Havana, September 22 (PL-RHC) -– Beginning today, the tourism campaign “Authentic Cuba” will promote the holiday resorts on the island in the east central region of Russia -- an untapped market, according to Edilberto Riverón, the representative of the ministry of tourism (MINTUR) in Russia.... More
Moscow, September 22 (PL-RHC) –- Russia''s Trade Union of Nuclear Industry Workers condemns all unilateral sanctions, particularly the US unjust economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba, a leader of that organization said. Union Vice President Yuri Borisov told Prensa Latina that his organization opposes that reprisal that Washington has maintained for over 50 years.... More
Camagüey, September 22 (PL-RHC) –- Reflecting legends and interpreting the external and internal world that surrounds them is the objective of the ceramic exhibition entitled Estos Niños Pintan Sus Vidas (These Children Paint Their Lives), which was inaugurated in the framework of the International Day of Peace on Sunday. Artist Ivan Lopez, who sponsors the initiative, explained that the project started on April 4, 2011 to stimulate creation by children with special needs.... More
The Dominican Republic Jazz Festival will celebrate its 18th year, November 6-9, with four nights of concerts in the north coast towns of Puerto Plata, Sosua and Cabarete. ... More
Leinier Dominguez tied Friday with Israeli, Maxim Rodshtein, and the St. Petersburg team won in the sixth round of the European Cup chess clubs, held in Bilbao, Spain. ... More
Cuban audiences will be able to take a look at the recent history of South Africa during the 4th South African Film Festival organized by the country's embassy to Havana and the island’s Film Institute, ICAIC, from next October 6 through 12... More
Panama City, September 20 (PL-RHC)-- The government of Panama has issued a note underlining the importance of the meeting between Foreign Minister Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado and the President of Cuba, Raúl Castro. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Council of State in Havana, during which both governments expressed their interest in reviving a bilateral agenda.... More
Madrid, Sept 20 (PL-RHC), – The Cuban antiterrorist fighter Cuban Fernando Gonzalez received in Madrid on Friday, a commemorative medal to honor Dolores Ibárruri, the Passion Flower. "The Cuban Five are an example that Cuba can never subjected to the US, because after all what they did, they could not break the will of these five men," said Jose Luis Centella, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).... More
Minsk, September 20 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Representatives from the Ukrainian government and rebel groups in eastern Ukraine signed a deal Saturday to establish a weapon-free buffer zone after holding peace talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk.... More
Bogota, Sept 20 (Xinhua-RHC), -- Two guerrilla rebels and a policeman were killed when an unidentified group of insurgents were trying to launch an explosive on a police station in the northwestern Colombian city of Arauca on Friday.... More
Havana, September 20 (PL-RHC), The Cuban province of Holguin reported an infant mortality rate lower than 5 per 1000 live births from January to September this year, according to a report released Friday. Caterine Chivas, head of the Maternal-Child Care Program in this Eastern province, told the Cuban News Agency (AIN) they are immersed in an specialized follow-up process for pregnant women with different diseases.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 20 ( PL-RHC), – The Coordinator of Solidarity with Cuba had a meeting with the president of the Journalists College of Chile, Javiera Olivares, to assess future exchanges on topics of the Caribbean nation. Carlos Lagos and Pedro Bronzic, leaders of the solidarity group, congratulated Olivares on the occasion of her recent election as president of the Journalists College, and presented her with a series of texts related to Cuba.... More
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20, (RHC) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he has established a UN mission to combat Ebola with the advance teams to be deployed to West Africa by Monday.... More
La Paz, September 20 (PL-RHC), -- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Organization of American States (OAS) are the two international organizations that have confirmed their presence as observers in Bolivian elections scheduled for Oct 12.... More
Quito, September 20 (PL-RHC), -- The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, on Friday inspected the damage caused by violent protesters in San Francisco Square, which is part of the historic center of the city declared a World Cultural Heritage.... More
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