Montevideo - The resumption of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States opens the door to hemispheric ties based on respect for the autonomy and self-determination of peoples, said today Parlasur.

A statement from the Presidency of the Parliament of the Southern Common Market (Parlasur, in Spanish), signed by the holder Saul Ortega, welcomes this event, which marks a new and positive step forward in relations between these two nations.

Artemisa, Cuba.- Ariguanabo Marti Forest is active in the territory, weekly receive visitors from different institutions, entities and organizations.

A group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces toured the place that has events like the Granma yacht expedition or the meeting of Fidel and Raúl in Cinco Palmas.

Artemisa, Cuba - More than 190 students in nine specialties, formed the Provincial School of Medical Sciences of the province of Artemisa. The graduates received at the hands of their teachers the title certifying them as Technicians of the Health Sector.

Artemisa - Members of the US 46th Venceremos Brigade, on a visit to Cuba, demanded yesterday the end of the economic, commercial, financial blockade imposed on Cuba.

It is time to put an end to the blockade; we need to end that policy which does not favor the Cuban people, Ana Miledys Rosales told Prensa Latina at the end of the official welcoming ceremony of the contingent at the Julio ntonio Mella international camp, in Caimito, in Artemisa province, west of Havana.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Wednesday afternoon with Daniel Scioli, governor of the Argentinean province of Buenos Aires, who is on an official visit to the island.

During the fraternal meeting, the two leaders expressed satisfaction with the excellent state of relations between the two countries and exchanged views on the existing potential for developing ties in the economic-commercial areas and in cooperation. They also discussed other issues on the regional and international agendas.

Who we are? How do we act in our home? What criteria about ourselves? These and other questions have convergent points in the answer about honesty and quality, for being honest is to live in line with what we think, our behavior will reveal the transparency of being with others and ourselves.