Havana - Former world soccer star Diego Armando Maradona said on Monday to be glad for having received a letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro, and very happy for knowing that he is in good health condition”.

“I'm rather glad that he (Fidel Castro) has sent me a letter and very happy for knowing that he is in good health. Besides, I’m pretty satisfied with the two De Zurda shows we did in Havana, ” Maradona told reporters at the Jose Marti International Airport, before taking off from Cuba’s capital.

Havana, Cuba - Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice president of the State Council, toured significant economic objectives in the province of Cienfuegos related to the industry, the sugar harvest and others, Granma newspaper reported.

In Granos de Aguada Agro-industrial company, he received details on the investment made in assembling a mill that processes five tons per hour and three silos that store a thousand tons each.

Havana, Cuba - Cuba installed a modern refrigerator in the Special Development Zone Mariel (ZEDM) that uses ammonia gas as a natural and environmentally friendly refrigerant that does not damage the ozone layer and does not contribute to global warming.

Its use will enable annual savings of 126, 5 tons of oil to the economy, Argudín Jesus Quintana, area specialist engineering Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of the Ministry of Industries told Cuban News Agency.

Havana, Cuba - Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel said university students must question cultural models that currently spread as imposed on the island and he insisted in the need for the creation of values that favor cultural, ethical and humanistic development.

The top government Cuban official participated as guest at the 3rd National Council of the Cuban University Student Federation, held over the weekend in Havana.

Artemisa, Cuba - The 2014 can be described as the best year since the founding of the province, due that the technical availability ratio rose at 63 percent in the passenger activity, the one historically with greater difficulties, stated Juan Carlos Hernández, director general of the Provincial Transport Company.

The main investment completed in the period was the Provincial Bus Terminal in the municipality of Artemisa; were rebuilt 18 buses Girón VI and remained re-motorized other 10, mainly those for sites belonging to the Turquino´s Plan.

Havana - The decision of never betraying the Cuban Revolution turned the Cuban Five into a tight group from the start of the legal process followed against them, stated hero Ramon Labanino.

During the television broadcast program Mesa Redonda (Round Table) on Friday, Labanino referred to the way they were repeatedly lured to betrayal through material offers and psychological pressure.