Guatemala, Cuba.-Members of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) confirmed today that about 10 companies will participate in Guatemala”s thirty-fourth edition of the International Fair of Havana (FIHAV 2016) in Cuba. The meeting in the capital of the Caribbean island will take place from October 31 to November 4. Guatemalan companies attending the event will […]
Washington, United States.-The main topic included in the final declaration of the 3rd Meeting of Cuban Residents in the United States was a public denounce of the hostile policy that it is the illegal and inhumane economic blockade imposed by the US on Cuba. The meeting held in Washington during the weekend brought together Cuban […]
Guantanamo, Cuba. – While Hurricane Matthew affected 41 doctor´s offices in Maisi, this territory in the Cuban eastern end guarantees PHC in 60 constituencies. Dr. Raul Margendie Moises, community family physician in La Mula, said that before the hurricane, they tried to preserve their belongings, but life was always the most important thing. They took […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-The Japanese ambassador to Cuba, Masaru Watanabe, has predicted an increase in Japanese tourists visiting Cuba and highlighted that Japanese tourism to Cuba rose by 80 percent in 2015. The ambassador expressed his desire that Japanese tourists visit Cuban cities other than Havana, especially Santiago de Cuba, the second largest in the […]
Havana, Cuba.-U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Sylvia Burwell, begins a working visit to Cuba today, to be run until Saturday, October 22. During her stay in the island, Burwell will hold a meeting with Cuban Public Health Minister, Roberto Morales. Both officials will review issues of the bilateral cooperation enshrined in the memorandum […]
Havana, Cuba.-The First Regional Meeting for the strategy of surveillance and control of arboviruses started here today with the assistance of health ministers, specialists from most countries of the Americas and their European colleagues. Sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap, in Spanish), the event aims […]
Quito, Ecuador.- Cuba”s Council of State Vice President, Salvador Valdes, visited the headquarters of the ruling Alianza PAIS (AP) Movement in Ecuador, and exchanged with some of its executives before returning to Havana today. During the meeting, Valdes talked with AP executive secretary, Doris Soliz, and other officials of the Movement about the political, social […]
New York, United States.-The Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations, Elbio Rosselli, stated today that the U.S. blockade on Cuba should never exist, and his country will reject it at the General Assembly on October 26. ‘Unfortunately we have to come once again to vote against a measure that should never be applied,’ […]
Paris, France.-French President Francois Hollande advocated the end of the US blockade against Cuba in statements released today by the Elysee Palace. Hollande considered that this policy makes no sense nowadays. In a speech pronounced for the 70th anniversary of the House of Latin America in Paris, the leader expressed the rejection to the economic, […]
Havana, Cuba.-The economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States for more than 50 years ago continues today as the main obstacle in Cuba for the development and progress of a decentralization process. Bolivian Autonomy Minister, Hugo Siles, states that in addition to the main cause of millions in losses to the Caribbean […]
