Artemisa, Cuba - Francisco Llanes Mora , a street sweeper from Artemisa Township , was invited to receive a special recognition for his outstanding work since 2008 in places like La Matilde neighborhood or Central Street. The worker received the recognition during the central celebrations for the Sanitation Workers day.

In the stretch of Mariel-Majana trocha that is still preserved, the 95th anniversary of the birth of Faustino Pérez, martyr of the sector who, by his example, preached that doing is the best way to tell.

Havana, Cuba - Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Tuesday evening with US democratic senators Claire McCaskill, from Missouri; Amy Klobuchar, from Minnesota and Mark Warner, from Virginia, who are visiting the island.

The meeting, which was also attended by the general director of the United States Office at the Cuban Foreign Ministry Josefina Vidal, focused on issues of bilateral interest, such as the process to reestablish diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana and the lifting of the US blockade of Cuba.

Havana, Cuba - The US Department of State announced that the second round of talks between government representatives of Cuba and the United States to advance the process to reestablish diplomatic relations will take place February 27 in Washington D.C.

According to the announcement, the talks will be hosted by the Department of State and will be led by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson and the general director of the United States Office at the Cuban Foreign Ministry Josefina Vidal.

Artemisa, Cuba -The election authorities, supervisors and observers receive further training in the province of Artemisa, as part of the preparations that are getting ready for the partial elections.

For the process of nominating candidates to be held from February 24, were established 2 178 areas according with the stipulations of the Cuban electoral system.

Havana, Cuba - US Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Mark Warner of Virginia, stressed at a press conference in Havana city this morning the potential of trade relations between Cuba and the United States .

Klobuchar, McCaskill and Warner, all members of the Democratic Party, said they were optimistic about the future of relations between the two countries, while noting they were impressed by the opportunities the Special Zone Development Mariel (ZEDM), after a visit to that port.

Havana, Cuba - A provincial court in the western province of Artemisa punished seven citizens with jails sentences, including two life terms, after declaring them directly guilty and involved in the murder of four people during a plan for a pretended and illegal departure of the country.

Defendants Jorge Luis Salazar and Reinier Armas were given life sentences after planning a presumed and illegal departure of eleven persons with the aim of getting the money that those people would pay for their departure to the United States of America by sea; four of them were murdered in the act.