National News

18 August, 2017 August 23 Distinction Awarded to Prominent Women

The Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) granted this Thursday in Havana, the August 23 Distinction to a group of females, who with their daily work contribute to the development of the country and exalt the role of the organization representing them.

18 August, 2017 Cuban President Raul Castro Sends Condolences for Spain Terror Attack

Madrid, Spain.-The Cuban President Raul Castro has sent a message of condolences to King Felipe VI for the terror attacks carried out in Barcelona and Cambrils, killing 14 people and injuring a hundred. According to the Cuban Embassy in Spain, Raul Castro sent a message of condolences to King Felipe VI, feelings extended to the […]

17 August, 2017 Elections in Cuba, Democracy and History

From September 4 to 30 the nomination of candidates for delegates to the municipal assemblies of the People’s Power will take place as part of the first stage of general elections in Cuba.

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.