Havana - Secretary of the Cuban Workers'' Confederation (CTC), Ulises Guilarte, called today on the forces of the left-wing to dismantle the media campaigns of discredit against the integrationist processes of the region.

Esteban Lazo, president of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power, welcomed Gladys Kokorwe, president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Botswana.

On his May Day speech, Ulises Gilarte, secretary-general of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) expressed Cuba´s unfaltering support of the Venezuelan Revolution, led by President Nicolas Maduro.

Havana - The Cuban economy in 2018 will have among its priorities the support in production levels and investments associated to exports, import substitution , development programs and infrastructure as well as tourism demands, informed official sources. These and other economic issues were debated at the meeting of the Council of Ministers, presided by Army General Raul Castro, where directives were analyzed for the elaboration of the Economy Plan and the State Budget for next year, said today daily Granma.

Cuban President Raul Castro decorated ten outstanding workers with the titles of Hero and Heroine of Work of the Republic of Cuba, local media reported on Sunday.

Paris- Cuba defended at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the leading role of that United Nations agency in the promotion of world peace, diplomatic sources reported today.