Archivo de August, 2017

18 August, 2017 Cuban President Raul Castro Sends Condolences for Spain Terror Attack

Madrid, Spain.-The Cuban President Raul Castro has sent a message of condolences to King Felipe VI for the terror attacks carried out in Barcelona and Cambrils, killing 14 people and injuring a hundred. According to the Cuban Embassy in Spain, Raul Castro sent a message of condolences to King Felipe VI, feelings extended to the […]

17 August, 2017 Rafael Correa Criticizes Ecuadorian Government Report

BRUSELAS, Belgium.- The former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, criticized this Wednesday the most recent report presented by the Government of the South American nation on the hydrocarbons sector, which denounces failures in Esmeraldas Refinery. The new controversy in Ecuador was generated after Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno spoke of “scoundrels who have taken the country” […]

17 August, 2017 They Ask for Immediate Freedom of Milagro Sala

Argentine Milagro Sala´s lawyer, Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta, described as shameful the resolution giving a house order to the social leader in a property absolutely destroyed.

17 August, 2017 Elections in Cuba, Democracy and History

From September 4 to 30 the nomination of candidates for delegates to the municipal assemblies of the People’s Power will take place as part of the first stage of general elections in Cuba.

17 August, 2017 US Powerboat Pilots to Set Speed Record on USA to Cuba Route

Havana, Cuba.-U.S. powerboat pilots, Nigel Hook and Jay Johnson, will try to set two world speed record on the Key West-Havana and Havana-Key West routes today. According to the organizers of the Lucas Oil Ocean Cup event Key West to Cuba, the Lucas Oil SilverHook powerboat, piloted by Hook and Johnson, left Key West early […]

17 August, 2017 Cuban Socio Cultural Project Goes to France

Camaguey, Cuba.-The French city of Toulouse will receive an exhibit dedicated to Latin American hand made puppets and dolls of the Cuban socio-cultural project Carsueños, based in the Cuban eastern central city of Camaguey. Nearly two decades of work are endorsing the work of the project, completely addressed to handicrafts. There will be a similar […]

17 August, 2017 China Assesses Excellent Party Ties with Cuba

Beijing, China.-Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPCh) Central Committee, has met today with a delegation from the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) to analyze the excellent ties between the two organizations. Jose Ramon Monteagudo Ruiz, member of the Party Central Committee and first secretary of the PCC in […]

16 August, 2017 Consumption of Drugs Destroys You and Your Family

Drugs are substances that can change thought, feelings and emotions of those consuming them, besides they have the ability to change behavior and, in the long run, the way of being.

16 August, 2017 A Goodbye Forever to an Outstanding Journalist

A floral offering on behalf of the President of the Councils of State and of Ministers Raul Castro Ruz presides in the Press House in Vedado, a posthumous tribute to Antonio Molto, President of the Union of Journalists of Cuba, UPEC, who died this Tuesday.

16 August, 2017 Nicolas Maduro’s Tribute in St. Iphigenia

President Nicolas Maduro Moros arrived in St. Iphigenia Cemetery this Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by Army General Raul Castro Ruz to pay tribute to national hero Jose Marti and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, on the 91 anniversary of his birthday.

16 August, 2017 21st Intl. Handicraft Fair Fiart 2017 Summoned

Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC) summoned today the 21st International Handicraft Fair Fiart 2017, scheduled for next December as part of the Iberoamerican Year of Handicraft to be commemorated in 2018. The same as in previous editions, organizers extend the invitation to Cuban and foreign artisans whose work is expression of handicraft […]

16 August, 2017 Changes to Cuban Policy on Idle Lands Reported

Havana, Cuba.-Modifications to the policy on delivery of idle lands in usufruct, known today, include the increase from 13.4 to 26.84 hectares the top area given to natural persons who apply for the first time. That regulation establishes a minimum of 26.84 hectares for the applications destined to livestock raising and crops, informed in a […]

16 August, 2017 Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister to Visit Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Videgaray will make a working visit to Cuba on August 17 and 18. During his stay in Cuba, Videgaray will hold official talks with Cuban authorities and will carry out other activities, said a note published in Cuban website CUBAMINREX Tuesday. Mexico and Cuba established diplomatic relations in 1920.

15 August, 2017 President of Cuban Parliament Receives Vice-President of Zanzibar

“When we help Africa we are paying off the debt we have with that people,” Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of Popular Power, said in a meeting held this Saturday in Havana with Seif Ali Iddi, second Vice-President of Zanzibar.

15 August, 2017 Cuban President Paid Homage to Fidel and Marti

Army General Raul Castro Ruz deposited this Monday some flowers before the graves of national hero Jose Marti and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, in Santa Iphigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba, accompanied by the first Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Party, Lazaro Exposito Canto.