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23 May, 2017 Cuba and European Union on Dialogue on Human Rights

Brussels, Belgium.-Cuba and the European Union (EU) made their third round of conversations on human rights Monday, to bring about the exchange of opinions and widen the knowledge of their respective realities. A communique from the Cuban Embassy in Belgium said the Cuban delegation was presided by Rodolfo Reyes, general director for Multilateral Affairs and […]

23 May, 2017 Cuban Foreign Minister Talks with Paraguayan formel President Lugo

Havana, Cuba.-Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, received today the formel president and Paraguayan senator Fernando Lugo, who visits Cuba as part of a Paraguayan parliamentary delegation. The website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry reported that Rodríguez and Lugo talked about topics of the international agenda and on the current challenges faced by Latin America […]

23 May, 2017 Cuba Fosters Revolutionary Unity vs. Neoliberal Offensive

Hanoi, Vietnam.- Cuba is promoting actions to foster the greatest possible unity of the Latin American and Caribbean revolutionaries facing the new neoliberal offensive led by the United States and its allies, a senior leader of the Caribbean nation said here today. Jose Ramon Balaguer, head of the International Relations department at the Cuban Communist […]

23 May, 2017 Nineteen Films Confirmed for European Festival in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-The 2nd edition of the European Movie Festival in Cuba will exhibit 19 films coming from 16 nations from June 1st to 11 in this capital, announced organizers of the event here. Petra Rohler, representative of the cultural section of the German Embassy in Cuba, was happy when she knew that the film ‘Fukushima […]

22 May, 2017 Catalonia Ratifies Separatist Referendum Decision

The President of the Government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, ratified this Monday in Madrid the decision of that region to make a referendum for Catalans to decide on the separation from the Spanish State

22 May, 2017 Those Who Have More Must Pay

Actions to try to reduce inequality between the rich and the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean were discussed this Monday at the eleventh International Meeting of Accounting, Auditing and Finances, which meets in the Convention Palace of Havana until next Wednesday

22 May, 2017 Agostinho Neto´s Widow Recognizes Cuban Contribution

Maria Eugenia Neto, widow of Angolan leader Antonio Agostinho Neto, today highlighted in Havana the contributions of Cubans to the liberation of the African country, who sacrificed their lives thousands of kilometers from their homeland.

22 May, 2017 Venezuelan Government Expands Dialogue

In the last twenty days the Venezuelan government extended the bridges of dialogue with various sectors to seek national peace, Elias Jaua, president of the Commission for the National Constituent Assembly, said during a press conference in Caracas.

22 May, 2017 Cuba Answers to Controversial Message from Trump

The Cuban government described as “controversial” and “ridiculous” the message of the “poorly advised” President of the United States, Donald Trump to the Cuban people on May 20, local media reported today.

22 May, 2017 Solidarity Meeting in Namibia Will Honor Fidel Castro

The Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia in Havana Jeroboam Shaanika said that it is an honor for his country to host the fifth Continental Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, as Cubans deserve it for the help given to Africans throughout these years

22 May, 2017 Cuba Increases Human Milk Banks

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba is celebrating today the World Human Milk Donation Day arranging the final details to open a tenth specialized center for this noble purpose. Ana Lilia Triana, head of the human milk banks project in the country, stated that the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund, is working […]

22 May, 2017 Venezuela Helps Rebuild in Cuba Houses Destroyed by Hurricane Matthew

Maisi, Cuba.-With the collaboration of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, about 200 more homes have been recovered in this Cuban eastern most territory that was hardly hit by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. The Great Mission Barrio Nuevo Barrio Tricolor of that nation has been cooperating for seven months with the Cuban State in repairing […]

22 May, 2017 Cuba to Be a Gateway to America with Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski

Havana, Cuba.-We are very pleased that the gateway to the Americas is Cuba, Xavier , general director of the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski, which receives today its first customers in the Cuban capital, said. Destribats told at a television news program that to build the first five-star hotel in Cuba is part of Kempinski’s philosophy […]

19 May, 2017 Cuban Champion Hopes his Record to Stay

Cuban former high jumper Javier Sotomayor said this Friday he will continue feeling as a world record holder until someone jumps 2.46 meters, in reference to the possibility of erasing his mark

19 May, 2017 Presidential Election in Iran

On 19 May, more than 55 million Iranians are summoned to participate in the twelfth presidential election since the country became an Islamic republic.

19 May, 2017 China Helps to Develop Cuban Coconut Industry

Chinese company AVIC Intl Project Engineering Company, works in Baracoa in the technological installation and start-up of a factory for the processing of fiber and organic substrate coconut.

19 May, 2017 Thinking and Doing a Better Trade

The First Trade Convention constituted a space for debate and exchange of knowledge and experiences, which should be reversed in order to offer better service and protection to consumers, Mary Blanca Ortega, Cuban minister of the sector, said in Havana

19 May, 2017 Cuban Orchestra Makes Americans Dance

The Cuban group of popular music Havana D´Primera began this Thursday a tour by the United States, which will take place until next May 29.

19 May, 2017 Homage to Jose Marti on the Anniversary of his Death

Floral offerings from Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, the Council of State and Ministers and the people of Cuba were deposited this Friday morning in the Mausoleum to national hero Jose Marti in Santiago de Cuba Cemetery.