Havana, July 16 (RHC) The 23rd Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is just five days from arriving on the island as activists continue to collect humanitarian aid on their way to the Mexican border.

Havana, July 16 (RHC) -- Two Cuban parliament permanent commissions will begin debates next week on major issues to be addressed by the 9^th Parliamentary session scheduled for July 23^rd.

Havana, July 16 (RHC) -- Cuban and Peruvian singers and songwriters will present a concert Monday in Lima, Peru, as part of the international campaign for the return to Cuba of the five anti-terrorist fighters held in the U.S. since 1998.

Havana, July 16 (RHC) -- Cuban university students paid homage on Monday to their historic leader, Jose Antonio Echeverria, on what would have been his 80^th birthday.  The student leader was murdered in 1957 by the former Batista dictatorship.

Havana, July 16 (RHC) -- Cuban scientists at the Havana-based Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) are hard at work to develop pharmaceutical products that efficiently fight cervical and uterine cancer.

Havana, July 15, (RHC), -- Cubans flocked to theaters, movies, squares, parks, streets, sports fields, and beaches on Sunday to celebrate the national Children’s Day, commemorated on the island on the third Sunday of July.

Havana, July 16, (RHC), -- The Cuban tax system is among issues expected to be discussed at the ninth regular session of the Cuban National Assembly, convened for July 23.