Havana, Cuba.-The U.S. Government has reportedly denied visa to a group of Cuban students who scheduled to participate in the finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest at the Association of Computing Machinery. During the event, known as the World Cup of Information Technology, the team from the University of Havana will only attend the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Scientists from Cuba and the United States started a joint expedition to study the deep coral reefs surrounding the Caribbean island, the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA) reported on Thursday. The collaboration is part of the Biannual Working Plan under the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for the Preservation and Management […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban enterprises will now be able to take more advantage from the opportunities for businesses in the Special Development Zone of Mariel (ZED) in the west of Cuba, said Ana Teresa Igarza, ZED general director Thursday. ‘Up to now, foreign companies are ahead as users of ZED, but we are also interested in investments […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 4th Business Fair of Cuba, is a sample of the possibilities giving the chance for direct exchange among Cuban enterprises to facilitate work among the Cuban economic actors. The 4th Business Fair of Cuba is being held in Expocuba (Havana) up to May 25, with 300 entities -262 of them state companies, 15 […]
Havana, Cuba.-Members of the Cuban boxing franchise participating in the 2017 edition of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) assured that they are ready today overcome the challenge in the match against the Uzbekistan Tigers in the quarterfinals of the 4th edition. ‘Now we are are at home. The boys have the disposal to give […]
Havana, Cuba.-The head of the General Customs of Cuba, Pedro Pérez, opened today the 38th Meeting of National Directors of Customs of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, in the 1930 hall of the Hotel Nacional. At the opening ceremony, Perez described the experience of collaboration as fruitful through the multilateral agreement on cooperation and mutual […]
Hundreds of people participated this Wednesday in a march against Homophobia and Transphobia in the central province of Villa Clara. The parade occupied the streets surrounding Leoncio Vidal Park
Naively, many young people consider smoking marijuana is a benign and risk-free activity. However, among the dangers arising from the use of this pernicious drug, in addition to the possibility of uncontrolled addiction, there is a cause-effect linkage between its consumption and student achievement
Dr. Eusebio Leal, Historian of the city of Havana, received this Wednesday the special condition of Social Educator, due to his outstanding humanist conviction in the formation of the new generations, and the rescue of the patrimony and identity of the Cuban nation. Enrique Jose Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences granted the award as a […]
Democratic Congressman Al Green said this Wednesday President Donald Trump must be the subject of a process of impeachment, that is to say a political trial for his removal, because he obstructed justice after firing the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, James Comey. The legislator indicated in the Congress that he requests President […]
Athens, Greece. – The Greek government is optimistic about the possibility of unlocking the new tranche of external financing of eight billion euros to honor its creditors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Athens. European Union´s creditors will decide next Monday in Brussels if they release the next tranche of the monetary bailout to Greece, […]
HAVANA, Cuba.- Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar Lopez Rivera thanked Cuba and its people for all the support given to the campaign for his freedom, achieved definitively this Wednesday, Prensa Latina agency said. During a phone talk with Fernando Gonzalez, president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Lopez Rivera confirmed he […]
Elba Rosa Perez, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, said today in Ciego de Avila that the Cuban State is the only one in the world with a plan to counteract climate change´s effects. In a meeting with researchers, managers and agencies of that province Perez pointed out that due to the archipelago´s high […]
Declaration of the Cuban Olympic Committee We have been very aware of the proposal promoted by the European Athletics Federation that would withdraw the world records imposed before 2005, due to changes in anti-doping regulations. The Cuban Olympic Committee considers that any such measure should be supported by scientific arguments, because only the rigorous demonstration […]
