Cuba to Increase Sugar Production

Havana, September 12 (RHC) -- Cuba has set a target to raise its sugar production by 15-20 percent during its new harvest year over its output of 1.6 million tons in the previous year, an official said Thursday. ... More


Nizhny Novgorod, September 12 (RHC-RIA Novosti) -- Latin America will never impose sanctions against Russia, since the two enjoy an excellent political dialogue, Cuban Ambassador to Russia, Emilio Losada Garcia said.... More


Wilmette, September 12 (RHC) -- Delegates from the Illinois Cuba Working Group (ICWG) were in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to ask Congress and the Barack Obama Administration to loosen trade restrictions so Illinois farmers and agricultural organizations can provide food to Cuban consumers.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC) -– Some 300 delegates from 50 nations of the world are attending the 10th International Colloquium with the Cuban Five and against Terrorism, which runs Thursday and Friday at Havana’s Convention Center.... More


Geneva, September 11 (RHC) -– Given the history of Cuban international collaboration, particularly in the health field, we have been asked to join the group of countries that will give initial response to an urgent call against Ebola in Africa, said Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales after a meeting in Geneva with World Health Organization Director General, Margaret Chan.... More


Hanoi, September 11 (RHC) -– Vietnam and Cuba will continue to actively promote effective cooperation mechanisms through the singing of high-level agreements and the establishment of joint economic projects.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC) -– UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon telephoned several world leaders over the last few hours to request help for African nations hit by the Ebola fever virus.... More


New York, September 11 (RHC) -- Cuba denounced at the United Nations President Barack Obama's decision to extend the economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba for another year.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC) –- Panamanian Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado confirmed this week Panama's invitation to the presidents of the United States and Cuba, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, to attend the Ibero-American Summit scheduled for April 2015 in Panama.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC) -– Cuba’s Oil Company CUPET is currently advancing horizontal oil drilling in an effort to exploit new reserves and contribute to the country’s economic development. The oil sector has thus far advanced the initiative with prospects to drill the first multilateral well soon.... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– Although the United Nations has adopted, for 22 years in a row, a resolution condemning the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, Washington's sanctions remain in place, stronger than ever, said Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno.... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– Although the United Nations has adopted, for 22 years in a row, a resolution condemning the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, Washington's sanctions remain in place, stronger than ever, said Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno.... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– Keith Ellis, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, Canada, and a defender of the Cuban Revolution, has received the Friendship Medal given by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.... More


Hanoi, September 10 (RHC) -– Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam, has given special importance to cooperation with Cuba in the area of food, in which the two nations are carrying out several joint projects, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.... More


Moscow, September 10 (RHC) -– Russia's Health Minister Veronika Skortsova has stressed in Moscow the quality of Cuba's biotechnology industry and expressed her interest in having a larger presence of Cuban pharmaceuticals in her country. ... More


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