National News

24 July, 2017 New Laboratories to Promote Agricultural Research

The creation of three laboratories at the University of Holguín, dedicated to biological control and plant physiology, will boost the development of new research projects in areas as sensitive as agriculture and biotechnology

24 July, 2017 New Equipment to Fight Cancer

The Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology, in Havana, acquired recently state-of-the-art equipment to fight cancer, which in Cuba occupies the second leading cause of death.

24 July, 2017 Venceremos Brigade Defies Hostile Policy against Cuba

Defying the policy imposed by the United States, the blockade and the restrictions of travel, 17 members of the Venceremos Brigade were received this Sunday in Julio Antonio Mella International Camp, in the town of Caimito, in Artemisa province.

24 July, 2017 Architects of Moncada´s Epic in Pinar del Rio

Participants in the attack to the Moncada Barracks and expeditionary of Granma Yatch visited this Monday the House Museum of the Saiz´s brothers on the occasion of the central act of July 26 in the province.

24 July, 2017 Cuba Approves Special Electoral Commissions

Havana, Cuba.-The 139 special electoral commissions that will accompany the upcoming general elections along with those of the constituency and municipal elections have been approved, reported Granma newspaper. The vice president of the National Electoral Commission (CEN) Tomás Amarán, told the newspaper that the figure is not definitive because there are provinces that will make […]

21 July, 2017 Young Europeans Say No to Blockade

The members of the Jose Marti European Brigade of volunteer work and solidarity denounced the infamous blockade imposed on Cuba, and expressed their strongest rejection of the hostile policy of the empire against the Cuban people.

21 July, 2017 Excellence in Tourism

The staff of the Parque Central Hotel was declared the most efficient of the Iberoestar chain in Cuba and Latin America, thanks to their workers´ efforts to achieve the maximum of excellence in customer service.

21 July, 2017 They Celebrate in Havana Day of Afro-descendant Women

The United Nations system in Cuba and the Quisicuaba community project celebrated this Friday in Havana the International Afro-Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Women’s Day, to support the fight against racial discrimination.

21 July, 2017 House of the Americas Condemns Maneuvers against Venezuela

The House of the Americas made public in Havana its rejection to the criminal actions that local reactionary forces led by the American imperialism and its accomplices commit against the legitimate Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

21 July, 2017 Drought Persists Despite Water Availability Improvement in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Although the situation with water in Cuba has slightly improved so far in July, the drought continues, a source of the sector reported today. Argelio Fernandez, senior expert to the Hydrological Service and Availability of the National Institute of Water Resources (INRH), specified that the volume of accumulated water increased in 88 million cubic […]

20 July, 2017 Mozambicans Thank Fidel

A group of Mozambicans who studied on the Island of Youth and returned after so many years remarked that thanks to the Revolution and its leader Fidel Castro Ruz they contribute today to the development of their nation.

20 July, 2017 Replica of Mella Sculpture Given to Raul

Graduates of the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI), together with Rector Miriam Nicado, gave Commander of the Revolution Guillermo Garcia a postcard for Army General Raul Castro.

20 July, 2017 Diaz-Canel Highlights Sandinista Revolution´s Achievements

The first Vice-President of the Councils of State and ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, highlighted this Wednesday Nicaragua´s achievement during the celebration of the 38th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution.

19 July, 2017 Cuba Increases Cancer Research

The National institute of Oncology and Radiobiology (INOR), in Havana develops more than forty research projects and clinical trials, some of them at international level, in close relationship with other institutions.

19 July, 2017 Criminal Science Meeting Will Analyses Issues of Social Impact

The fourteenth International Meeting of Criminal Sciences, from March 14 to 16 next year, will analyze issues of social and economic impact, after Caridad Sabo, head of the Office of Institutional Communication of the Attorney General.

19 July, 2017 President Evo Morales Will Arrive in Cuba

The President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma, will arrive this Wednesday in Havana for a short working visit, according to the Bolivian Chancellery.

18 July, 2017 Raul and Santos Exchange on Cuba and Colombia

Cuban President Raul Castro and his Colombian pair Juan Manuel Santos held a round of official talks in Havana, in which they exchanged about the good state of bilateral relations.