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Buenos Aires_ Argentine Vice-Minister Pedro Villagra ratified this Thursday, his country's fight against drug trafficking, during the inaugural sessions of the XIX High Level Meeting of the Coordination and Cooperation Mechanism between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union on drugs, the website of Radio Habana Cuba publishes.

Mayabeque, Cuba__ Athletes from Mayabeque are participating in the National Championship of Weightlifting, first category, taking place in Havana’s Cerro Pelado High Performance Athletes' Training School, from today until next Saturday.

Havana__ Cuban farmers celebrate today the 58th anniversary of the First Agrarian Reform Law, which benefited more than 200,000 families exploited by latifundia, Prensa Latina reports.

La Paz__ Bolivia continues today the preparations for the World Conference of Peoples, which will have as its central theme the situation of migrants and the rejection of the US decision to build a wall on the border with Mexico, Prensa Latina reports.

Caracas_ The leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Freddy Bernal, affirmed that the events of violence occurred in the country respond to a plan of the Department of State and the Southern Command of the United States, Granma newspaper publishes.

Mayabeque, Cuba_ The municipalities of Batabanó and Quivicán, in Mayabeque, remember today the arrival, by sea, of the assailants to the Moncada Barracks, after their exit from the Presidio Modelo, Radio Reloj publishes.

Mayabeque, Cuba__ With a floral offering to José Martí in the facilities of the Batabanó’s Power Plant, began in Mayabeque the National Week for Fire Protection, Mayabeque Newspaper publishes.

Havana, Cuba__ Cuban farmers greet the 56th anniversary of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), with a greater projection towards the benefit of the communities, in addition to growing in production lines, Radio Reloj publishes.

Havana, Cuba_ Strengthening the country's ability to confront dangerous earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and health issues is the basic objective of this year's "Meteoro 2017" preparedness exercise, scheduled May 20-21, according to Granma newspaper.