Havana, June 23 (RHC) Cuba and Angola share friendship, solidarity and economic cooperation with very promising futures, said Angolan ambassador to Havana Jose Cesar Augusto, following the recent official visit to the island by Angola’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos... More


Havana, June 23 (RHC) The United States spent over $5b dollars during the past 10 years in maintaining the US Naval Base in its occupied Cuban territory of Guantanamo, where Washington has had a prison camp since 200... More


Havana, June 21 (RHC)-- The Cuban Market was the target of increasing interest of foreign entrepreneurs in 2013 despite the adverse international scenario that affects the island’s economy.... More


Havana, June 21 (RHC)-- The Cuban government strongly rejected on Saturday the blacklisting of the island by the U.S. State Department in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report by calling it a groundless unilateral practice and an offense against the Cuban people.... More


Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on all Cubans to work with strict commitment to legality and to fight social indiscipline, Prensa Latina news reported on Thursday.... More


Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President and Revolution Commander Ramiro Valdes visited the city of Cardenas, located in western Matanzas province, where he evaluated investment projects underway in the local railroad sector, the electric system and tourism.... More


Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- The Cuban Ministry of Industries will hold its First International Congress and Exhibit June 23rd through the 27th in an effort to encourage foreign investment in the sector as part of its strategic goals.... More


Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Minister of Energy and Mining Ruben Cid said in Moscow that many Russian companies that attended the 21st World Oil Congress are interested in doing business with Cuba.... More


Moscow, June 20 (RHC-ITAR-TASS)-- Russia has announced the placement in Cuba of one of its GLONASS System of Differential Correction and Monitoring (SDCM) stations. The development comes as part of an agreement with Cuba on cooperation in exploration and use of outer space. ... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) –- The General Director of the United States Division at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, has issued a statement upon learning about the passing of the mother of U.S. citizen Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison term in Cuba.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) -– Cuban President Raul Castro received his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos who is paying an official visit to Cuba.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) –- Cuba and Angola signed a memo of understanding on Wednesday to deepen bilateral cooperation relations, during the visit here by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC)-- The President of the Cuban Society of Poultry Farming Clemente Alberto Ramirez said in Havana that the economic sector in Latin America has safeguarded its competitiveness for the past fifty years, as it fosters agri-industrial development in an efficient and productive way.... More


Life Expectancy Increases in Cuba

Havana, June 19 (RHC) -– Life expectancy in Cuba increased to 78.45 years during 2011-2013, standing for a 0.48-year growth with respect to the period between 2005-2007, according to the National Statistics Office.... More


Havana, June 19 (PL-RHC) -- Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in Cuba (FAO), highlighted the need of world agricultural sectors of becoming climate-smart.... More


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