Havana, September 29 (AIN-RHC) -- The most recent figures on tourist arrivals in Cuba, published by the National Statistics Office (ONE) appear as a good sign following a 6.7 percent increase for August, when compared to same month of 2013.... More


Havana, September 29 (AIN-RHC) -– Havana is among the 20 finalist cities opting to be included as one of the Wonder Cities of the Modern World, a competition organized by the Swiss foundation 'Seven New Wonder Cities'.... More


Camaguey, September 29 (RHC)-- The U.S. economic blockade of Cuba makes it very difficult and costly to undertake important investment on the island’s sugar industry, said the director of Industrial Plants with the sugar sector in the eastern province of Camaguey, Erduin Delgado.... More


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United Nations, September 27 (RHC) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has denounced the global increase in military budgets at the expense of the development of peoples.... More


Havana, September 27 (RHC)-- The presidents of Namibia and Equatorial Guinea, Hifikepunye Pohamba and Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, are paying official visits to Cuba on Saturday, according to this morning's edition of Granma newspaper. ... More


Havana, September 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa met on Friday in Havana with Simon Khaya Moyo, president of the African National Union of Zimbabwe, the ruling party in that African country.... More


Havana, September 27 (RHC)-- Cuba will punish officials with the Biological Laboratories Entrepreneurial Group Labiofam after they launched two perfumes in presumed homage to Cuban-Argentinean guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara and Bolivarian leader Hugo Chavez.... More


United Nations, September 27 (RHC)-- El Salvador, Namibia, Trinidad-Tobago, Dominica and Guyana have joined their voices at the UN General Assembly to the international demand to lift the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.... More


Havana, September 27 (RHC)-- Cuba's iron, steel and transportation industries have experienced million-dollar losses with a direct impact on the people as a result of the U.S. Blockade on Cuba, according to officials from both industries.... More


Havana, September 26 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Some three-quarters of Cuba's 6.6 million hectares of arable land is affected by soil erosion, the Cuban News Agency reported Thursday.... More


Vatican City, September 26 (PL-RHC) –- Pope Francis has received a letter from the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five, updating him on the continuing plight of the remaining three members of the group, languishing in U.S. jails for the past 16 years.... More


Havana, September 26 (ACN-RHC) -- Composed by Descemer Bueno and interpreted by Gente D Zona and Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, the single “Bailando” has been submitted to the internationally-renowned Latin Grammies contest, with mentions in the categories of Recording of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Performance and Best Urban Song.... More


Havana, September 26 (ACN-RHC) -- Cuba expects visits from 200 cruise ships in the upcoming winter season, the largest number of calls ever by those ships, according to a Tourism official.... More


Havana, September 25 (RHC)—- Cuba’s Biological Laboratories enterprise Labiofam and Ghana signed a letter of intent on Wednesday to keep bilateral actions towards the control of Malaria in the African nation.... More


United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-— Leaders from Latin America, Africa and Asia expressed their strong rejection of the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba during high-level debates at the United Nations General Assembly.... More


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