Lima, October 31 (RHC) -- Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted Cuba's contribution to the eradication of illiteracy and the continued academic development of youths and adults in the region.... More


Kingston, October 31 (RHC) -– Two experts are to arrive in Jamaica from Cuba next week, to assist with the training of health care workers and other designated Ebola frontline responders.... More


Havana, October 31 (RHC) -– The Cuban Metal and Heavy Equipment Industry announced the presentation at the upcoming Havana International Trade Fair of three projects to set up joint ventures in that sector of Cuban economy.... More


Havana, October 31 (RHC)-Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales said that the expert meeting on the prevention and fight against Ebola, held in Havana this week, revealed the need for the countries of the region to join efforts for their benefit and allowed to deepen knowledge and share experiences to be in better conditions to face the disease and assist African countries.... More


Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- The director of the U.S. Disease Control and Prevention Center, Nelson Arboleda, said during an expert meeting in Havana on Wednesday that his center is willing to cooperate with Cuba in the fight against the Ebola epidemic affecting western Africa.... More


Havana, October 30 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba is putting into practice a comprehensive plan for the prevention and containment of a potential Ebola contagion. The strategy aims to minimize risks of introduction and transmission of the virus, assured Jose Angel Portal, First Deputy Minister of Public Health.... More


Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- China is exploring business opportunities in the Cuban electricity sector through sales of LED street lights and domestic lighting.... More


Havana, October 30 (RHC)-- The Cuban literacy program known as “Yes, I Can” has been implemented in 30 nations of the world where eight million people have learned how to read and write with that methodology, said Dr. Cesar Torres, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Pedagogic Institute, which leads that initiative. ... More


Havana, October 29 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro held a meeting with the visiting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcenas, Granma newspaper reported today.... More


Washington, October 29 (RHC-PL) -- A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, James McGovern, a Democrat from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, urged President Barack Obama to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba for over 50 years.... More


Havana, October 29 (RHC) -– Members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) are meeting in Havana for two days to discuss a coordinated emergency response to the potential arrival of the Ebola virus in the region.... More


Havana, October 29 (RHC) -– The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Barcena, condemned on Tuesday the economic sanctions imposed by the government of the United States against Cuba, stressing that with such policy of blockade the United States had lost more than Cuba.... More


Moscow, October 29 (RHC) –- The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, has ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Cuba on the exploration and peaceful use of outer space.... More


Iran Appoints New Envoy to Cuba

Tehran, October 29 (RHC-FNA) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appointed Kambiz Sheikh Hassani as the New Iranian Ambassador to Cuba, Fars News Agency reports.... More


United Nations, Oct 28, (RHC), -- In his intervention at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly which debated today a resolution on the necessity to end US sanctions on Cuba, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla decried the strengthening of the US economic, financial and trade blockade imposed on Cuba for over half a decade.... More


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