Havana, Cuba.-The Cigar Houses, attached to the Caracol Co., are ideal places to satisfy the most demanding tastes of cigar lovers. In these places, customers can enjoy the excellent service they deserve. In over 12 Cigar Houses located throughout Cuba, clients can acquire the three most emblematic products of the country: the world’s best cigar […]
Havana, cuba.-The Cubans are celebrating today the 122nd anniversary of the resumption of the unfinished battle to conquer their independence from the Spanish metropolis, known for historiography as the Necessary War. That day, the veterans of the so-called Ten Years’ War (1868-1878), also known as the Great War, and The Little War (La Guerra Chiquita-1879-1880), […]
Havana, Cuba.-A delegation from the United States congress visiting Cuba since last Sunday reaffirmed today the willingness of most members of the Capitol to consolidate relations between the United States and the Caribbean nation. The delegation, chaired by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican Representative for Mississippi Thad Cochran, also involves the blue party senators […]
Havana, Cuba.-The bioelectric power stations have been the best way to convert solar energy into electricity, Minister of Energy and Mines (MINEM) Alfredo Lopez said on the daily television program Roundtable. Lopez provided extensive information last night on the state of the prospective development of renewable energy until 2030, which could reach a share of […]
Havana, cuba.-Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez welcomed today Russian First Vice Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov, who is paying an official visit to this country. According to the Cuban Foreign Ministry website, during the meeting, Rodriguez and Titov talked about the excellent state of the bilateral relations and their prospects. The visiting official also met with […]
Havana, Cuba.-President Raul Castro has received here a delegation from the United States Congress, led by Democrat Senator from Vermont, Patrick Leahy, and Republican Senator from Mississippi, Thad Cochran. The northern delegation was also comprised of Democratic Senators Thomas Udall (New Mexico) and Michael Bennett (Colorado), Democratic Representatives James McGovern and Seth Moulton (Massachusetts) as […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 56th National Oral Polio Vaccine Campaign has started today in Cuba in which 471,888 children will be immunized in two stages in all provinces. Of that total, about 363,778 under the age of three will receive two doses (in drops) of the vaccine, in two periods, from February 20 to 26 and from […]
Havana, Cuba.-International corporation Habanos S.A. informed today about the distribution of its Limited Editions 2016 corresponding to Trinidad Topes, Montecristo Dantes and Romeo and Juliet Capuletos, a novelty for the Premium cigar market. Limited Editions of Habanos are very much appreciated and awaited every year by cigar aficionados, said the official note. These proposals are […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Port Management and the board of directors of the Pascagoula port, and the gulf of the US state of Mississippi, signed today two memorandums of understanding to establish and consolidate their trade relations. ‘We are convinced that after this rapprochement, both sides will be benefited, because we will be able to exchange […]
Camaguey, Cuba.-The city of Camaguey will host since Wednesday the 11th Symposium ”Challenges in the management of historical cities”, with the participation of prestigious specialists on preservation issues. Katherine Muller, director of the regional office of Unesco for Latin America and the Caribbean, will be in charge of the opening lecture of the forum that […]
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.-The prototype of an exoskeleton of robotic arm and a multipurpose model are the two latest releases targeted by technicians and workers of the Center of Medical Biophysics (CBM), opened here by Fidel Castro. Doctor Juan Garcia, director of CBM, said that the robotic arm is on clinical trial in five patients […]
Georgetown, Guyana.-A center for the care of Caribbean children with special educational needs associated with disabilities will be opened here in March, its coordinator, Cuban professor Jorge Duvalon announced today. Interviewed by Prensa Latina, the university professor emphasized the methodological conception of the center that includes a psycho pedagogical approach for the educational, social and […]
Havana, Cuba.-President of the National Assembly of People”s Power (ANPP) of Cuba, Esteban Lazo, and vice-president of the Vietnamese parliament, Tong Thi Phong, ratified here the desire to strengthen the ties between the two institutions. When they met at the Parliament Headquarters, -National Capitol- the parties highlighted the excellent relations between the two parliaments and […]
Camaguey, Cuba.-With the objective to preserve the architectural heritage in Cuba, the eastern city of Camaguey will host a Symposium on the Impact of Development in Historical Cities, scheduled from February 21 to 24. Specialists from the first villages founded in the 16th century on the island, will gather at the Santa Cecilia Convention Center, […]
Havana, Cuba.-Ireland”s President, Michael Higgins, will visit the ”Pedro Kouri” Tropical Medicine Institute today to learn about Cuba”s scientific progress as part of his official visit to Cuba. This scientific institution dedicated to the scientific research and innovation for the prevention, control and elimination of infectious diseases, is internationally recognized due to its relevant results […]
Havana, cuba.-The Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez walks from today in a courtyard of the historic center of this capital thanks to the work and grace of an art that Cuban José Villa Soberón fully masters sculpture. Known as the resuscitator, Villa Soberón, 2008 National Plastic Arts Prize, made the sculptures of John Lennon in […]
Havana, Cuba.-Cuba”s President Raul Castro and Ireland”s Michael Higgins have recognized the potential to promote economic, commercial and bilateral cooperation. According to an official note released by the national television, both leaders confirmed during a meeting described as cordial the good state of the bilateral relations and exchanged on issues of the international agenda. The […]
Havana, Cuba- Canadian writer Margaret Atwood´s work is today one of the great attractions in the 26th International Book Fair of Havana, with the participation of authors and publishers from more than 45 countries. Cuban scholars Nancy Morejon and Pablo Armando Fernandez translated into Spanish a poetic anthology of this icon of contemporary literature, nominated […]
Havana, Cuba- Soledad Bauza, Deputy Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cuba, said today in Havana that the National Program on Biodiversity is an essential backbone for facing climate change. With regard to Cuba it is of vital importance, given its status as a small insular State, because it makes the […]
Havana, Cuba.-French writer, poet, essayist and philosopher Paul Valery and the French literature are the issues of the program of the first session of the literary forum at the 26th International Book Fair held in Cuba. The Villena hall at the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) will host the event until February […]
