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Cuba violated the United Nations arms embargo on North Korea by sending hidden in the ship intercepted in Panama several tons of weapons that were bound for Pyongyang, says a special UN panel in an extensive report released this week in New York.

From March 6 to 8, the Catholic journal Espacio Laical (“Secular Space”) organized a gathering at Havana’s Felix Varela Cultural Center to reflect on “the process of socio-economic reforms” Cuba is experiencing. Here is our report.

We will have rain on Thursday with the passage of a cold front. The rest of the period will be marked by clear skies and pleasant temperatures. Highs will range above 28° C (82 F) , reaching 31° C ( 88 F) the last day of the term.

The group calling itself CAFÉ (Cuban Americans for Engagement) is holding a conference this Saturday in Miami to discuss possibilities and scenarios for normalizing relations between the US and Cuba.

Melba Hernández, one of the assailants on the Moncada Barracks alongside Fidel Castro in July 1953, died in Havana on Sunday night as a result of complications associated with diabetes, Granma newspaper reported.

Pole vaulter Yarisley Silva won a gold medal Sunday at the World Indoor Championships in the Polish city of Sopot, with a clean jump over 4.70 meters, JIT Online reported.

We present the list of protein products that can be purchased by Havana residents with their ration booklets during the week of March 10-16. The amounts correspond to the month and are distributed on a rotation basis in the 15 municipalities of the capital.