Portuguese Intellectuals Ask Obama to Send The Five to Cuba
Nearly one hundred and fifty Portuguese intellectuals demanded justice to be done in the case of the five Cuban antiterrorists unfairly condemned in that northern country, in a message sent to US...
View ArticleCuban University Students Celebrate Alicia Alonso’s Birthday
On the 91st birthday of Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso, the University Students Federation of Cuba hosted a tribute to this icon of the Cuban ballet at the Havana-based institution’s Aula Magna.
View ArticleMembers of Cuban Parliament Meet in Plenary Session
After two days of meetings as part of the twelve permanent commissions of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), on Thursday, the members of the legislative body begin their work in plenary sessions...
View ArticleCuba Announces Reduction in Price of Construction Materials
A reduction of 20-30 % in the price of 122 types of construction materials was announced on Wednesday by the First Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Odalys Escandell, during a working session of the...
View ArticleCuba Reduces Imports Slightly, Calls for Further Efforts
In a meeting of the Cuban parliament’s standing commission on Economic Affairs, Cuba’s First Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Antonio Carricarte, insisted on the need for...
View ArticleCuba: Number of Self-Employed Workers Exceed 357,000
Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security Jose Barreiro Alonso announced on Wednesday that the number of self-employed workers in the Caribbean nation now exceed 357,600, which represents a...
View ArticleCuba: Economic Plan and State Budget for 2012 Approved, 3.4% GDP Growth...
Cuba’s Economic Plan and State Budget Law for 2012 were approved on Friday during the Eighth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the Seventh Legislature of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) at...
View ArticleFirst Graduation in Cuba from Oil-Related Program Takes Place in Cienfuegos
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Dec 23 (acn) In response to the Camilo Cienfuegos oil refinery’s expansion projects, in the central region of Cuba, the first graduation from oil-related training programs offered by...
View ArticleBloody Christmas: days of horror in 1956
Rafael Orejón Forment would be the first in the list of the 23 youngsters that were murdered and massacred by the end of December 1956 on the north coast ofthe former province of Oriente, in an...
View ArticleCuba Marks 50 Years of Eradication of Illiteracy
The 50 anniversary of the proclamation of Cuba as a free of illiteracy territory was celebrated on Thursday at the Ciudad Escolar Libertad, La Habana, in the presence of literacy teachers from all over...
View ArticleCuba Supporters from Australia, New Zealand to Arrive in Havana
The 29th Southern Cross Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba coming from Australia and New Zealand is expected to arrive in Havana December 28 where they will participate in festivities for the 53rd...
View ArticleU.S. Administrations Earmarked Over $200 Million for Subversion Plans...
U.S. administrations since 1997 have earmarked more than $200 million for subversion plans against the Cuban government, reads an article published on Tuesday by the www.cubadebate.cu website.
View ArticleCuba: Number of Fixed and Mobile Telephone Lines Increased in 18.5% in 2011
The number of fixed and mobile telephone lines in Cuba increased in 18.5% in the year 2011, Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported on Tuesday.
View ArticleCuba: Regulations on Plan of Subsidies Published by Official Gazette
Cuba’s Official Gazette published on Wednesday the regulations that will soon come into force regarding a plan to subsidize the construction and repair of private homes.
View ArticleCristina Fernandez Undergoes Surgery for Papillary Carcinoma
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez will be operated on for a papillary carcinoma on the thyroid gland’s right lobe on Wednesday, which was detected on December 22 during a routine medical checkup.
View ArticleNew International Effort for the Release of the Cuban Five
The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five urged activists in solidarity with the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly imprisoned in the United States to send messages or call U.S....
View ArticleVP Esteban Lazo Heads Cuban Delegation to Swearing-In of New Jamaican Prime...
Vice President Esteban Lazo heads the Cuban delegation that traveled to Jamaica to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Portia Simpson Miller, who on Thursday takes the oath of office as Prime...
View ArticleArgentinean President’s Surgery Successful
The operation carried out on Wednesday on Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez for her thyroid cancer was successful, according to the local Cronica TV television channel.
View ArticleThe March Towards the Abyss
It is not a matter of being optimistic or pessimistic, knowing or not knowing elementary things, of being responsible or not for events. Those who would like to be thought of as politicians should be...
View ArticleOn the 5th for The Five: Italian Association Sends Messages to Obama
The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association sent on Thursday letters, e-mail messages and a large number of texts by way of social networks to US President Barack Obama, in favor of the five Cuban...
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