Nobel Prize for Chemistry Extols Cuban Scientific Potential
Peter Agre, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry recipient, said today in Havana that Cuba has a lot to teach to the world, especially in aspects related to public health, which constitutes a...
View ArticleWild Dogs Threaten Cattle Raising in Central Cuba
A group of scientists working for the Cuban Environmental Agency started a study on wild dogs, whose attacks on cattle herds in central Cienfuegos province have grown recently.
View ArticleState of war... in sports?
Chris Easton, the former executive director of INTERPOL reponsible for preventing football threats by gamble scammers said that “sports is in a state of war”, during an interview with a German news...
View ArticlePhotos on Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez On Display in Havana
John Kirk, professor of Latin American Studies of the University of Dalhousie, Canada, who has been to Cuba more than 70 times on solidarity missions, received on Wednesday the Medal of Friendship...
View ArticleCuban-Americans in the U.S. Reject Bid to Restrict Travel and Remittances to...
Cuban-Americans living in the United States and organizations favoring the improvement of relations between the two countries have urged the U.S. Congress to reject a bid to restrict travel and...
View ArticleCuba: New Record of Tourist Arrivals Set in 2011
Cuba is concluding the year 2011 with a new record of foreign tourist arrivals, which confirms the tourism sector as one of the main sources of hard currency income for the economy of the Caribbean...
View ArticleU.S. Congress Drops Bid to Restrict Travel and Remittances to Cuba
A bid to restrict travel and remittances to Cuba proposed by congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL.) was dropped from the spending bill —currently under discussion at the U.S. Congress— following...
View ArticleWorking Commissions of Cuban Parliament to Meet Next Week
The twelve working commissions of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 20-21, to discuss the results of the annual work of its nearly 400 members.
View ArticleRaul Castro Receives Delegation of the Vatican
Cuban President Raul Castro met on Sunday in this capital with a delegation of the Holy See, now on an official visit to the island to coordinate the next trip to the Caribbean island of Pope Benedict...
View ArticleThree Cubans Inducted into Hall of Fame of CAC Athletics Confederation
Cuba’s World and Olympic medalists Ioamnet Quintero (women’s High Jump), Aliecer Urrutia (men’s Triple Jump) and Yoel Garcia (men’s Triple Jump) were inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Central...
View ArticleLizt Alfonso: Cultural Ambassador of the UN
Cuban dancer and choreographer Lizt Alfonso has been appointed a Cultural Ambassador of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
View ArticleInt’l Jazz Plaza Festival 2011 Ended in Havana
The 27th International Jazz Plaza Festival 2011 concluded on Sunday night at Havana’s Mella Theater with the performances of maestro Frank Fernandez and Joaquin Betancourt’s Jazz Band.
View ArticleForeign Relations Top on the Cuban Parliament’s Agenda for 2012
The Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) announced on Tuesday that further expanding international relations and links with parliamentary bodies around the world will be a top priority on its agenda...
View ArticleCuba: New Credit System Comes Into Effect Today
A recently approved credit system allowing the granting of loans to small-business owners, private farmers and those looking to repair or rebuild their homes has come into effect in Cuba, this Tuesday,...
View ArticleCuba Declares Official Mourning for Kim Jong-il
Cuba declared three days of mourning after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who passed away last weekend.
View ArticleSalvadorian Education Minister Thanks Cuban Support in Literacy Campaign
El Salvador’s Vice President and Ad Honorem Education Minister, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, thanked Cuba for its help in proclaiming Comacaran as the first municipality free of illiteracy of the Central...
View ArticleCuba-US.: the Swap policy
The news, although they didn’t come as a surprise to anyone decently familiar with the US hostile approach to Cuba, is still a warning of how powerful the Miami reactionary sectors are, and of their...
View ArticleRicardo Alarcon: Hard Work and Discipline, Key to Overcome Difficulties
The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, congratulated the Cuban people and said that hard work and discipline are key factors to face and overcome any difficulties...
View ArticleCuba Boosts Use of Sugarcane Biomass to Generate Electricity
Members of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) discussed on Wednesday the potential of sugar mills in the Caribbean nation to generate electricity using industrial biomass, a natural material...
View ArticleCuban Experts Call for Greater Integration of Environmental Programs
Specialists of the Parliamentarian commission on Energy and Environment agreed on the need for programs fighting climate change to be better interconnected both at a national and regional level.
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