Havana, Cuba.-The American company Alaska Air Group began commercial flights to Cuba with the transfer of about 170 passengers from Los Angeles to this capital. Speaking to Prensa Latina, the general director of Alaska for Mexico and Costa Rica, Francisco Albiter, said on Thursday that for the company is ‘very exciting’ the opening of its […]
New York, United States.- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has called for an end to the transfer of detainees from the the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. In a statement on Tuesday, Trump spoke against closing the military prison and said the U.S. government should avoid releasing any more prisoners from the detention center in order to […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba has maintained, for the ninth consecutive year, an infant mortality rate of less than five deaths per thousand live births. In 2016, of 116,869 live births, there were 497 deaths in children under a year old, 38 less than in 2015. The figures translate into a mortality rate of 4.3 deaths per thousand […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban beach volleyball player Sergio Gonzalez predicted that the main Cuban pair in this sport would achieve new victories in the World Circuit in 2017. ‘We, based on the results achieved in the Olympic Games, are in good conditions to be included in the World Circuit, which is the top level in beach volleyball […]
Paris, France.-Unesco today sent its congratulations to the Cuban people and authorities on the 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, celebrated on January 1st. The letter expresses the wish that in the new year ties that have always existed between Cuba and Unesco would be strengthened and highlights that the 70th anniversary of […]
Havana, Cuba.-The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) celebrated the 58th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban Revolution with the performance of the classic The Nutcracker, in version of director of BNC Alicia Alonso. Through Alonso´s hands, historian of Havana Eusebio Leal, was granted yesterday the Annual Award given by the Gran Teatro de La […]
Havana, Cuba.-The president of the University Student Federation (FEU), Jennifer Bello, expressed today the commitment of the Cuban youth to the work of the Revolution, on the occasion of Revolutionary Armed Forces Day (FAR). The data, that this time commemorates the 60th anniversary of the uprising of Santiago de Cuba and the landing of the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban President Raul Castro chaired today the military and civil parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the arrival in Cuba of the Granma yacht on December 2nd, 1956. The military parade began with the firing of 21 gun salute and the national anthem of Cuba. The parade opened with a representation of the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba will never bow to the pressures and threats of the USA, confirmed today thousands of Cubans who marched through the mythical Plaza, José Martí, to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution. ‘We are here with our president Raúl Castro to ratify the commitment to defend the achievements of the […]
Havana, Cuba.-As if sailing in a sea of children who waved their blue handkerchiefs, the Granma yacht, symbol of the beginning of the last stage of the liberating struggles of Cuba, visited today the Plaza de la Revolución. Imposing for the historical content that accompanies it, this replica of the yacht, in which reached the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Several health institutions in Cuba, recently remodeled, were visited today by journalists and officials of the Ministry of Public Health, who knew about the process of transformation that the state develops at the national level. The tour, which took place in Havana for two days, included the Psychiatric Hospital of Havana, the most important […]
Havana, Cuba.-The photograph exhibition entitled ”Unknown Russia” is call to protect the environment from the Museum of the Revolution (former Presidential Palace), in this capital, with a diverse content of flora, fauna and landscapes. The exhibition tells a lot about the most remote and little-known places in Russia, even to many citizens from that country, […]
Havana, Cuba.-Despite ongoing economic challenges, Cuba is assigning 51% of the current outlays of its 2017 Budget to health, education and social welfare. In presenting the State Budget for 2017, Finance and Prices Minister Lina Pedraza told the closing session Tuesday of the Cuban Parliament for 2016 that outlays would augment for Social Welfare in […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban music students members of the Jazz Band of the Cuban Amadeo Roldan Conservatoire will play at a community concert next January 5 in the USA, the Ministry of Culture has reported here today. The 14 young players will be traveling to New Orleans on an invitation by the Horns to Havana Project to […]
New York,United Nations.- Cuba has ratified the Paris Agreement, an initiative aimed at protecting present and future generations from the effects of climate change. The Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations (UN), Ana Silvia Rodriguez, and Arancha Hinojal, legal officer of the Treaty Section of the UN Office of Legal Affairs, led […]
New York, United States.-The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) recognized today at the General Assembly of the United Nations the contribution of Fidel Castro to regional integration. His contribution is a fundamental legacy for regional integration, inspired in the principles of sovereignty, peace and solidarity of peoples, affirmed the Dominican ambassador Francisco […]
Washington, United States.-Cuba and the United States signed in this capital a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the exchange of information on seismic records and related geological information. The document was signed by Fernando González, Ph.D., First Vice-minister of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba (Citma), and William Werkheiser, interim director […]
Moscow, Russia.-The chief of the State Duma Defense Committee (Russian lower house), Vladimir Shamanov, welcomed the Cuban ambassador to the country, Emilio Lozada Garcia, diplomatic sources reported today. During the meeting, in a friendly atmosphere, both sides exchanged views on the importance of increasing ties in the political, parliamentary and technical-military spheres between Cuba and […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba defends the principle of international cooperation without economic, political and social conditions that will imply interference in internal affairs or undermines sovereignty of a country. Such principles are valid both for the collaboration received by Cuba as for the one provided by us to more than 180 countries, involving more than one million […]
Havana, Cuba.-Turkish Airlines will begin operations in Cuba on December 20th, when its first flight will arrive in the capital, according to the Cuban Tourism Ministry. With three weekly flights on the Istanbul-Havana-Caracas route, the flights will use a Boeing 777 aircraft with a capacity for 349 passengers. ‘The prestigious Turkish-flag airline, with its multiple […]
