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21 November, 2016 Cuba: International Convention on Engineering and Architecture Starts

Havana, Cuba.-Under the motto ”Engineering and Architecture for a Sustainable Future”, the capital”s Conventions Palace will host from today until next Friday the 18th Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture (CCIA 18). The event is organized by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cujae), Cuba’s main university in the field of technical sciences and […]
21 November, 2016 Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Begins Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Papua New Guinea”s Prime Minister, Peter O”Neill, begins an official visit to Cuba today, during which he will meet with President, Raul Castro. O’Neill leads the National People’s Congress Party and has been the head of the Papuan government since August 2011. Papua New Guinea is an Oceania country that occupies the eastern half […]
18 November, 2016 Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang Ends Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-ietnamese President, Tran Dai Quang, is concluding an official visit to Cuba today with the opening of a business forum for cooperation between the two nations. The president will attend a meeting at the Hotel National in Havana and later will travel with his accompanying delegation to the Mariel Special Development Zone, in the […]
18 November, 2016 Vietnamese President Encourages Trade and Investments with Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Vietnamese President Dai Tran Quang exhorted Vietnamese entrepreneurs to make busineses and investments with Cuba and increase the economic, commercial and financial links, and make joint investments in both nations. ‘This is the common will, ratified at the maximum political and governmental level,’ said President Tran Quang when he spoke about a dialogue […]
18 November, 2016 Director of International Atomic Energy Agency to Visit Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Yukiya Amano, general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will make an official visit to Cuba from November 20 to 22, as confirmed by the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry Thursday. According to a note from its website, Amano was invited to Cuba by Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa […]
17 November, 2016 Cuban President Begins Bastion 2016 Strategic Exercise

Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro in a speech through national media gave today the order to start the Bastion 2016 strategic exercise. The aim of those drills is to increase the level of preparation and cohesion of the management and command bodies of all levels of the troops, economy and the population, he noted. He explained […]
17 November, 2016 Costa Rican Solidarity Groups Welcome Cuba Bastion 2016 Exercise

San Jose, Costa Rica.-Two Costa Rican solidarity groups today saluted Cuba for carrying out the Strategic Exercise Bastion 2016, which they deem as necessary practice for the defense of the country. In a statement published in the capital, the Bolivarian Circle Yamileth Lopez and the Costa Rican People’s Center of Social Studies highlighted that the […]
16 November, 2016 Cuba Expects a 12-Percent Rise in Current Sugar Cane Harvest

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba has expected to reach a 12-percent rise in sugar production during the current harvest compared with the plan of the previous campaign, a source in the sector said. Dionis Perez, director of Information Technology and Analysis at Azcuba Sugar Group, told Prensa Latina that the Harlem sugar mill in Artemisa province is currently […]
16 November, 2016 Cuba Starts Bastion 2016 Strategic Exercise

Havana, Cuba.-The Bastion 2016 strategic exercise has begun today in Cuba, as part of the preparation for the defense and with a view to raising the disposition of the troops and the population against possible attacks. This exercise, to be run until Friday, November 18, aims to train the governing and command bodies of the […]
15 November, 2016 Real Madrid Foundation Starts Campus in Havana

Havana, Cuba.-The Real Madrid Foundation started a training campus in this capital Monday, which will extend up to next Friday, with the visit of former Spanish soccer star Emilio Butragueño. ‘We were just like crazy for being in here. We spent a year and a half organizing the project with Cuban and Spanish friends. And […]
15 November, 2016 U.S. and Cuban Doctors, Surgeons to Meet in Havana

Havana, Cuba.-Doctors and surgeons from the U.S. and Cuba will meet for the first time from November 16 thru 18, to discuss topics as the accreditation of services, announced here organizers of the event. A group of 15 members of the International Board of Surgeons and Doctors of the United States, non-government organization that groups […]
14 November, 2016 Cuban Fine Art at Major Italian Fair

Rome, Italy.-With a pavilion dedicated to Cuban fine arts, ArtePadova 2016 has entered Sunday its third and penultimate day in the northern Italian city of Padua. Organized and curated by Bettini and Co. Gallery, and sponsored by the Cuban Embassy, the exhibition includes artworks by Wifredo Lam, Servando Cabrera and Victor Manuel, along with the […]
2 November, 2016 Cuban Special Zone Grows and Attracts Foreign Firms

Havana, Cuba.-The Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) has maintained a strong appeal to foreign investors who want business with Cuba, after three years of being established, official sources said today. The general director of ZEDM Office, Ana Teresa Igarza, stated that discrete progress that have the responsibility to strengthen step by step is already appreciated. […]
2 November, 2016 Cuba to Offer More Opportunities for Foreign Investment

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba has been presenting today more opportunities for potential foreign investment at the Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2016, attended by more than 3,500 exhibitors from 73 countries. Published in 2014 for the first time, the Opportunities Portfolio has been annually updated through the integration of projects and the removal of others which managed to […]
1 November, 2016 Exhibitors from 75 Countries in FIHAV 2016

Havana, Cuba.-The 34th edition of the Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2016) opens its doors today here with the presence of 4,500 exhibitors from 75 countries and representatives of fifty Chambers of Commerce. In this edition the sample has as main novelty a forum of investments, that will be with the presentation of a new version […]
31 October, 2016 Exhibitors from 75 Countries Attend FIHAV 2016 in Cuba

Havana, cuba.-The 34th Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2016, has begun today here in the presence of about 4,500 exhibitors from 75 countries and representatives of 50 Chambers of Commerce. This year, the exhibition includes as a main new feature the holding of an investment forum, in which a new version of the business portfolio of […]
26 October, 2016 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Arrives in New York for UN General Assembly’s Vote on U.S. Blockade of Cuba

New York, United States.-Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has arrived in New York for Wednesday’s debate and vote at the UN General Assembly on a Cuban-sponsored draft resolution, calling for an end to the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed and maintained by ten consecutive U.S. administrations against the Caribbean state. Minister Rodríguez will address […]
26 October, 2016 Association of International Educators Denounces Blockade

Cienfuegos, Cuba.-The Association of International Educators (NAFSA) urged the lifting the US blockade against Cuba during a scientific event that takes place in Cienfuegos. Marlene Marie Johnson, executive director of the organization, urged the lifting of the blockade at the 1st International Scientific Conference of the University of Cienfuegos, in which participate professors and researchers […]
26 October, 2016 Cuban Scientist Calls to Analyze US Blockade in Sciences

Havana, Cuba.-Pedro Velis, a Cuban scientist and now director of the Cuban National Council for Scientific Associations (CNSC) stated Tuesday that the relation between Cuba and the US, is quite interesting, if it is scientifically analyzed. ‘We see that US President Barack Obama reestablihes the diplomatic relations with Cuba, but although he has the power […]
25 October, 2016 US Blockade Stops Cuba’s Sport Development

Havana, Cuba.-The US economic, commercial and financial blockade against the island of Cuba for more than 50 years, limits the Cuban sports development , beside causing deep affectations to the Cuban economy and society. Despite the measures adopted by the government of US President Barack Obama, which modify some aspects of the blockade’s implementation, the […]