Archivo de July, 2017

14 July, 2017 Pastors for Peace Members to Pay Tribute to Lucius Walker in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-The 28th United States-Cuba Friendship Caravan, led by Pastors for Peace, will pay tribute here today to the founder of that interreligious platform, Rev. Lucius Walker, who passed away in 2010. The 28-people visiting group, mostly Americans, but also Mexicans and Europeans, arrived in the island yesterday to support the claims for the cessation […]

14 July, 2017 Cuban MPs Analyze Progress of the Country in Plenary Session

Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Parliament is analyzing today the full progress of the country by reviewing the summary of the main issues discussed during the Ninth period of session of its Eighth Legislature. Since Monday, July 10, the members of the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament) analyzed several issues such as the computerization of the society, […]

13 July, 2017 Trump, Skeptical about Climate Change Agreement

American President Donald Trump showed during a meeting this Thursday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, a certain skepticism about the veracity and future implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

13 July, 2017 Russian Military Instructor Killed in Syria

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the death of military adviser Nikolai Afanasov, following a mortar attack by radical groups against a citadel of the Syrian armed forces in Hama province.

13 July, 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Will Keep Bolivarian Ideal

Comptroller General of Venezuela Manuel Galindo said this Thursday that the National Constituent Assembly advancing in his country will continue maintaining in force the Bolivarian spirit of the Constitution of 1999.

13 July, 2017 Cuban Internationalist Educators Are Honored

Representatives and international coordinators of the Ministry of Education, which end their management with relevant results, were distinguished in Havana with the 50th anniversary label of the Union of Education, Science and Sports.

13 July, 2017 Deputies Learn about Hydrologic Situation in Cuba

In a meeting before the eighth regular session of the ninth legislature of the National Assembly of People´s Power, Cuba parliamentarians were updated on the country’s hydrologic situation.

13 July, 2017 Caravan of Pastors for Peace in Cuba

The 28th Caravan of the United States-Cuba Friendship, led by Pastors for Peace, arrived this Thursday in Cuba, where it will support the claims for the end of the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed from Washington.

13 July, 2017 Four Young US Men to Kayak from Cuba to the United States

Havana, Cuba.-The US citizens, Andy Cochrane, Wyatt Roscoe, Wesley Preston and Christopher Rodel began to kayak from this capital to Key West, Florida, and sent a message of friendship to the world. Minutes before beginning this feat from the International Hemingway Yacht Club, the four young people told Prensa Latina that it is not only […]

13 July, 2017 Cuban Deputies Tackle Down on Tourism Performance

Havana, Cuba.-Cuban deputies gathered in the Commission for Attention to Services have dealt with the current performance of tourism as a strategic sector for social economic development of the nation. During his speech, the Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero said that in the first half of 2017, about 2,668,446 international visitors traveled to the Caribbean […]

13 July, 2017 Cuban Food-Processing Industry Targeted by National Deputies

Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban food-processing industry is undergoing a phased recovery, which prioritizes the dairy and meat industries, given the financial, material and human impossibility of making progress in all sectors. The Commissions of Attention to the Services and Food-Farming fostered closer the analysis along with the speech given by the President of the National Assembly, […]

13 July, 2017 Cuban Ministers Report before Parliament’s Committees

Havana, Cuba.-Representatives of the agencies of the Cuban State central administration are reporting today on their management to the legislators, prior to the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Eighth Legislature of the Parliament. Cuban lawmakers have analyzed since early this week some issues of national relevance divided into 10 working committees. In one of the […]

12 July, 2017 Cuban Doctors Recognized in South Africa

The Communist Party of South Africa presented this Wednesday a special award for recognition to the International Brigades of Cuban Physicians for their practice of human solidarity in many parts of the world.

12 July, 2017 New Air Raid on Syrian Village

U.S-led international coalition aircraft perpetrated this Wednesday an air raid on the village of Kashkash Jabbour, in the Syrian governorate of Hasaka.

12 July, 2017 La Paz Book Fair, a Space for Meeting

The interim president of the Latin American and Caribbean Culture Group, Carlos Javier Daveggio, urged this Wednesday to strengthen the links between the countries of the area during the La Paz International Book Fair.

12 July, 2017 Parliamentarians Examine Working Environment

The Committee on Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Environment of the Cuban Parliament, presided over by First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel analyzed a study on the characterization of working environment in the territorial directions of the agencies of the economy.

12 July, 2017 Preventing is Essential to Fight Illegalities

The members of the Health and Sports Commission of the National Assembly of People´s Power concluded this Wednesday that the self-control guide for each workplace is a working tool for managers to prevent criminal acts and corruption.

12 July, 2017 UN Expert Recognizes Cuban People’s Right to Health

Virginia Dandan, expert on human rights and international solidarity of the United Nations (UN received an extended information this Wednesday on the principles of the Cuban Revolution as the right of people to health and solidarity in this field.