Archivo de 2016

23 November, 2016 Cuba Pays Homage to Ettore Scola during Week of Italian Culture

Havana, Cuba.-The Italian Culture Week in Cuba is now paying tribute to the prestigious director Ettore Scola (1931-2016), with the premiere of his film ”The Dinner”. The Fresa y Chocolate Cinematographic Cultural Center will host the screenings of Scola’s films The Terrace and The Family. The Dinner tells the stories of several regular and sporadic […]

23 November, 2016 Papua New Guinea Premier Concludes Official Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Papua New Guinea”s Prime Minister, Peter O”Neill, is concluding an official visit to Cuba, where he ratified along with President Raul Castro a common interest in strengthening bilateral relations. With a visit to the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, O’Neill will begin the activities planned for the final day of his stay in […]

21 November, 2016 Five Cuban Films to Compete in Havana Lat Am Film Festival

Havana, Cuba.-The International Festival of New Latin American Cinema has issued a special supplement that includes information on the five Cuban films in competition. In the fiction feature films are ‘Ultimos dias en La Habana’ by Fernando Perez, ‘Ya no es antes’ by Lester Hamlet and ‘Sharning Stella’ by Enrique Alvarez. Two Cuban films will […]

21 November, 2016 Cuba: International Convention on Engineering and Architecture Starts

Havana, Cuba.-Under the motto ”Engineering and Architecture for a Sustainable Future”, the capital”s Conventions Palace will host from today until next Friday the 18th Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture (CCIA 18). The event is organized by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cujae), Cuba’s main university in the field of technical sciences and […]

21 November, 2016 Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Begins Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Papua New Guinea”s Prime Minister, Peter O”Neill, begins an official visit to Cuba today, during which he will meet with President, Raul Castro. O’Neill leads the National People’s Congress Party and has been the head of the Papuan government since August 2011. Papua New Guinea is an Oceania country that occupies the eastern half […]

18 November, 2016 Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang Ends Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-ietnamese President, Tran Dai Quang, is concluding an official visit to Cuba today with the opening of a business forum for cooperation between the two nations. The president will attend a meeting at the Hotel National in Havana and later will travel with his accompanying delegation to the Mariel Special Development Zone, in the […]

18 November, 2016 Vietnamese President Encourages Trade and Investments with Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Vietnamese President Dai Tran Quang exhorted Vietnamese entrepreneurs to make busineses and investments with Cuba and increase the economic, commercial and financial links, and make joint investments in both nations. ‘This is the common will, ratified at the maximum political and governmental level,’ said President Tran Quang when he spoke about a dialogue […]

18 November, 2016 French and Cuban History Museums Sign Agreement

Havana, Cuba.-he Natural History Museum of Paris and its Cuban counterpart signed today here an agreement of collaboration destined to legalize the exchanges between both institutions. On the French part the director of the French scientific entity in Paris, Bruno David; and the director of the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba (MNHN), Esther […]

18 November, 2016 Director of International Atomic Energy Agency to Visit Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Yukiya Amano, general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will make an official visit to Cuba from November 20 to 22, as confirmed by the Cuban Foreign Affairs Ministry Thursday. According to a note from its website, Amano was invited to Cuba by Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa […]

18 November, 2016 COP22: Cuba Reaffirms Commitment to Face Climate Change

Havana, Cuba.-The head of the Cuban delegation to the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), Jose Fidel Santana reaffirmed today Cuba”s commitment to fight the climate change. During his speech at COP22, Santana said challenges, faced with deterioration of the planet, generate an increasing sense of urgency in taking concrete actions and the need to […]

17 November, 2016 Cuba Holds Academic Meeting with Cuba-USA Physicians

Havana, Cuba.-Physicians and surgeons from the United States and Cuba are holding an academic exchange, focused among other issues on the accreditation of services. The members of the International Board of Medicine and Surgery of the United States, a non-governmental organization that brings together all medical and paramedical specialties from that American nation, will attend […]

17 November, 2016 Cuban President Begins Bastion 2016 Strategic Exercise

Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro in a speech through national media gave today the order to start the Bastion 2016 strategic exercise. The aim of those drills is to increase the level of preparation and cohesion of the management and command bodies of all levels of the troops, economy and the population, he noted. He explained […]

17 November, 2016 Costa Rican Solidarity Groups Welcome Cuba Bastion 2016 Exercise

San Jose, Costa Rica.-Two Costa Rican solidarity groups today saluted Cuba for carrying out the Strategic Exercise Bastion 2016, which they deem as necessary practice for the defense of the country. In a statement published in the capital, the Bolivarian Circle Yamileth Lopez and the Costa Rican People’s Center of Social Studies highlighted that the […]

17 November, 2016 Venezuela Contributes to the Restoration of Cuban Heritage in Baracoa

Baracoa, Cuba.-The eastern Cuban city of Baracoa, one of the most affected after Hurricane Matthew, is restoring its distinct architecture, thanks to the contribution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. More than 1,000 red tiles have been donated by Venezuela, and are now being distributed around Baracoa, the first village founded by Spaniards in Cuba. […]

17 November, 2016 World AIDS Day in Cuba Focuses on Prevention

Havana, cUBA.-Cuba will be running an extensive activity program as part of World AIDS Day on December 1st, which is focused on prevention, the organizers announced today. Under the motto: ‘Let us Raise our Hands for Prevention of HIV’, World AIDS Day in Cuba will offer a spectrum of activities from educational campaigns, detection test […]

17 November, 2016 Cuba and Austria Will Sign Accord for Economic Collaboration

Havana, Cuba.-The Austrian vice-minister of Science, Research and Economy, Bernadette Marianne Gierlinger, is beginning a visit to Cuba today, with the purpose of signing a memorandum of understanding on international economic collaboration. According to a press release published on the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, the Austrian official was invited by the Cuban Ministry […]

16 November, 2016 Cuba Expects a 12-Percent Rise in Current Sugar Cane Harvest

Havana, Cuba.-Cuba has expected to reach a 12-percent rise in sugar production during the current harvest compared with the plan of the previous campaign, a source in the sector said. Dionis Perez, director of Information Technology and Analysis at Azcuba Sugar Group, told Prensa Latina that the Harlem sugar mill in Artemisa province is currently […]

16 November, 2016 Canada’s Prime Minister Concludes Official Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, concludes today an official visit to Cuba, where he confirmed President Raul Castro his interest in strengthening economic and trade relations with Cuba. With a keynote speech at the Main Lecture hall of the Havana University in the morning and a meeting with the press in the afternoon […]

16 November, 2016 Cuban President to Meet Vietnamese Peer

Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro will meet with his Vietnamese peer, Tran Dai Quang, who is carrying out an official visit to the Caribbean nation. According to the program to be followed during his stay, to be run until tomorrow, Tran will also meet today with Cuban Parliament President, Esteban Lazo, and will receive the Jose […]

16 November, 2016 Cuba Starts Bastion 2016 Strategic Exercise

Havana, Cuba.-The Bastion 2016 strategic exercise has begun today in Cuba, as part of the preparation for the defense and with a view to raising the disposition of the troops and the population against possible attacks. This exercise, to be run until Friday, November 18, aims to train the governing and command bodies of the […]