Port Authorities from Cuba and the US city of Houston signed on Wednesday in Havana a friendship and commercial cooperation memorandum.

Santiago de Cuba -  José Ramón Machado Ventura, second Party secretary and a vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, lead the traditional pilgrimage here of thousands of residents from Céspedes Park to Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, to honor Frank País and Raúl Pujol on the 60th anniversary of their assassinations.

New York - The solidarity movement with Cuba in New York and New Jersey is preparing actions to demand the lifting of the US blockade against the island of Cuba, said activist Frank Vergara here Tuesday.

Camagüey city, which has a wide railway tradition dating back from Abril 1846 when the first section of the railway was concluded, is gradually recovering the heritage values and related services that gave it some a previous magnificence.

Washington - The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba came on July 20 to its second anniversary marked by a decline in bilateral ties due to Washington''s new hard line stance.

Havana -The vaccination campaign against seasonal influenza is beginning today throughout the country, aimed at children under two years of age, pregnant women and people over 75 years old, among other vulnerable groups.