Havana, Cuba.-Cuban and foreign lawyers continue in this capital today the sessions of the International Congress on Law, Abogacia 2016, started yesterday under the auspices of the National Organization of Collective Law Offices (ONBC). According to the program, keynote speeches on issues related to administrative management, mediation in conflicts, globalization of law and new technologies, […]
Lisbon, Portugal.-The General Attorney”s Office of the Republic of Cuba and the Public Prosecutor”s Office of Portugal have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to strengthen relations between the public ministries from both countries. The document was signed by the Attorney General of Cuba, Dario Delgado Cura and his Portuguese peer, Joana Marques, according to an […]
Pretoria,South Africa.-Cuba will continue to present at the United Nations the resolution on ending the blockade for as long as the United States applies its aggressive policy against our country”, said the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ana Teresita Gonzalez. In statements to Prensa Latina, Gonzalez said that ‘once again Cuba will go to the […]
Maisi, Cuba.-The Ministry of Health maintains a strict epidemiological control in the eastern Cuban communities hit by Hurricane Matthew in order to prevent the spread of disease, officials said. The First Deputy Minister of Health, Jose Angel Portal, said to Prensa Latina that despite working in the sanitation of the four municipalities of Guantanamo that […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the agreement reached on Monday between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), as a result of talks held in recent months. In a statement about the talks, in which Cuba participated as Guarantor, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed last night that this step […]
Bloemfontein, South Africa.-he Premier of Free State province in South Africa, Ace Magashule, has reiterated his commitment to solidarity with Cuba until the U.S. blockade imposed on the island, for more than 50 years, has been eliminated. Magashule told Prensa Latina that the economic, political and commercial siege ‘should be lifted’ and this requires that […]
Havana, Cuba.-The United Nations System of the United Nations (UN) in Cuba today expressed its solidarity with the people affected after the effects of Hurricane Matthew and announced that it puts their skills, experiences and resourcesat the service of the affected people in Cuba. According to a press note released here, the UN maintained surveillance […]
Havana, Cuba.- ”Cuba Promotes” is the title of the promotions this country will be making in Italy, as part of the high season, said a communique issued by the Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) and circulated in this capital. The text said the presentations would be made on October 10-12, around the Italian cities of […]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- At least four people were killed and more than 17,000 were displaced in the Dominican Republic due to Hurricane Matthew, which hit Haiti today, the authorities said. Among the dead people are included three minors. Their deaths were caused by landslides resulting from heavy rains associated with the hurricane. Therefore, the […]
Havana, Cuba.-Hurricane Matthew is moving away from Cuba after lashing the eastern region of the country, according to the latest weather forecast, although strong winds and rains will persist. The category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale was at six o’clock local time at 21.3 degrees north latitude and 74.6 degrees west longitude, about 120 […]
Havana, Cuba. – Matthew begins to whip the eastern region of Cuba, as an intense category 4 hurricane. Its maximum sustained winds are 220 mph, with higher gusts, with a central pressure of 949 hectoPascal now. At 6:00 p.m. this Tuesday the radar located in Gran Piedra estimated Matthew´s center in 19.9 degrees latitude north […]
Guantanamo, Cuba.-More than 36,000 people have been evacuated today in Baracoa as part of the preparations for Hurricane Matthew, radio stations of the area have reported. According to a report by Radio Baracoa, the most vulnerable people are being prioritized during the evacuation. They will be moved to state institutions, and others are being housed […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban Civil Defense has established the hurricane warning stage for the country’s five eastern provinces, In its latest weather advisory report issued at 9:00 a.m. (local Cuban time) this Monday, October 3rd, Cuba’s Civil Defense said the country’s southeastern region will be the first to experience tropical storm winds and coastal floods associated […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-In the face of the incredulity of many people, the 46th report from the National Seismic Services clarified the doubt: a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba while people”s attention was focused on Hurricane Matthew. So, once again, nature puts the inhabitants in this eastern region to the test and forces them to […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro Ruz personally oversaw during this weekend the measures taken in the eastern province of Guantanamo to face Hurricane Matthew. During a tour of the eastern region of Cuba, the also head of the National Defense Council said that the main thing today is to prepare for then face better the reconstruction […]
Varadero, Cuba.-With the introduction of more than 20 works, the academic program of the 27th International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology, and the First Cuban Congress on External Fixation will be concluded today in this resort. These papers will be focused on issues to the spine, main member in pediatric and traumatology, while the third […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, received the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, who is on an official visit to Cuba. The leaders talked on Thursday about the friendly relations between the two countries and reiterated the willingness to expand ties, particularly in the field of cooperation. During the interview, […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Academy of Language (ACuL) today celebrates the 90th anniversary of its founding with a ceremony to be attended by renowned Ibero-American specialists. The director of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), Dario Villanueva, and the secretary general of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, Francisco Javier Perez, have arrived in the country to […]
Havana, Cuba.-Sam Nujoma, the founding President of Namibia, will pay tribute here today to Cuba”s National Hero, Jose Marti, as part of his visit to the island. As planned, the ceremony will take place this morning at the Revolution Square in Havana. Nujoma began his visit to Cuba on September 27 and will conclude it […]
Beijing, China.-The Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang today returned to Beijing after completing a successful tour in the American continent that included his participation at the 71st session of the General Assembly of the UN and official visits to Canada and Cuba. On Monday morning, Li concluded a successful visit to the Caribbean island where […]
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