Havana, March 2 (RHC) -– The Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that the local Richmeat de Mexico company became the first entity to be approved by the Cuban government to invest at the Mariel Special Development Zone. ... More


Havana, March 2 (RHC) -– A large U.S. agricultural delegation began three days of meetings in Cuba on Monday, with the aim of establishing stronger business ties with the Caribbean island and pressing for the end of Washington's economic blockade on Havana.... More


Havana, March 2 (RHC) -– The European Union and Cuba will hold a third round of talks on March 4th and 5th in Havana to reach a first bilateral accord focusing on human rights and economic opening.... More


Havana, March 2 (RHC) -– Sales of Cuban premium cigars or Habanos have significantly increased in the Asia Pacific region, according to information released at the Habana Cigar Festival.... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro met with former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is currently visiting Cuba. The former UN chief is in Havana to meet with participants in the ongoing talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebel forces.... More


Washington, February 28 (RHC) -- Cuba and the United States have scheduled talks for next week on issues open to cooperation. Such topics include civil aviation and human trafficking, according to officials at the end of bilateral talks in Washington on Friday.... More


Washington, February 28 (RHC-PL) -- Former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba, Wayne Smith, said Friday that he hopes his country will stick to respectful dialogue with Cuba, and not go back to its past, hostile approach.... More


Brussels, February 28 (RHC) -- Cuba and the European Union will hold a third round of talks in Havana next week aimed at increasing trade, investment and political dialogue, an EU official told Reuters on Friday.... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC) -- A delegation of 75 top U.S. agriculture leaders organized by Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. arrive in Cuba this weekend on a trade mission to explore the potential for increased business between the two countries, the Star Tribune reported.... More


Josefina Vidal

On February 27, 2015, a new round of talks was held between the delegations of Cuba and the United States on the process of formalization of the resumption of diplomatic relations and the opening of embassies, which was announced by Presidents Raúl Castro Ruz and Barack Obama, on December 17, 2014.... More


Malabo, February 27 (RHC)-- The Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Equatorial Guinea, Coumba Mar Gadio said that the United Nations recognizes and acknowledges Cuba's solidarity and cooperation with African countries and other peoples the world over.... More


Washington, February 27 (PL-RHC)-- Cuban and U.S. delegations met Friday in Washington, DC for the second round of talks to re-establish diplomatic relations and open embassies in both capitals.... More


Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- Visiting former Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero highlighted in Havana the need to remove Cuba from the U.S. State Department's list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism. Zapatero stressed that this is a major issue to be resolved in order to pave the way for the planned re-establishment of bilateral U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations.... More


Brussels, February 27 (PL-RHC)-- Christos Stylianides, European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, recognized the role Cuba has played in fighting the Ebola epidemic.... More


Havana, February 27 (PL-RHC)-- As the doors of the 27th Cigar Festival close on Friday, new memories of this event will have been recorded, which in addition of its interests to promote trade and productive values, reveals Cuban tradition and culture. ... More


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