National News

4 May, 2018 Cuba Strengthens Policy for Consumer Protection

The Resolution number 54 of 2018 of the Ministry of Internal Trade, published in the Official Gazette of Cuba, establishes the obligations of suppliers of products services, for the State sphere and for the non-State sector.

4 May, 2018 Cuba to Apply Bonuses to Electronic Purchase

Cuba advances in the computerization of its society by implementing a bonus for the electronic purchase of products and services in its retail chain, it was reported here today.

4 May, 2018 Cuba Invests in Improving Its Soils

Cuba is working to improve the efficiency of the National Soil Improvement and Conservation Program, which this year includes investments raised to 58.6 million pesos (equal in USD to the official exchange rate), experts of the sector said here today.

3 May, 2018 Cuba Celebrates World Press Freedom Day

With the participation of the President of Latin American Federation of Journalists (FELAP), Juan Carlos Camano, World Press Freedom Day was held in Havana.

3 May, 2018 Cuba Shows its Results in Ocular Health

“Our country has been an example for the world in its participation in the visual recovery of more than three million people,” Carmen Rosa Martinez, National Director of Medical Care of the Ministry of Public Health, said in the Convention Palace of Havana.

3 May, 2018 Cuban Banking Applies Bonus for Using Magnetic Cards

In order to encourage the use of magnetic card as a safe and efficient means of payment, the Cuban banking system implements a bonus to payments made through point-of-sale terminals in stores, for the purchasing its products or services.

2 May, 2018 The Main Fight is against Blockade, Cuban Union Leader Says

“The denunciation of the blockade imposed unilaterally by the United States against Cuba, is currently our main battle,” the Secretary General of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC), Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento ratified.

2 May, 2018 Cuba to Host ECLAC Meeting in Havana

A founding member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Cuba will be responsible for the organization of the thirty-seventh session, from May 7 to 11, based at the Convention Palace of Havana.

2 May, 2018 In Pinar del Rio Proletarian Party

With the presence of the Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, thousands of people marched in Pinar del Rio along the main street of the provincial capital.

2 May, 2018 Thousands of Cubans Ratify Their Support for the Revolution

Workers and their families attended this May 1st. to support the Revolution in Matanzas, with the commitment to defend unity and socialism, honor Fidel’s legacy and the eight decades of the founding of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC).

1 May, 2018 The Cuban People Will Win

With the presence of Army General Raul Castro, and Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, it began in the Jose Marti Revolution Square the central act and parade for the May first.

1 May, 2018 Cuban Workers’ Confederation Condemns U.S. Blockade

The general secretary of the Cuban Workers” Confederation (CTC), Ulises Guilarte, demanded on Tuesday, on behalf of the organization, an end to the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade.

30 April, 2018 Canadian Frigate Arrive in Santiago de Cuba Port

The Charlottetown frigate of the Royal Navy of Canada arrived in an official and friendly visit to the port of Santiago de Cuba, where the crew will complete a program of visits to places of social and historical interest.

30 April, 2018 Honorable Titles to Outstanding Workers

Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, imposed the honorary title of Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba to thirteen workers with outstanding contributions to the country.

30 April, 2018 Joy among Educators to Open May 1st Parades

The news that the educators of Las Tunas, Mayabeque, Ciego de Avila, Santiago de Cuba and Havana provinces will open the parades for May 1st is a commitment to work with the maximum quality in education, Niurka Maria Gonzalez Orbera assured.

30 April, 2018 The Revolution Square Is Prepared

Everything seems empty when you look at Havana’s evolution Square from Zapata Street. Paseo, the avenue of the great concentrations in Cuba, does not presuppose anything extraordinary.