Senior officials of several large companies such as MasterCard, Pfizer and JetBlue airlines travel to Cuba on Monday in a trade mission led by the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, EFE reports.

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, exercised his right to vote in the elections held across Cuba on Sunday, 54 years of the victory in the Bay of Pigs, to elect delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of the People's Power.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, told the national press that the democratic process carried in the country is held in a very important context following the recent Seventh Summit of the Americas, and pondered the responsibility that the people´s representatives will have to maintain our social project.

Pope Francis is considering visiting Cuba in September, the Vatican said Friday.

Urban and family gardening contributes 50 percent of the country´s vegetable production with over one million Cubans involved in this developing initiative.