Raul Castro travels to Venezuela

Cuban President Raul Castro, traveled on Friday to Venezuela to participate in the celebrations for the 20 anniversary of the civic-military uprising led by Hugo Chavez on February 4 1992.

As spoken in meetings, high prices of agricultural inputs concern workers of the vegetable cannery in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila.

Esteban Lazo, Vice-president of the Cuban Council of State, and relatives of the five Cuban heroes unfairly condemned in the United States, paid tribute to late singer-songwriter Sara Gonzalez.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reiterated the continuity of the Bolivarian Revolution, which has not yet completed the process of transformation.

More than 500 producers from Ciego de Avila are involved in the beans crop in the present winter season, in order to increase the grains collection, to satisfy the demand and to substitute imports.

Ten works belonging to four plastic artists from Ciego de Avila are exposed in the 5th Regional Exposition of miniature works, inaugurated at the venue of the Jose Marti Cultural Society, from Sancti Spiritus city.

Ciego de Avila baseball team (Tigers) traveled to the eastern Cuban province of Las Tunas to play from Wednesday versus Leñadores (Woodcutters) under coach Juan Miguel Gordo in the 51th National Baseball Series.