Havana, Apr 12 (RHC)--Mexican president Felipe Calderon criticized the over 50-year  US economic blockade of Cuba by describing it as “unjustified” as he concluded on Thursday morning a one-day official visit to the Caribbean nation, where he held talks with President Raul Castro.

Havana, Apr 12 (RHC) Workers from nearly 30 countries will join May Day celebrations in Cuba, in support of the social revolutionary process that began in the Caribbean nation in 1959.

Havana, April 12 (RHC) -- More than 195 participants from 26 countries will be presnet, through Sunday, in the 9th International Construction Fair, Fecons 2012, inaugurated on Tuesday at the capital’s PABEXPO fair grounds.

Havana, April 12 (RHC) -- Chilean youth leader Camila Vallejo said in her online blog that behind the discourse of Cuba’s alleged opposition undoubtedly lies the “murdering hand” of the U.S. Government.

Havana, April 12, (RHC-ACN), -- The President of the Cuban Parliament, Ricardo Alarcon, met on Wednesday with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PVC), Nguyen Phu Trong, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Bogota, April 12, (RHC), -- Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, advocated the inclusion of Cuba in the Summit of the Americas, whose sixth edition will be held next weekend in Cartagena the Indias without Havana’s participation.

Brasilia, April 12, (RHC), -- The president of the Human Rights Commission of the Brazilian Senate, Paulo Paim, expressed his support for the release of five Cubans unjustly jailed in the United States for their anti-terrorism actions.