Havana, March 8 (RHC)--Cuba continues to successfully dedicate significant resources to preventing illegal drugs and illegal drug use from spreading on the island, the US Department of State said in its 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).

Havana, March 8, (RHC), -- Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bruno Rodriguez slammed Cuba’s exclusion from the upcoming Americas Summit, labelling it as unacceptable and unjustified. 

Havana, March 8, (RHC), -- Cuba will not be invited to the Americas Summit in Colombia next month, said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who just concluded a brief working visit to Havana.

Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- The Tenth International Conference on Operations Research (ICOR) was inaugurated Tuesday morning at the Main Lecture Hall of the University of Havana with the presence of nearly 180 personalities and specialists from the field of mathematics.  The conference will meet through Friday, March 9^th and participants will discuss topics such as modeling, computer solutions, and practical applications of these studies.

Geneva, March 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. blockade against Cuba was condemned at a meeting in Geneva in preparation for the XIII Ministerial Meeting of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Havana, March 8 (RHC)—Cuban President Raul Castro received his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos, who came on a brief working visit to Cuba on Wednesday.