The student, ELIÉCER ÁVILA SICILIA, was arrested at nine in the morning on Saturday, February 9, 2008, by State Security agents and by Council of State officers at his home in the batey "El Yarey", located at Vázquez, in the municipality of Puerto Padre in the province of Las Tunas.

We have been promoting changes to the laws for many years, so that the rights of citizens are respected. We have particularly insisted on a new electoral law, because that is the key for the people to exercise their sovereignty, which is the main objective of the Varela Project.

The Federation of Latin American Rural Women (FLAMUR), will announce the results of a survey they recently concluded in Cuba which measured support for their campaign ‘With the Same Currency’ which would allow Cubans to pay in Cuban pesos at any establishment in the country.  Current policy requires Cubans to pay in foreign currency or convertible pesos. The survey included a sample of almost eight-thousand Cubans throughout the island’s eight provinces. 

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Fidel Castro indicated Monday in a statement read on state television that he was willing to hand over the reins of Cuba’s government to a younger generation of leaders. But his statement remained silent on whether he was speaking hypothetically or had a transition plan in mind.

The following is the official Cuban translation of the message from Fidel Castro that the Cuban television's Round Table program read Monday night:

Cuba promised to sign United Nations civil rights agreements, but critics said the country's track record speaks for itself.