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Havana, cuba.-Cuba and Japan signed today a memorandum of understanding to build high quality infrastructures in construction, transportation and tourism, while strengthening bilateral ties. The agreement was signed by Minister of Construction Rene Mesa, vice minister of Transportation Eduardo Rodriguez and Hirofumi Hanaoka, vice minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism of Japan (MLIT), as […]

Matanzas, Cuba.-Senator Joseph Scarnotti, Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, United States, said today that there is much to do between his state and Cuba, as asking the federal Government to lift the blockade. During a press conference, Scarnotti said that there are bilateral business opportunities, for example in the exploration of gas and oil. […]

Havana, cuba.-The Cubans are celebrating today the 122nd anniversary of the resumption of the unfinished battle to conquer their independence from the Spanish metropolis, known for historiography as the Necessary War. That day, the veterans of the so-called Ten Years’ War (1868-1878), also known as the Great War, and The Little War (La Guerra Chiquita-1879-1880), […]

Havana, Cuba.-A delegation from the United States congress visiting Cuba since last Sunday reaffirmed today the willingness of most members of the Capitol to consolidate relations between the United States and the Caribbean nation. The delegation, chaired by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican Representative for Mississippi Thad Cochran, also involves the blue party senators […]

Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro has received here a delegation from the United States Congress, led by Democrat Senator from Vermont, Patrick Leahy, and Republican Senator from Mississippi, Thad Cochran. The northern delegation was also comprised of Democratic Senators Thomas Udall (New Mexico) and Michael Bennett (Colorado), Democratic Representatives James McGovern and Seth Moulton (Massachusetts) as […]

Camaguey, Cuba.-The city of Camaguey will host since Wednesday the 11th Symposium ”Challenges in the management of historical cities”, with the participation of prestigious specialists on preservation issues. Katherine Muller, director of the regional office of Unesco for Latin America and the Caribbean, will be in charge of the opening lecture of the forum that […]

Havana, Cuba.-President of the National Assembly of People”s Power (ANPP) of Cuba, Esteban Lazo, and vice-president of the Vietnamese parliament, Tong Thi Phong, ratified here the desire to strengthen the ties between the two institutions. When they met at the Parliament Headquarters, -National Capitol- the parties highlighted the excellent relations between the two parliaments and […]

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba”s President Raul Castro and Ireland”s Michael Higgins have recognized the potential to promote economic, commercial and bilateral cooperation. According to an official note released by the national television, both leaders confirmed during a meeting described as cordial the good state of the bilateral relations and exchanged on issues of the international agenda. The […]

Havana, Cuba.-The Cuba Oil & Gas 2017 Summit held in Havana for two days highlighted the growing interest of foreign companies in investing in oil exploration in Cuba, accordin to experts. During a conversation with Prensa Latina, the president of the Australian company Melbana Energy Limited, Andrew Purcell, described the event as an important forum […]

Havana, Cuba.-The Cuba-Iran Intergovernmental Commission will be holding from today to February 15th, with the presence of about 30 Iranian officials and businessmen, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said. The Iranian delegation is led by the Minister of Health and Medical Teaching, Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, the website minrex.gob.cu., stated. Representatives, both Iranian state-run and private sectors, […]

Havana, Cuba.-The National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), bringing together the cooperative and peasant sectors in Cuba, is currently developing about 34 collaboration projects with 12 foreign counterparts, equivalent to more than $3,979,500 USD. Of that figure, about $1,853,000 USD have been implemented in 2016, for a 46.6 percent, according to the report presented at […]

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Cuban President Raúl Castro said Wednesday in the Dominican Republic that “unity and the political, economic, social and cultural integration of Latin America and the Caribbean constitute (…) a requirement for the region to successfully confront the challenges before us.” In his speech at the 5th Summit of Latin American and […]

Guantánamo, Cuba.- A total of 29,600 family homes have been repaired in eastern Guatánamo province. The figure represents 70% of the more than 42,300 homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew. The category-four storm hit the eastern tip of Cuba last October, causing considerable damage in the municipalities of Baracoa, Imias, San Antonio and Maisi. Addressing the […]

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba and China signed new agreements this week to strengthen cooperation in renewable energies and industry, areas that are considered strategic for sustainable development. About ten documents were signed during the three-day binational forum, attended by 18 companies from the Asian nation and 20 from Cuba. Cuban Industry Minister Salvador Pardo Cruz and Gu […]

Havana, Cuba.-Cubans emigrated to the United States, members of the Martiana Alliance (AM), handed over today a book of condolences with signatures collected in the city of Miami, after the death of the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro. At the headquarters of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), Andrés Gómez, coordinator of […]

Havana, Cuba.-The recent fines imposed by the United States against a non-profit organization and a bank today show the existence of the blockade that Washington has been maintaining against Cuba since 1962, despite the global rejection. The Treasury Department fined $10,000 USD to the nonprofit Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation (ARCPF) and $955,750 USD […]

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-A tremor of 5.8 magnitude shook today morning several areas of this city and other eastern provinces, just one year after the beginning of an anomalous seismic series that kept the population in suspense. The National Seismological Service Station Network has informed that reports of perceptibility cover the five eastern Cuban provinces. […]

Havana, Cuba.-Representatives of Cuba and the United States have held in Washington the fourth bilateral meeting on human trafficking, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean island reported today. During the meeting, conducted on January 12th and 13th, the Cuban delegation presented the measures applied in this nation to prevent and face up that […]

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-The 10th International Colloquium Joel James in Memoriam began today in this city, with different approaches to the legacy of the founder of the House of the Caribbean, paradigm in the studies and promotion of the people”s traditional culture in this region. The event will last until January 13, on the occasion […]

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba”s Council of State, on a proposal of President Raul Castro, has appointed Vice-Admiral Julio Cesar Gandarilla as new Interior Minister, according to an official statement released today. Gandarilla, who was first deputy minister of that entity, takes office after the death on Saturday, January 7th, of his predecessor, Division General, Carlos Fernandez Gondin, […]