Havana, Cuba - Up next, Radio Artemisa brings you a report on the text written by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on an exchange of letters with Diego Armando Maradona.

Yesterday, points out Fidel on the text, I explained my meeting with the five compatriots that received the title of Heroes of the Republic of Cuba and the prestigious Playa Giron Order -73 days had passed since the arrival in the country of the men that had been just released, he specified.

Havana, Cuba - The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that the local Richmeat de Mexico company became the first entity to be approved by the Cuban government to invest at the Mariel Special Development Zone.

The project includes an investment in the processing and packaging of meat products.

Representatives of the Mexican company were accompanied by officials with the Mexican embassy in Cuba and the Pro-Mexico Trade Advisory Office in Cuba.

Artemisa, Cuba - The Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, member of the Politburo and Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, attended in Artemisa the opening of the railroad section that links the provincial capital with the municipality of Guanajay and the rest of national infrastructure, accompanied by José Antonio Valeriano Fariñas, member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Communist Party in the territory.

With a cost of over 10 millions of pesos, the new route decreases the time of cargo and passenger transportation between La Villa Roja (Red Villa) and the Cuban capital, and also generates greater security and reduced fuel consumption.

Havana, Cuba - Granma newspaper published on Monday photos of a meeting on February 28 of Revolution leader Fidel Castro with the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters and an article describing the occasion written by Fidel.

In the pictures, Fidel appears at his home accompanied by his wife Dalia Soto del Valle, along with Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez, who were recently awarded the medal of Heroes of the Republic of Cuba by President Raul Castro.

Artemisa, Cuba - The young Onelkis Zamora and Lázaro Núñez, an experienced farmer in the province of Artemisa, were elected as direct delegates to the 11th Congress of the National Association of Small Farmers.

Zamora since 2000 works as main counter in the Agricultural Cooperative Heroes de Yaguajay in the town of Alquízar, and due to his exemplary nature is the reserve of the chairman of the cooperative in his position.

Montevideo -Cuban President Raul Castro arrived here today to take part in the assumption orf president elect of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez to be held this Sunday.

The delegation accompanying him includes Ricardo Cabrisas, vicepresident of the Council of Ministers and Roberto Morales, Minister of Public Health.