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Cuba must keep alert regarding the groups that from the United States have practiced terrorism against the island, asserted here today the Cuban antiterrorist, Rene Gonzalez.
In a visit to Mexico, Gonzalez is one of The Five, as Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando González are internationally known, who served long jail sentences in the United States for monitoring in that country
the activities of violent counterrevolutionary organizations.
From Santiago de Cuba’s Cathedral, the Pontiff thanks Cuban men and women for their welcome during his apostolic visit
During a meeting with families, today September 22 in Santiago, the Pope emphasized the ability of Cuba’s people to welcome a visitor.
"We are among family, and when we are with family, we feel at home… Thank you, Cubans, for making me feel among family these days, making me feel at home… this meeting with you is like the dried fruit in the cake.”
Cuban President Raúl Castro bade farewell to Pope Francis at the Antonio Maceo International Airport in eastern Santiago de Cuba, as the Holy Father concluded on Tuesday a four-day apostolic visit to the Caribbean state.
Pope Francis visited with the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on Sunday, following his Mass delivered in Havana.
Vatican spokesperson Federico Lombardi confirmed that Pope Francis visited with Fidel Castro for 40 minutes, during which they discussed the international situation as well as issues involving the environment.
Six Cuban heroes, including the five anti-terrorist fighters who faced long sentences in US prisons will visit Ecuador next week, at the invitation of President Rafael Correa, a diplomatic source confirmed.
The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez, today described as an honor the invitation to attend an historic event in Cuba as the Mass of Pope Francis, scheduled for tomorrow in the Plaza of the Revolution.
She said in press statements that visit the island is always a great pleasure for 'being in this land that has been an example of heroism, courage and convictions'.
Referring to the mass of the Supreme Pontiff, she said that Pope will be there 'not only for Cubans and those who will be here, but for the world'.
Cuban Minister of Finance and Prices, Lina Pedraza, denounced here today that the U.S. blockade on Cuba worsens and strongly affects the financial sector, despite the restoration of relations between the two countries.
The channels for financial transactions is closing to us and many businesses can be fined for trading with Cuba because of the extraterritorial nature of this policy, Pedraza told Prensa Latina, after being received by Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, as part of the visit she is carrying out to Vietnam.
Cuban Fighter against Terrorism, Gerardo Hernandez, met today with the Christian Workers Movement in Belgium, which supported for years the five Cubans who were held in U.S. prisons.
Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez were detained in 1998.
The Cuban Five, as they are internationally known, complied with unjustly imprisonment in the northern country, where they were convicted for monitoring extremist actions boosted from U.S. territory against Cuba.
Besides being High Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is an unconditional fan of Argentinean soccer club San Lorenzo de Almagro, who now brings his sermon to Cuba, land of syncretism and baseball.
That's right, previous Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a "crow", emblem of the San Lorenzo's followers, seeing since he was a kid the blue-red cyclone in the old Gasometer of the Almagro neighborhood and never hid his love for soccer.
Representatives of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the Communist Party of China (CPCh) praised here the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and highlighted the level reached so far between the two governments.
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