Havana, September 25 (RHC)-- President Raul Castro has sent a letter of acknowledgement to the members of Cuba’s Contemporary Dance Ensemble (DCC), a company marking on Thursday the 55th anniversary of its founding by maestro Ramiro Guerra. ... More


Havana, September 25 (RHC)-- In an effort to make more attractive and diverse its tourism product, Cuba is committed to developing nautical activities, a modality with great potential but little exploited to date. ... More


Beijing, 24 sep (RHC) Funcionarios chinos celebraron este miércoles en Beijing el medio siglo de su llegada a Cuba como parte del primer grupo de estudiantes de ese país asiático los cuales han promovido la amistad entre ambos pueblos.... More


United Nations, September 24 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez demanded at the United Nations a political commitment from industrialized countries to give effective response to climate change and its threats against humanity.... More


Havana, September 24 (AIN-RHC) -- The Minister of China's Food and Drugs Administration (CFDA) Zhang Yong visited Havana's Center for the State Control of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment (CECMED) in a further action to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the health and biotechnology sectors.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for more than half a century affects the cooperation that the island is developing with several countries, including the United States.... More


Havana, September 24 (AIN-RHC) -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative to Cuba, Theodor Friedrich, has said that Latin America and the Caribbean is the region with the greatest advances in the reduction of hunger at a global level.... More


Havana, September 24 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The standard surface air temperature in Cuba has risen by 0.9 degrees Celsius on average since the mid-1900s, state daily Granma reported.... More


Cienfuegos, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- A project for the construction of a modern cruise ship terminal is underway for the Cuban port of Cienfuegos, the country's second largest in terms of the volume of operations. José Enrique Gonzalez, Chief of the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in the territory, said that the investment will be under the charge of the Ministry of Transport.... More


Trinidad, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- The 25th International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology began its sessions Tuesday in this south-central village of Trinidad, that UNESCO has designated a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC) -- Delegates of the insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People''s Army (FARC-EP) insisted Tuesday on the appropriateness of discussing as soon as possible the issue of para-militarism during peace talks underway in Havana with the Colombian Government. At the start of the 29th round of talks at Havana Convention Center, the head of the FARC-EP delegation to the talks, Ivan Marquez, recalled that the issue was included in the agreed general agenda.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- Cuba has reduced by over 78 percent the relative risk of amputation due to diabetic foot ulcers, thanks to a comprehensive program of care for these patients that includes the use of the drug Heberprot-P. That is the only drug in the world capable of enhancing the healing of such complex injuries, Granma newspaper reflected.... More


Brussels, September 24 (PL-RHC) –- Belgian social and solidarity organizations expressed their willingness to continue fighting for the release of the Cuban men who remain imprisoned in the United States for having fought terrorism. This commitment was made abundantly clear during the visit to the country of Fernando Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, as they are internationally known, who was attending the Manifiesta festival.... More


Madrid, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- Cuban hero Fernando Gonzalez denounced the psychological mistreatment suffered during his imprisonment and the arbitrary nature of the trials against The Cuban Five. In an interview published by the Spanish newspaper Público, Fernando, who is also vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), said that the U.S. government is apparently bent on the destruction of the socialist project in Cuba.... More


United Nations, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon thanked Cuba for its contribution to international efforts to address the epidemic of Ebola plaguing West Africa. Ban reiterated his gratitude to the Caribbean nation in a meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who arrived in New York in connection with the busy schedule currently underway at the United Nations, where the General Debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly begins on Wednesday.... More


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