CUBA

Over the last few weeks, international media have reported the intention of OAS General Secretary Luis Almagro Lemes to travel to Havana, in order to receive a "prize" invented by an illegal grouplet, which operates in concert with the ultra-right wing Foundation for Pan American Democracy, created in the days of the 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama, to channel efforts and resources in opposition to legitimate, independent governments in Our America.

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday afternoon, February 21, received a delegation from the United States Congress, led by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi), including as well Senators Thomas Udall (D-New Mexico) and Michael Bennett (D-Colorado), Representatives James McGovern and Seth Moulton, Democrats from Massachusetts, as well as Jeffrey DeLaurentis, acting chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Cuba.

Conductors of the program "Power", jointly produced by the Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen and the multinational TeleSur, interviewed the Cuban Ambassador Vladimir Gonzalez Quesada in Tehran. The dialogue focused on the new challenges for Latin America and in particular for Cuba, in the current regional scenario.