Lisbon, Portugal.-The General Attorney”s Office of the Republic of Cuba and the Public Prosecutor”s Office of Portugal have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to strengthen relations between the public ministries from both countries. The document was signed by the Attorney General of Cuba, Dario Delgado Cura and his Portuguese peer, Joana Marques, according to an […]
Pretoria,South Africa.-Cuba will continue to present at the United Nations the resolution on ending the blockade for as long as the United States applies its aggressive policy against our country”, said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Teresita Gonzalez. In statements to Prensa Latina, Gonzalez said that ‘once again Cuba will go to the […]
Maisi, Cuba.-The Ministry of Health maintains a strict epidemiological control in the eastern Cuban communities hit by Hurricane Matthew in order to prevent the spread of disease, officials said. The First Deputy Minister of Health, Jose Angel Portal, said to Prensa Latina that despite working in the sanitation of the four municipalities of Guantanamo that […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the agreement reached on Monday between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), as a result of talks held in recent months. In a statement about the talks, in which Cuba participated as Guarantor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed last night that this step […]
Bloemfontein, South Africa.-he Premier of Free State province in South Africa, Ace Magashule, has reiterated his commitment to solidarity with Cuba until the U.S. blockade imposed on the island, for more than 50 years, has been eliminated. Magashule told Prensa Latina that the economic, political and commercial siege ‘should be lifted’ and this requires that […]
Havana, Cuba.-The United Nations System of the United Nations (UN) in Cuba today expressed its solidarity with the people affected after the effects of Hurricane Matthew and announced that it puts their skills, experiences and resourcesat the service of the affected people in Cuba. According to a press note released here, the UN maintained surveillance […]
Havana, Cuba.- ”Cuba Promotes” is the title of the promotions this country will be making in Italy, as part of the high season, said a communique issued by the Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) and circulated in this capital. The text said the presentations would be made on October 10-12, around the Italian cities of […]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- At least four people were killed and more than 17,000 were displaced in the Dominican Republic due to Hurricane Matthew, which hit Haiti today, the authorities said. Among the dead people are included three minors. Their deaths were caused by landslides resulting from heavy rains associated with the hurricane. Therefore, the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Hurricane Matthew is moving away from Cuba after lashing the eastern region of the country, according to the latest weather forecast, although strong winds and rains will persist. The category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale was at six o’clock local time at 21.3 degrees north latitude and 74.6 degrees west longitude, about 120 […]
Havana, Cuba. – Matthew begins to whip the eastern region of Cuba, as an intense category 4 hurricane. Its maximum sustained winds are 220 mph, with higher gusts, with a central pressure of 949 hectoPascal now. At 6:00 p.m. this Tuesday the radar located in Gran Piedra estimated Matthew´s center in 19.9 degrees latitude north […]
Havana, Cuba. – Taking into account hurricane Matthew´s trajectory, the Civil Defense National General Staff reported that the provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo are still in phase of Hurricane alarm. The informative phase is still valid in the provinces of Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, and Ciego de […]
Guantanamo, Cuba.-More than 36,000 people have been evacuated today in Baracoa as part of the preparations for Hurricane Matthew, radio stations of the area have reported. According to a report by Radio Baracoa, the most vulnerable people are being prioritized during the evacuation. They will be moved to state institutions, and others are being housed […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Civil Defense has established the hurricane warning stage for the country’s five eastern provinces, In its latest weather advisory report issued at 9:00 a.m. (local Cuban time) this Monday, October 3rd, Cuba’s Civil Defense said the country’s southeastern region will be the first to experience tropical storm winds and coastal floods associated […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-In the face of the incredulity of many people, the 46th report from the National Seismic Services clarified the doubt: a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba while people”s attention was focused on Hurricane Matthew. So, once again, nature puts the inhabitants in this eastern region to the test and forces them to […]
Havana, Cuba.- Matthew hurricane still maintain its condition of category 4 in Saffir-Simpsom scale with few changes in its intensity and sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour, reported today the Cuban weather Institute. In a further notice, the institution specified that this system, which in just a few hours last Friday evolved from category […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro Ruz personally oversaw during this weekend the measures taken in the eastern province of Guantanamo to face Hurricane Matthew. During a tour of the eastern region of Cuba, the also head of the National Defense Council said that the main thing today is to prepare for then face better the reconstruction […]
