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29 June, 2017 Stanford Symphony Orchestra Joined Cultures in Havana

Havana, Cuba.-Music once again proved its ability to join cultures and being an effective diplomatic mechanism in the interesting concert program offered by the Stanford Junior Symphony Orchestra (SJS) in this capital. The American symphonic band, directed by Anna Wittstruck, assumed a demanding and inescapable repertoire for any group after combining works by classical and […]
29 June, 2017 Cuba Calls on UNESCO for Commitment to Fight Climate Change

Paris, France.-Cuba has called on UNESCO for a greater commitment by all states to face climate change and recalled the serious implications of this phenomenon for the planet, diplomatic sources said today. During the intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the Declaration on Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change, the Cuban delegation recalled that the implications […]
29 June, 2017 Cuba: Blind Tasting Contests in Varadero 2017 Gourmet International

Varadero, Cuba.-The blind tasting contests of Cuban rums; cocktails, beers and taps; New cocktails; and Cuban Classics, close their respective competitions here today at the 9th Varadero Gourmet Festival 2017. The event began on June 27 and ends tomorrow in the Conference Center Plaza América of this touristic city, the most important in Cuba, on […]
29 June, 2017 Australian Foreign Minister Visits Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-The Foreign Minister of Australia, Julie Bishop, makes an official visit to Cuba today, the Foreign Ministry of the Caribbean nation informed. According to a statement posted on the government’s website, Bishop’s activities include official talks with Cuban officials. In March 2016 the Minister pointed out during an act in her country that Australia’s […]
28 June, 2017 Cuban Livestock in a Recovery Phase

SANCTI SPÍRITUS, Cuba. – Fulfilling the milking routine, guaranteeing stable food, as well as the routes and schedules of milk collection, become a priority for the Cuban livestock in the coming months, in order to recover the arrears in the sales to the industry. According to Jose Miguel Rodriguez, Vice-Minister of Agriculture, until the end […]
28 June, 2017 To Promote the Culture of Debate

The participants in the sixth National Assembly of the Association of Social Communicators claimed for taking debate to the whole society, taking into account this is a key link for communicators in their contribution to the updating of the economic model.
28 June, 2017 Economic Sanctions to Russia Are Extended

The European Union extended this Wednesday the economic sanctions imposed on Russia for another six months, for its intervention in the separatist crisis in eastern Ukraine and for not having implemented the Minsk Peace agreements, according to the community body.
28 June, 2017 American Company to Favor Trade with Cuba

American International Group Insurance Company was fined with the sum of 100 thousand dollars for the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury, presumably for violating Cuba’s blockade regulations.
28 June, 2017 University of Las Villas Takes Part in Local Development Project

The Center of Energetic Studies and Environmental Technologies of the University of Las Villas, works in an project of centralized biogas to provide power through cogeneration to produce pork meat in the municipality of Placetas, in Villa Clara province.
28 June, 2017 PARLATINO Approves Resolution on Blockade against Cuba

The Board of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, PARLATINO, recently approved a resolution to reject the announcement of the United States Government, on the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade to Cuba.
28 June, 2017 Cuba and New Zealand for Boosting Their Relations

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, and his counterpart from New Zealand, Gerry Brownlee, were interested in advancing bilateral relations in the political and economic fields.
27 June, 2017 International Gourmet Festival Begins in Varadero

The largest Cuban spa, in the western province of Matanzas, hosts the International Varadero Gourmet Festival, whose purpose is promoting the exchange of experiences between entrepreneurs and professionals of gastronomy and services,

27 June, 2017 Historic Arms Delivery Concludes in Colombia

The mission of the UN in Bogota certified the reception of 7 thousand 132 weapons from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), what ended the disarmament process.
27 June, 2017 Syria Advances in Fighting against Terrorism

Syrian troops advance rapidly this Tuesday to the city of Deir al-Zur from the West, to break the defensive line of the self-styled Islamic State on the provincial border between Homs and that city.
27 June, 2017 Cuban Sugar Agribusiness Presents Business Portfolio

This Tuesday the Cuban sugar agro-industry presents its portfolio of business opportunities.at the fourteenth International Congress on Sugarcane and Derivatives that will end next Frida, and gathers 700 delegates from 25 countries in PABEXPO.