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Havana_ The Telecommunications Company of Cuba S.A. (Etecsa) and the US company Google today signed a memorandum of understanding in this capital to continue negotiations on Internet traffic, Prensa Latina reports.

Cuba_ The Council of State, in a meeting held Monday, March 25, convened an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People's Power, this coming Wednesday, April 10, at 9:00 am, in the Convention Center, to proclaim the new Constitution of the Republic of Cuba, approved by the Cuban people in a referendum on February 24, this year, Granma Newspaper publishes.

Jaruco, Mayabeque_ The specialty of Middle LevelTechnician in Law will be a new option for the students of basic secondary schools of Jaruco that conclude the ninth grade, informed Yudeiny Machado Lírio, Head of the Department of Secondary Education and High School of the Municipal Direction of Education.

Mayabeque, Cuba_ María Antonia Suárez, from Mayabeque, won a second place and so the silver medal in the National Weightlifting Championship for disabled people, held in Santa Clara.

Mayabeque, Cuba_ The national meeting For the Slave’s Route, an event dedicated to the search and approach to Afro-Cuban culture, in Cuba, will be held in the municipality of Melena del Sur.

Mayabeque, Cuba_ The Provincial Transport Company increases the number of passengers they move. In the last hours the public bus terminal of San José de las Lajas reached the figure of 16 thousand 200 people in one day, a figure that exceeds what is expected for each day.

Cuba_ Deputies, guests and specialists from the provinces of Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba began the territorial meetings to discuss the draft laws of the National Symbols and Fishing, Radio Reloj says.

Caracas_ Specialists from the National Electric Corporation of Venezuela (Corpoelec) continue working on Thursday to completly restore this service, after fixing more than 80 percent of it following the sabotage that severely damaged the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Power Plant, El Guri, in Bolivar state, Prensa Latina reports.

Havana_ A high-level delegation from the Geological Service of China (CGS by its English initials) today strengthened ties with its Cuban counterpart by signing a Memorandum of Understanding in the oil sphere, Prensa Latina reports.