Trinidad, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- The 25th International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology began its sessions Tuesday in this south-central village of Trinidad, that UNESCO has designated a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC) -- Delegates of the insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People''s Army (FARC-EP) insisted Tuesday on the appropriateness of discussing as soon as possible the issue of para-militarism during peace talks underway in Havana with the Colombian Government. At the start of the 29th round of talks at Havana Convention Center, the head of the FARC-EP delegation to the talks, Ivan Marquez, recalled that the issue was included in the agreed general agenda.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- Cuba has reduced by over 78 percent the relative risk of amputation due to diabetic foot ulcers, thanks to a comprehensive program of care for these patients that includes the use of the drug Heberprot-P. That is the only drug in the world capable of enhancing the healing of such complex injuries, Granma newspaper reflected.... More


Brussels, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- Belgian social and solidarity organizations expressed their willingness to continue fighting for the release of the Cuban men who remain imprisoned in the United States for having fought terrorism. This commitment was made abundantly clear during the visit to the country of Fernando Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, as they are internationally known, who was attending the Manifiesta festival.... More


Madrid, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- Cuban hero Fernando Gonzalez denounced the psychological mistreatment suffered during his imprisonment and the arbitrary nature of the trials against The Cuban Five. In an interview published by the Spanish newspaper Público, Fernando, who is also vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), said that the U.S. government is apparently bent on the destruction of the socialist project in Cuba.... More


United Nations, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon thanked Cuba for its contribution to international efforts to address the epidemic of Ebola plaguing West Africa. Ban reiterated his gratitude to the Caribbean nation in a meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who arrived in New York in connection with the busy schedule currently underway at the United Nations, where the General Debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly begins on Wednesday.... More


Caracas, September 23 (NNN-RHC) -- Two new cooperation agreements between Cuba and Venezuela, to exchange supplies between the Labiofam SA and Agropatria SA enterprises, were signed in Caracas. This new program of exchanges was signed in the presence of Rogelio Polanco, Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela.... More


United Nations, September 23 (PL-RHC) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a UN forum on population and development that the prevailing system of international relations is unjust and inequitable because of its negative impact on the South.... More


Ciego de Avila, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- The Spanish chain Meliá Hotels International is expanding its presence in Cuba with the opening of a new hotel in the Jardines del Rey resort for the upcoming winter season. Luis Baez, trade specialist from the Ministry of Tourism in the province of Ciego de Avila, told Prensa Latina that Melia Jardines del Rey is a five star beach hotel located at Flamenco Beach on Cayo Coco, one of the islands that make up the Jardines del Rey resort.... More


Cienfuegos, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- In keeping with the current updating of the Cuban economic model, state-owned tourism agencies in the province of Cienfuegos Monday acknowledged the benefits of hiring private food producers. Manuel Carcasés, an expert on territorial development at the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) mentioned the advantages of purchasing food from non-state producers such as agricultural cooperatives and credit and services cooperatives (which bring together individual farmers).... More


Havana, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- The economic, trade and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States more than half a century ago attacks the education sector in the Caribbean island. Education is a inalienable right of all Cubans throughout their lives, and it is a fundamental principle of the Revolution, reflected in the Article 39 of the Constitution, says the report called "Need to Put an End to the Economic, Trade and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America on Cuba."... More


Havana, September 23 (RHC)-- The minister of China´s Food and Drugs Administration (CFDA, Zhang Yong, visited Havana's Center for the State Control of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment (CECMED) in a further action to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations in the health and biotechnology sectors.... More


Havana, September 23 (RHC)—- Over 600 experts from 21 countries including Cuba are taking part at the International Congress of the Pharmaceutical Laboratories Entrepreneurial Group Labiofam, underway at Havana’s Conventions Center.... More


United Nations, September 22 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is heading the island’s delegation to the 69th Session of the General Assembly, to open on Wednesday, September 24th. ... More


Hanoi, September 22 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Havana and Vice President Mercedes Lopez Acea wound up a working visit to Vietnam, where she met with the general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong.... More


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