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Havana, Cuba_ Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish), received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa in Economic Science at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana, Radio Reloj publishes

Havana, Cuba_ Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, received Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this Thursday afternoon, during a visit to the island, Granma newspaper publishes.

Havana_ EGREM's director general, Mario Escalona, sent the American president Barack Obama, a copy of the album "La Fantasia," after agreements signed in September between the Cuban record label and Sony Music Entertainment.

Havana, Cuba_ The sixth imported case of Zika virus has been detected, in a 32 year old, Cuban collaborator and General Family Medicine Specialist, on her return to the island from Venezuela on March 15th and resident of Artemisa city in the province of the same name, Granma newspaper reports.

Havana, Cuba_ The vice president of the Council of Ministers met today in this capital with the Ambassador to Cuba from the Netherlands, Norbertus WM Braakhuis; and the Deputy Head Export Credit Insurance Division and representative of the Ministry of Finance of Netherlands, Gerald Enting, Radio Reloj publishes.

Havana, Cuba_ Ben Rhodes US deputy national security adviser, recognized in Havana that the blockade imposed on Cuba is the main obstacle in the process of normalization of the bilateral relations, Radio Reloj publishes.