Havana, Cuba.-Cuba and China signed new agreements this week to strengthen cooperation in renewable energies and industry, areas that are considered strategic for sustainable development. About ten documents were signed during the three-day binational forum, attended by 18 companies from the Asian nation and 20 from Cuba. Cuban Industry Minister Salvador Pardo Cruz and Gu […]
Bayamo, Cuba.-Granma Sorrels is ahead 3-0, and intends to finish today the fourth game of the series: to win the Cuban baseball series for the first time. We´ve ever seen such a great comeback like this one in the Cuban baseball history. So, are the Sorrels already champions? Are the Ciego de Avila Tigers eliminated […]
Havana, Cuba.-An international workshop on pulmonary vascular disease is taking place today in this capital in the presence of more than 250 specialists from Cuba, the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy. Diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of the disease, lung transplantation, heart-lung transplantation, measures of functional evaluation of patients and their rehabilitation, are […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cubans emigrated to the United States, members of the Martiana Alliance (AM), handed over today a book of condolences with signatures collected in the city of Miami, after the death of the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro. At the headquarters of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), Andrés Gómez, coordinator of […]
Havana, Cuba.-A week devoted to the Haitian culture and the anniversary 213 of the victory of the revolution in Haiti will be held in Cuba for the first time, Ambassador to this country Geri Benoit announced. Groups that keep the Haitian tradition in Cuba will participate in the activities during the whole week, including people […]
Pretoria, South Africa.-South Africa has many hospitals that would be without a doctor today if Cuba had not been present, Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, stated, after acknowledging the impact of the cooperation program with the Caribbean nation. More than 400 health professionals, among about 600 collaborators, are currently working here. The minister referred to the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Over 250 specialists from USA, United Kingdom, Italy and Cuba will be attending the International Workshop on Pulmonary Vascular Disease next Monday, the Publi Health Ministry reported. Participants will have the possibility to deal with important issues as diagnosis, medical and surgical treatments, including lung transplant, heart-lung transplant, functional assessment measures of patients and […]
Havana, Cuba.-Following a constructive policy, Cuba has managed to strike despite the ongoing economic blockade 18 mutually beneficial cooperation deals with the US Government on fields of common interest such as national security. The latter is a Memorandum of Understanding, signed on Monday in Havana, on the Implementation and Fulfilment of the Law that will […]
Washington, United Sates.-Several US organizations sent today a memorandum to President-elect Donald Trump to urge him to continue normalizeng relations with Cuba. In the text titled US Politics to Cuba: the case of the commitment, the signatory institutions point out the advantages of continuing the rapprochement with the island and the possible negative consequences of […]
Havana, Cuba.-Businessmen from the German Federal State of Baden-Wuttemberg started off on negociations in Cuba, in order to identify new business and investment opportunities in this Caribbean Island. These business exchanges shall be extended up to next January 20, including a German visit to the Special Economic Development Zone of Mariel at the western part […]
Cienfuegos, Cuba.-Dominican academician Silvio Torres-Saillant said today that through Casa de las Americas, the Cuban revolution proved how the same decolonization achieved through arms could be achieved through literary writing. Teacher at the US University of Syracuse, Torres-Saillant is in this southern city as a members of the of the jury to the Casa de […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban enterprise for information technologies and telematics services (Citmatel), has its range of products set relating to the forthcoming Havana´s International Book Fair, addressed once today. Beatriz Alonso, Director of such entity under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, stated at a press conference that Citmatel, during this edition, will be exhibiting […]
Havana, Cuba.-The recent fines imposed by the United States against a non-profit organization and a bank today show the existence of the blockade that Washington has been maintaining against Cuba since 1962, despite the global rejection. The Treasury Department fined $10,000 USD to the nonprofit Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation (ARCPF) and $955,750 USD […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban Grand Masters Maritza Arribas (2295 points ELO) and Yaniet Marrero (2255) will attend the Womken”s Chess World Championship in Tehran, Iran, from February 10 to March 5, it was announced in this capital. The tournament in the Iranian capital will be disputed in six rounds by the Swiss system with the participation of […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-A tremor of 5.8 magnitude shook today morning several areas of this city and other eastern provinces, just one year after the beginning of an anomalous seismic series that kept the population in suspense. The National Seismological Service Station Network has informed that reports of perceptibility cover the five eastern Cuban provinces. […]
Havana, Cuba.-Delegates from 16 countries of 4 continents will attend International Convention Calixto 2017 taking place in this capital from January 23 to 25, organizers informed today. ‘With the slogan Promoviendo salud y excelencia, the Convention will receive representatives from Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Bulgaria, Angola, Canada, […]
Washington, United States.-White House officials confirmed that President-elect Donald Trump”s Transition Team is updated on the US government”s decision to eliminate migrant privileges for Cubans. The day before, the administration led by Barack Obama, ended the wet-dry foot policy that allowed any Cuban who came to the United States to become a legal resident, according […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba will soon host the 2nd International Berta Caceres in Memoriam Simpossium on Gender Violence, to promote scientific debate on the implications of and alternative solutions to this global phenomenon. National Sexual Education Center (Cenesex) director Mariela Castro detailed the features of the event in a press released on Wednesday, saying that the event […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba considers a positive step forward in improving relations with the USA an agreement announced yesterday by President Barack Obama to secure regular, safe and orderly migration between the two countries. Obama’s declaration does away with the so-called ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy that guaranteed any Cuban arriving in US territory, no matter how, […]
Managua, Nicaragua.-Cuba”s First Vice-President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, has ratified here today that Nicaragua can always count on the unconditional support, friendship, solidarity and cooperation of the Cuban people, government and revolution. It is a pleasure for us to visit this land, which we love and appreciate so much, Diaz-Canel said after arriving in Managua to participate […]
