Havana, Cuba.-Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernandez, is today concluding an official visit to Cuba, where he shared with his peer, Raul Castro, the need to deepen bilateral ties between the two nations. The distinguished visitor expects to participate early today in a race called ‘Hondura Activa’, which will be held at the Jose Marti’s Revolution […]
United Nations, United Nations.-UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has reiterated today that gender violence represents a serious violation of human rights and has called for an end to it through a collective action. ‘This violence is a public health pandemic and a serious obstacle for sustainable development,’ Ban warned in his message on the International Day […]
Santiago, Chile, Chile.-Cuban media executives have expressed thanks today for the promotion of cooperatiion with the Chinese press, regarding a summit meeting held in this capital. The president of the Prensa Latina News Agency, Luis Enrique Gonzalez; and the general director of Granma newspaper, Pelayo Terry, have offered their comments on the final day of […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 24th Session of the Inter-Government Commission between Cuba and Vietnam concluded today in the capital, with the signing of important agreements to consolidate the bilateral relations in the economic and technological-scientific areas. Before business people from both countries, the Cuban minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration, Rodrigo Malmierca, asserted that […]
Havana, Cuba.-Brazilian specialists presented their criteria on civil engineering as part of the activities of the 18th Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture (CCIA 18) in Havana´s Convention Center. The Technological University of Havana José Antonio Echevarría (Cujae) invited me to participate in this event, which was very beneficial for the existing exchange between our […]
Havana, Cuba.-Tourism in Cuba increases every year and there are plans already to welcome more than four million foreign visitors next year, sources from the sector reported today. Maria del Carmen Orellana, Marketing Director General for the Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR) and the director general of operations and quality, Maria del Pilar Garcia, showed their […]
Ankara, Turkey.- A delegation of officials from the Cankaya City Council in Ankara presented today an assessment of local management following a trip to Cuba where they held a meeting with representatives of various Cuban municipalities. The delegation visited the municipality of Playa, in Havana, and proposals were issued to implement a twinning between both […]
Havana, Cuba.-More than 600 young creators will meet at the 9th edition of the Love In Festival, which will bring gather all the arts in the Morro-Cabana complex, according to the spokeswoman of the event, Yakiela Torres. On Friday and Saturday, 15 different venues will simultaneously open exhibitions that will show the work made on […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Italian Culture Week in Cuba is now paying tribute to the prestigious director Ettore Scola (1931-2016), with the premiere of his film ”The Dinner”. The Fresa y Chocolate Cinematographic Cultural Center will host the screenings of Scola’s films The Terrace and The Family. The Dinner tells the stories of several regular and sporadic […]
Havana, Cuba.-Papua New Guinea”s Prime Minister, Peter O”Neill, is concluding an official visit to Cuba, where he ratified along with President Raul Castro a common interest in strengthening bilateral relations. With a visit to the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, O’Neill will begin the activities planned for the final day of his stay in […]
Havana, Cuba.-The International Festival of New Latin American Cinema has issued a special supplement that includes information on the five Cuban films in competition. In the fiction feature films are ‘Ultimos dias en La Habana’ by Fernando Perez, ‘Ya no es antes’ by Lester Hamlet and ‘Sharning Stella’ by Enrique Alvarez. Two Cuban films will […]
Havana, Cuba.-Under the motto ”Engineering and Architecture for a Sustainable Future”, the capital”s Conventions Palace will host from today until next Friday the 18th Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture (CCIA 18). The event is organized by the Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cujae), Cuba’s main university in the field of technical sciences and […]
Havana, Cuba.-Papua New Guinea”s Prime Minister, Peter O”Neill, begins an official visit to Cuba today, during which he will meet with President, Raul Castro. O’Neill leads the National People’s Congress Party and has been the head of the Papuan government since August 2011. Papua New Guinea is an Oceania country that occupies the eastern half […]
Havana, Cuba.-ietnamese President, Tran Dai Quang, is concluding an official visit to Cuba today with the opening of a business forum for cooperation between the two nations. The president will attend a meeting at the Hotel National in Havana and later will travel with his accompanying delegation to the Mariel Special Development Zone, in the […]
Havana, Cuba.- Vietnamese President Dai Tran Quang exhorted Vietnamese entrepreneurs to make busineses and investments with Cuba and increase the economic, commercial and financial links, and make joint investments in both nations. ‘This is the common will, ratified at the maximum political and governmental level,’ said President Tran Quang when he spoke about a dialogue […]
Havana, Cuba.-he Natural History Museum of Paris and its Cuban counterpart signed today here an agreement of collaboration destined to legalize the exchanges between both institutions. On the French part the director of the French scientific entity in Paris, Bruno David; and the director of the National Museum of Natural History of Cuba (MNHN), Esther […]
Havana, Cuba.-The head of the Cuban delegation to the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), Jose Fidel Santana reaffirmed today Cuba”s commitment to fight the climate change. During his speech at COP22, Santana said challenges, faced with deterioration of the planet, generate an increasing sense of urgency in taking concrete actions and the need to […]
Havana, Cuba.-Physicians and surgeons from the United States and Cuba are holding an academic exchange, focused among other issues on the accreditation of services. The members of the International Board of Medicine and Surgery of the United States, a non-governmental organization that brings together all medical and paramedical specialties from that American nation, will attend […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro in a speech through national media gave today the order to start the Bastion 2016 strategic exercise. The aim of those drills is to increase the level of preparation and cohesion of the management and command bodies of all levels of the troops, economy and the population, he noted. He explained […]
San Jose, Costa Rica.-Two Costa Rican solidarity groups today saluted Cuba for carrying out the Strategic Exercise Bastion 2016, which they deem as necessary practice for the defense of the country. In a statement published in the capital, the Bolivarian Circle Yamileth Lopez and the Costa Rican People’s Center of Social Studies highlighted that the […]
