The Bastion 2016 strategic exercise has begun today in Cuba, as part of the preparation for the defense and with a view to raising the disposition of the troops and the population against possible attacks.

President Raul Castro will meet with his Vietnamese peer, Tran Dai Quang, who is carrying out an official visit to the Caribbean nation.

The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, in response to the call of Pope Francis to the heads of State in the Holy Year of Mercy, agreed to pardon 787 penalized persons, publishes today the Granma newspaper.

The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, compañero Tran Dai Quang, will arrive this Tuesday, November 15, on an official visit to the island.

The 18th Pan-American-Arab Congress has concluded with a final declaration and the election of Alfredo Deriche, from Cuba, as president of the Federation of the American-Arab Entities (FEARAB-America).