Joao Pablo Fariñas González

joao@rreloj.icrt.cu
3 November, 2017 FIHAV 2017 Has a Significant Impact on the Business Sector

The 35th edition of the Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2017, continues its activities today with new presentations from around 3,000 exhibiting companies, including the call to FECONS 2018 and other exchanges related to the construction sector.
3 November, 2017 Cuba to World Disabled Competition for Disabled

Cuba will be represented at the World Swimming and Weightlifting Championships for Disabled Athletes in Mexico City from November 27 to December 7, it was published in this capital Thursday.
20 October, 2017 Cuban President Congratulates Jose Marti Studies Center

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, has congratulated today the Jose Marti Studies Center (CEM), which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its foundation this year, Granma newspaper reported.
17 October, 2017 Cuban baseball: wild card series start today

The wild-card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series will begin today with the clashes between Granma and Villa Clara at Augusto Cesar Sandino stadium, in this city, and the other match to advance to the next stage will be between Artemisa and Ciego de Avila, always with the second teams as home-club.
11 October, 2017 Ceremony in Santiago Marks Anniversary of Start of Cuba’s Independence Struggle

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.- The continuity of the Cuban independence struggles was highlighted today during a ceremony to mark the 149th anniversary of the start of the independence war, on October 10, 1868. The observance, at Santiago de Cuba’s Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, was presided over by President Raul Castro. It began with a military tribute […]
6 October, 2017 Representatives of Civil Society to Pay Tribute to Che in Bolivia

Havana, Cuba.- Representatives of Civil Society to Pay Tribute to Che in BoliviaHAVANA, Cuba, Oct 4 (acn) Representatives of organizations of Cuban civil society will travel to Bolivia on Thursday to pay tribute to Ernesto Che who died in combat 50 years ago. Second Secretary of the Young Communist League, UJC, Ronald Hidalgo Rivera told […]
3 October, 2017 Vietnam and Cuba Check and Widen Bilateral Relations

Vietnam and Cuba have confirmed their mutual desire to strengthen their bilateral relations in all areas as the 35th Session of the Intergovernmental Commission between the two nations begins today in this capital.
9 September, 2017 Hurricane Irma Batters Cuba on Way to Florida

Havana Cuba.-Cuba’s northern coast suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Irma early Saturday, with state media reporting widespread damage to buildings. The Esmeralda Weather Center in Camagüey Archipelago said meteorologists measured winds of up to 124 mph before the weather gauge blew off. Waves were reportedly more than 16 feet high, and hospitals, factories, and […]
7 September, 2017 US Singer Rufus Wainwright to Perform in Cuba

Havana, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) US singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright will perform a concert on September 24 at Havana”s Gran Teatro Alicia Alonso (Gthaa), where he will share the stage with local artists, organizers confirmed here today. During the recital, scheduled for 17:00 local time, the musician will be accompanied the Symphonic Orchestra of the Gthaa, […]
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 […]
21 July, 2017 Drought Persists Despite Water Availability Improvement in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Although the situation with water in Cuba has slightly improved so far in July, the drought continues, a source of the sector reported today. Argelio Fernandez, senior expert to the Hydrological Service and Availability of the National Institute of Water Resources (INRH), specified that the volume of accumulated water increased in 88 million cubic […]
21 July, 2017 Bolivia’s President Winds UP Working Visit to Cuba

Havana, Cuba.-Bolivia”s President Evo Morales wound up a state visit to Cuba after meeting First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel, his last activity of his agenda in the island. In the encounter, Morales was accompanied by his Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni, the Cuban Television prime news hour reported. The Bolivian Head of State was seen […]
21 July, 2017 Jazz Musicians Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba to Play Concerts

Havana,Cuba.- The outstanding Cuban jazz musicians Chucho Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcaba will perform individual concerts at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso in August, said organizers today. The concerts, organized by the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM), are included in a program of summer concerts that has the two musicians as one of […]
19 July, 2017 Cuban and Mexican Universities Sign Agreement on the Caribbean Basin

Mexico City, Mexico.-The Universities of Quintana Roo (UQROO) and Havana (UH) have signed an agreement to strengthen the curriculum of the Master´s of Applied Anthropology. This accord was signed between the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the University of Havana and the Academic Body of Anthropological Studies of the Circum-Caribe University of Quintana Roo. The […]