National News

16 August, 2017 A Goodbye Forever to an Outstanding Journalist

A floral offering on behalf of the President of the Councils of State and of Ministers Raul Castro Ruz presides in the Press House in Vedado, a posthumous tribute to Antonio Molto, President of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, UPEC, who died this Tuesday.

16 August, 2017 Nicolas Maduro’s Tribute in St. Iphigenia

President Nicolas Maduro Moros arrived in St. Iphigenia Cemetery this Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by Army General Raul Castro Ruz to pay tribute to national hero Jose Marti and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, on the 91 anniversary of his birthday.

16 August, 2017 Changes to Cuban Policy on Idle Lands Reported

Havana, Cuba.-Modifications to the policy on delivery of idle lands in usufruct, known today, include the increase from 13.4 to 26.84 hectares the top area given to natural persons who apply for the first time. That regulation establishes a minimum of 26.84 hectares for the applications destined to livestock raising and crops, informed in a […]

16 August, 2017 Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister to Visit Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Videgaray will make a working visit to Cuba on August 17 and 18. During his stay in Cuba, Videgaray will hold official talks with Cuban authorities and will carry out other activities, said a note published in Cuban website CUBAMINREX Tuesday. Mexico and Cuba established diplomatic relations in 1920.

15 August, 2017 President of Cuban Parliament Receives Vice-President of Zanzibar

“When we help Africa we are paying off the debt we have with that people,” Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of Popular Power, said in a meeting held this Saturday in Havana with Seif Ali Iddi, second Vice-President of Zanzibar.

15 August, 2017 Cuban President Paid Homage to Fidel and Marti

Army General Raul Castro Ruz deposited this Monday some flowers before the graves of national hero Jose Marti and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, in Santa Iphigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba, accompanied by the first Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party, Lazaro Exposito Canto.

14 August, 2017 Baragua Pool Complex Reinaugurated

Cuban sports authorities reopened this Sunday Baragua Pool Complex in Havana, as a tribute to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, on the anniversary 91 of his birth.

14 August, 2017 In Defense of Our Historical Memory

In homage to the anniversary 91 of Commander- in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz´s birth, it was inaugurated in Havana the Denunciation Memorial in a ceremony presided by Cuban first Vice-President Miguel Diaz Canel.

11 August, 2017 Young Commitment to Fidel

As part of the activities for the anniversary 91 of the birth of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, young writers and artists of the Hermanos Saiz Association arrive today to the Sierra Maestra to start tomorrow a tour that will culminate at Pico Turquino on Sunday.

11 August, 2017 New Lawyers Enter Collective Law Offices

This Friday and next Sunday13 the National Organization of Collective Law Offices carries out the welcome ceremonies to 135 new lawyers in the country.

11 August, 2017 Fidel and His Admirable Work

In its plea “History Will Absolve Me” eternal Commander Fidel Castro Ruz, besides denouncing the crimes committed by Batista´s dictatorship, exposed his revolutionary political program.

11 August, 2017 Cuba Releases its First Cable Ski

With the promise of becoming a new attraction for national and international tourism, because it includes sport, entertainment and fun, the first Cable Cuban Ski was recently inaugurated, Granma newspaper reports.

11 August, 2017 Havana Is Already in a Festival

Employment, economy and development; Human rights and democracy; Peace, war and Imperialism are among the topics the delegates to the Provincial Festival of the Youth and the Students will debate from this Friday in Havana.

10 August, 2017 Viñales Could Be the First Geopark in Cuba

Famous for its mogotes and country views, Viñales could become the first Cuban scene distinguished with the title of the World Geopark, a distinction that would add attractions to the picturesque town.

10 August, 2017 National Radio Award to Three Cuban Professionals

Journalist Arnaldo de Jesus Coro Antich, and writers and directors Guillermo Jose Vilar Alvarez and Fabio Manuel Bosch Hernandez received the 2017 National Radio Award for their contributions to the media in Cuba.

10 August, 2017 Cinema Season about Fidel in Villa Clara

A cinema season on Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro makes part of the homage of the Ernesto Guevara sculptural complex in Villa Clara to the leader of the Cuban Revolution on the anniversary 91 of his birth, next August 13.