The German cruise ship MS Hamburg arrived in the port of Havana on Wednesday carrying nearly 600 passengers and coinciding with the beginning of the peak tourist season in Cuba.
The Expocuba fairground is now a symbol of the economic development of this country, especially through the fairs that take place in its spaces.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Monday congratulated Argentina’s President-elect Alberto Fernandez and his running mate Cristina Fernandez for the Sunday electoral victory in the South American nation.
Cuba will return to the international naval repair market, as it has from today a modern floating dike to repair Panamax-type ships.
The Director General for Asia, Africa and Latin America of the Belarus Foreign Ministry, Nikolai Borisevich, received Vice President of the Cuban government, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, upon his arrival at this capital, reported today diplomatic sources.
The Cuban government will announce today new economic measures following those adopted in the face of the fuel shortages caused by the tightening of the US blockade that has been imposed on the island for over 60 years.
The Minister-President of Cuba’s Central Bank (BCC), Irma Margarita Martinez, stated that the national banking system is ready to support the measures recently adopted to boost the country’s economy.
An emotive event was held at the headquarters of Patria Socialista (Socialist Homeland, PS), at which Italian political and social organizations paid tribute to Commander Ernesto Che Guevara.
Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal, one of Cuba’s most recognized intellectuals, is now a member of the important American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S).
The 605 deputies to the National Assembly of People’s Power (Parliament) will elect this Thursday the President and Vice President of the Republic and other high officials of the State.
