Havana, October 16 (RHC) -– Over half of the total number of homes built in the country this year were raised by efforts of their owners, a growing trend in Cuba today, although the housing plan continues to be behind schedule for the second consecutive year.... More


Cuba Develops Dengue Vaccine

Havana, October 16 (RHC) -– Experts with the Havana-based Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center have announced advancements of a project for a vaccine to fight the four existing types of Dengue.... More


Havana, October 16 (RHC) -– Cuba appointed 50-year-old Antonio Eduardo Becali, a Doctor in Sciences and Rector of the University of Physical Education and Sports, as the new president of the National Sports, Physical Education and Recreation Institute (INDER), replacing current President Julio Christian Jimenez.... More


Pinar del Rio, October 16 (RHC) -– Tobacco planting in western Pinar del Rio will use over 15,900 hectares of land for the 2014-2015 campaign, 115 hectares more than last year, when the local production was well behind schedule particularly due to bad weather.... More


Managua, October 16 (RHC) -— A group of Cuban specialists will arrive in Nicaragua on Friday to advise local workers in the fight against Ebola.... More


Havana, October 16 (RHC) –- As part of measures to fight terrorism in all its forms, the Cuban Customs authorities have begun to set up Radiation Portal Monitors at airports and harbors that receive international cargo and passengers.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-AIN), -- U.S. Reverend Jesse Jackson called to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba over the last 52 years, as published on Tuesday by the Web site of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -- Health is a sector with a huge potential for cooperation between Ecuador and Cuba, the Public Health Minister of Ecuador Carina Vance asserted on Tuesday.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -- From a standpoint of satire and humor, Cuban cartoonists skewered the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government against Cuba for over half a century.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -– The Eighth Cuban Congress on Microbiology and Parasitology continues today with the keynote speech "Situation of infectious diseases in the Americas: advances and challenges." ... More


Lisbon, October 15 (RHC) -- A workshop attended by over 150 tour operators at Altis Park Hotel preceded a tour of several cities in the Iberian Peninsula, as part of the campaign Autentica Cuba to promote the Islands' tourist attractions.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-PL) -- The opening of new air routes by the Swiss airline Edelweiss aims to promote leisure travel from that European country towards Cuba, says an official report.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-Xinhua), -- A recent New York Times editorial urging the United States to end its embargo of more than 50 years against Cuba is a reflection of the "difficult situation" the North American country now faces, said former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.... More


Sana'a, October 15 (RHC-SABA) -- Yemen and Cuba signed in the Yemenite capital Sana'a an agreement on mutual visa exemption.... More


Kingstown (St. Vincent), October 15 (NNN-RHC), -- Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has returned home from Cuba where he had received 18-day medical treatment for an injury to a muscle in his right thigh.... More


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