Sports News Roundup May 29

A dozen nations are competing from Friday to Sunday at the 5th ITTF Latin America Cup taking place in Havana's Ciudad Deportiva Sports Center.... More


Washington, May 29 (RHC) -– The U.S. State Department announced today that Cuba has been officially dropped from its so-called list of state-sponsors of terrorism.... More


Havana, May 29 (RHC) -– Cuban President Raul Castro met on Thursday with the Head of Government of Mexico City's Federal District, Doctor Miguel Angel Mancera, who is on a working visit to the island.... More


Havana, May 29 (RHC) -– Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro has sent greetings to participants at the International Congress Inventing Democracy of the 21th Century, which opened on Thursday in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas.... More


Havana, May 29 (RHC) –- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Thursday in Havana with a delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives who are visiting the island.... More


Havana, May 29 (RHC) –- The Cuban 2014-2015 sugar cane harvest closed with 18 percent production growth compared to last year, but fell four percent short of its output schedules, according to a report by the Sugar Group Azcuba.... More


Havana, May 29 (RHC) –- The French wine company Médocaine des Grands Crus-Bordeaux has expressed interest in marketing its products in Cuba, taking advantage of the local growing tourist market.... More


Rihanna in Havana

Barbadian singer, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna, is visiting Havana, according to the Havana restaurant La Fontana’s website... More


Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- Cuba and the United States are expected to formally announce the re-opening of embassies in Havana and Washington, D.C. next week, sources close to negotiations told ABC News.... More


Holguin, May 28 (RHC)-- Two of the five Cuban anti-terrorists who served unfair prison terms in US jails, toured places of historical and social interest in the western province of Holguin.... More


Economic Update May 28

The thaw in relations between the U.S. and Cuba has led to a stunning 36% increase in visits by Americans to the island, including thousands who are flying into Cuba from 3rd countries like Mexico to sidestep US restrictions on tourism.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC)-- Representatives of Cuba and Japan stressed that existing bilateral cooperation projects in the field of agriculture focus primarily on rice cultivation in the central Cuban region.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC)-- Salvadoran Education Minister Carlos Canjura announced the launching of a new literacy campaign in the Central American country, using the Cuban teaching method Yo, sí puedo (Yes, I Can).... More


Madrid, May 28 (RHC)-- The Association of Cuban residents in Madrid or AsiCuba (by its Spanish acronym) was officially set up Wednesday in Spain, aimed at contributing to strengthened ties between the Spanish and Cuban peoples through culture.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC)-- Cuban experts will travel to Ecuador to assess the results of a new educational program, implemented by the government of President Rafael Correa, which targets children under five years of age.... More


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