Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Following the announcement December 17th by Cuba and the United States to re-establish diplomatic relations and amid polls showing more and more U.S. citizens favoring a change of policy toward Cuba, U.S. lawmakers expect to introduce a series of bills in the Senate over the next few months to ease restrictions of the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-AP)-- The recent rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba has been overwhelming welcomed by U.S. society, with most Americans thinking the U.S. should lift its 5-decades-old economic blockade against the island nation, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC) -- During a hearing Tuesday morning in Washington, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio –- who has described U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to move towards the normalization of relations with Cuba “disgraceful” -- showed his the real face about the most recent statements by the island on the US funding of internal subversion. ... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-Sputnik) -- The United States and Cuba will enhance cooperation to establish direct mail correspondence and increase counter-narcotics collaboration, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson said on Tuesday.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez stressed the strong bilateral cooperation relations uniting her country and Cuba during a meeting with the island´s ambassador to Caracas, Rogelio Polanco.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Experts from 10 countries will attend the 7th International Convention on Sustainable Development and Innovation to be held in the western Cuban province of Matanzas in April.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) – A gala celebrating the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam was held Tuesday in Havana with the participation of Vietnamese and Cuban officials, who conveyed their congratulatory messages and highlighted the strong relationship between the two countries’ governments, parties and people.... More
Camagüey, February 4 (RHC-acn) -- PESCACAM fish farming company, which operates in Camagüey reservoirs, started 2015 with a positive result in January, capturing 400 tons of different species of freshwater fish -- the fourth time in three decades it has reached such figures in the first month of the year.... More
Norway, Feb. 4 (RHC)-- The Annual Conference of Norway trade unions, gathered in Trondheim, approved to propose Cuba's Henry Reeve International Brigade of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics as candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.... More
Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro has met with Randy Perdomo Garcia, President of the University Students Federation, the FEU. Photos published by the Cuban press on Tuesday show the meeting between Fidel and the student leader. ... More
Havana, February 3 (RHC-acn)-- “I am the first Norwegian Foreign Minister to visit Cuba and it makes me very proud,” said Borge Brende after meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez in Havana.... More
Tokyo, February 3 (RHC)-- Minister of Health, Work and Wellbeing of Japan, Yasuhisa Shiozaki, received Cuban Ambassador to Japan Marcos Rodríguez, who was accompanied by the Economic Counselor at the Cuban embassy.... More
Havana, February 3 (PL-RHC)-- The "Victoria de Giron" Basic and Pre-clinic Sciences Institute, a leading center in Cuba to train highly qualified professionals in medical science, has been named a National Monument.... More
Havana, February 3 (RHC-Prensa Latina)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has the power to annul key components of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba, according to the General Director of the United States Department at Cuba's Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal.... More
Camagüey, February 3 (RHC-PL) -- The village of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, a Cultural Heritage of Humanity, awoke on Monday to Liberation War-era reveilles and serenades in different places, parks and plazas as Camagüey turned 501 years old.... More
More Views
- UN: Global youth is a decisive force for SDG achievements
- Candidates for Ecuador's general elections in February 2025 are selected
- Venezuelan president questions Maria Corina Machado for relying on Elon Musk to assault political power
- Cuba receives international aid for fisheries research
- Cyber-attacks increasing in Venezuela in recent days
