Washington, January 21 (RHC-teleSUR) -- In his 2015 State of the Union speech Tuesday night, U.S. President Obama praised the new approach the United States has taken toward Cuba. The president once again recognized the failure of past policy, saying: “When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to do something new.”... More
Havana, January 21 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The United States must remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a top Cuban official said ahead of historic talks on Wednesday.... More
Mexico City, January 21 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba hopes to increase the flow of Mexican tourists and visitors to the island, this was revealed during a presentation carried out to tour-operators, travel agents and representatives of settled airlines. Xiomara Martinez, Tourism counselor at the Cuban embassy, stated that about 82,342 Mexicans visited the Caribbean island in 2014, placing this country's market as one of the major ones for Cuba in Latin America and the Caribbean. This year's hope is to reach the number of tourists from the Mexican nation, when more than 300 events, some of them dedicated to Mexico, plus other offers that include numerous Cuban cities, will take place in the Caribbean country, Martinez noted.... More
Tokyo, January 21 (RHC-PL) -- The first seminar to promote Cuba Destination 2015 in Japan was organized by the Nihonbashi Travellers Club travel agency and the embassy of Cuba in Tokyo, it was reported Tuesday. About 20 customers from Nihonbashi Travellers Club attended the workshop, where economic-commercial counselor Maylem Rivero revealed some aspects of interest linked to tourism of nature and historic interest in Cuba.... More
Havana, January 21 (RHC)-- Cuban and U.S. government delegations began talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and discussing other issues of mutual interest.... More
Washington, January 20 (RHC-EFE) -- A total of 78 former politicians, businessmen and members of the Cuban-American community on Monday sent an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking him to work with Congress to move forward on normalizing relations with Cuba.... More
Washington, January 20 (RHC) -- The first U.S. government delegation to travel to Havana since the announcement of the normalization of relations is slated to arrive between January 20 and 21 for bilateral talks on the normalization of ties starting on Wednesday.... More
Havana, January 20 (RHC) –- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met on Monday with a group of U.S. congresspeople who visited the island over the weekend.... More
Havana, January 20 (RHC) -– Alberto Alvariño Atienza, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, led a Cuban diplomatic delegation to visit Beijing and explore developments in China’s publishing industry.... More
Washington, January 20 (RHC)-- President Obama will tell members of Congress at tonight’s State of the Union he has done all he can do to normalize relations with Cuba and only they can lift the 50-year-old blockade, an official source told ABC News. ... More
Washington, January 20 (RHC) -- Six in 10 Americans say they approve of the government's recent move to provide diplomatic recognition of Cuba by the United States, according to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll. ... More
Minsk, January 20 (RHC-BelTA) – Economic partnership between Belarus and Cuba should be at the same level of our excellent political relations, Cuban Ambassador to Belarus, Gerardo Suarez Alvarez, told a press conference in Minsk on Tuesday.... More
Washington, January 19 (RHC-PL) -– The United States should close the prison at Guantanamo Naval Base, which causes international contempt, and prosecute detainees in U.S. territory, according to an editorial published by The New York Times. The detention center was established in January 2002 and is located in Cuban territory, against the will of the Government and people of Cuba.... More
New York, January 19 (RHC-EFE) -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will head a trade mission to Cuba in the coming months, according to his spokesperson. "As part of the Global NY initiative, Gov. Cuomo is planning to lead a trade mission to Cuba. This is one of several trips of this kind he is planning to undertake during his new term to promote New York," said Melissa Derosa, the governor's communications director.... More
Havana, January 19 (RHC-PL) -- The creator of the worldwide known Cuban literacy method "Yo, si puedo" (“Yes, I Can”), Leonela Ines Relys, has died in Havana, a victim of cancer.... More
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