Havana - The 28th Cuban Congress of Pediatrics is closing its activities today after several days of scientific exchange with more than 400 participants from Latin America, Europe and the United States.

Santiago de Chile - Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, has highlighted the strategic validity of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) rescuing regional consensus.

Havana - Cuba has reiterated its support and solidarity with former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, a target of political and judicial persecution to prevent his running for president in the elections of the South American nation.

Army General Raúl Castro, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, was nominated today as a candidate for deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power by the municipality of Segundo Frente, in the province of Santiago de Cuba.

Havana - A new effective conjugates vaccine against pneumococcal diseases, with seven most frequent serotypes of the pathogen, will be on market next year, leaders of the research said here today.

Havana - Cuba´s 168 municipal assemblies held extraordinary sessions on Sunday to nominate candidates for provincial delegates and deputies to the National Assembly, a process considered fundamental in the Island´s general elections, that will conclude on April 19 with the swearing in of a new legislature.