Havana, February 2 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba's Central Bank (BCC) has put into circulation banknotes of 200, 500 and 1,000 Cuban pesos beginning this weekend, to facilitate larger cash transactions, the institution said in a statement.... More
Havana, February 2 (RHC) -– Four people were killed and 16 others injured when a truck flipped over on a highway in Sancti Spiritus, a province in central Cuba, state media reported.... More
Havana, February 2 (RHC)-- Cuba is getting ready for mid-term elections to take place on April 19th. The Council of State agreed in September 2014 to create and train working commissions in every province to guarantee the organization and logistics needed for the process, according to an article in the daily newspaper Granma. ... More
Boston, February 2 (RHC-AP)-- The United States has an “enormous interest” in building diplomatic relationships with Cuba, Secretary of State John Kerry said during a weekend meeting with his counterparts from Canada and Mexico, according to a report by the Boston Globe on Monday.... More
Geneva, January 31 (RHC-PL) -- World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chang held a dialogue with the Cuban delegation to the 136th Period of Sessions of the Executive Council of the international organization regarding aspects of mutual interest.... More
Havana, January 31 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba maintains an active epidemiological system mainly focused on the Ebola virus, as part of the strategy developed in the country to prevent and fight the illness.... More
Santiago de Cuba, January 31 (RHC-PL) -- The wreckage of Spanish Admiral Pascual Cervera's fleet, involved in the end of the Spanish-Cuban-American War, will be declared a national Monument during an international symposium on underwater activities next July.... More
Madrid, January 31 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba confirmed in the International Tourism Fair in Madrid (FITUR) that the country maintains open doors to investments and businesses in the tourist industry, today headed towards a substantial expansion of options and capabilities.... More
Havana, January 30 (RHC)-- Danish professors Carsten Heilmann and Hilde Hylland, of the University of Copenhagen, highlighted Cuba's high scientific level and high indexes of health, in spite of the fact that it's not a developed nation.... More
Havana, January 31 (RHC-Granma International)-- Cuba's International Book Fair, soon to celebrate its 24th edition, has become one of the island’s most important events, in addition to the Festival of New Latin American Cinema. The Book Fair practically opens the year (February 12-22) while cinema closes it (always in December) with both events attracting thousands of people.... More
Washington, January 31 (RHC-EFE)-- Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday that he is working on legislation to ease the U.S. blockade on agricultural and telecommunications exports to Cuba as a step toward normalizing relations between the two countries, according to Fox News.... More
Havana, January 31 (PL-RHC)-- One of the stars of world ballet, Ukrainian Vladimir Malakhov, calls on Cuba to the second edition of the International Dance Contest of the North Atlantic.... More
Havana, January 30 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raúl Castro arrived in Havana on Thursday afternoon after attending the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Costa Rica.... More
Washington, January 30 (RHC) -– Despite the recent rapprochement efforts by the Cuban and U.S. governments, the White House said Thursday it had no plans to return Guantánamo Bay, the site of a major U.S. naval base and military prison on Cuba’s southeast coast.... More
Paris, January 30 (RHC) -- Cuban Vice President of the Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas is on a working visit to France to discuss bilateral economic and commercial relations, diplomatic sources reported Thursday.... More
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