in Cuba April 11, on an official visit.
During his stay, the distinguished guest will hold conversations with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, along with other activities.

Brigadier General John Adams calls for Cuba to be taken off the list of countries sponsoring terrorism

March 23,12
WASHINGTON, March 22.—Influential U.S. Brigadier General John Adams has publicly stated that his country should remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism and end its counterproductive and hypocritical policy toward the island, PL reports.

POPE JOHN PAUL II’S VISIT TO CUBA
A lesson to the world

March 22,12
AS the Popemobile moved along Havana’s wide avenues lined with enthusiastic people, chants of "You can feel it, you can feel it, the Pope is here with us," and "Juan Pablo, friend, Cuba is with you," could be heard.

FIDEL’S 1996 VISIT TO THE VATICAN
A very special meeting
March 22,12
WHEN Pope John Paul II visited Cuba, the whole world was interested in his historic meeting with President Fidel Castro. But it wasn’t the first time the two had met. In November of 1996 they had an exchange in the Vatican. For the first time, a Cuban President was received by the highest authority of the Catholic Church.

Miami judge authorizes trip to Cuba for René González
March 20,12

On the afternoon of March 19, 2012, it was announced that South Florida District Court Judge Joan Lenard, who has overseen since its inception the case of the Cuban Five, unjustly imprisoned in the United States, approved a...

René writes his brother Roberto
March 12,12

February 24, 2012
My life-long Brother:
I never thought I would have to write this letter. We share the same indifference to correspondence, something fully evidenced during our respective internationalist missions and – more conclusively – during my unique experience these last 20 years.


Cuba and China strengthen economic relations
February 21,12

BEIJING.—Council of Ministers Vice President Marino Murillo Jorge, head of the implementation commission responsible for the guidelines approved at the 6th Communist Party Congress, met in Beijing with Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu to discuss the progress of bilateral economic relations and other shared interests.

Cuban diplomat condemns Spanish government interference
February 21,12

CUBAN Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodríguez has recommended Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo to attend to his own country’s affairs and refrain from meddling in Cuban issues.

Cuba and China strengthen economic relations
February 21,12
BEIJING.—Council of Ministers Vice President Marino Murillo Jorge, head of the implementation commission responsible for the guidelines approved at the 6th Communist Party Congress, met in Beijing with Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu to discuss the progress of bilateral economic relations and other shared interests.

Cuba condemns U.S. radioelectronic aggression
January 24.12
GENEVA, January 23.—Cuba has lodged a complaint before the World Radiocommunication Conference against increased U.S. radio and television aggression on the part of the United States.

Cuba and Brazil: excellent bilateral relations
January 17.12
DURING a visit to Cuba, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota had official talks on January 16 with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

Antonio Guerrero in Marianna, Florida prison
January 13.12
Dear Friends,
I am in the prison of my destination, where René's presence of peace, respect, friendship, dedication to study and physical exercise still lingers.

U.S. editorial denounced for distorting events
January 11.12
WASHINGTON.— The Cuban Interests Section here in the U.S. capital denounced an editorial in The Washington Post which distorts events related to Cuba, including the prosecution of Alan Gross and the case of the Five Cuban anti-terrorists incarcerated in the United States.

Ramiro Valdés heads Cuban delegation to investiture of Nicaraguan President
January 10.12
VICE President Ramiro Valdés Menéndez is heading the Cuban delegation to the official investiture Daniel Ortega Saavedra, President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

Antonio Guerrero transferred to Oklahoma penitentiary
January 9.12
HAVANA.—María Eugenia (Maruchi), the sister of Antonio Guerrero, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorists incarcerated in the United States, has sent a message to all those in solidarity with the Five and demanding their liberation.

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