Caracas, September 23 (NNN-RHC) -- Two new cooperation agreements between Cuba and Venezuela, to exchange supplies between the Labiofam SA and Agropatria SA enterprises, were signed in Caracas. This new program of exchanges was signed in the presence of Rogelio Polanco, Cuba's ambassador to Venezuela.... More


United Nations, September 23 (PL-RHC) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a UN forum on population and development that the prevailing system of international relations is unjust and inequitable because of its negative impact on the South.... More


Ciego de Avila, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- The Spanish chain Meliá Hotels International is expanding its presence in Cuba with the opening of a new hotel in the Jardines del Rey resort for the upcoming winter season. Luis Baez, trade specialist from the Ministry of Tourism in the province of Ciego de Avila, told Prensa Latina that Melia Jardines del Rey is a five star beach hotel located at Flamenco Beach on Cayo Coco, one of the islands that make up the Jardines del Rey resort.... More


Cienfuegos, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- In keeping with the current updating of the Cuban economic model, state-owned tourism agencies in the province of Cienfuegos Monday acknowledged the benefits of hiring private food producers. Manuel Carcasés, an expert on territorial development at the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) mentioned the advantages of purchasing food from non-state producers such as agricultural cooperatives and credit and services cooperatives (which bring together individual farmers).... More


Havana, September 23 (PL-RHC) –- The economic, trade and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States more than half a century ago attacks the education sector in the Caribbean island. Education is a inalienable right of all Cubans throughout their lives, and it is a fundamental principle of the Revolution, reflected in the Article 39 of the Constitution, says the report called "Need to Put an End to the Economic, Trade and Financial Blockade Imposed by the United States of America on Cuba."... More


Havana, September 23 (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 relations in the health and biotechnology sectors.... More


Havana, September 23 (RHC)—- Over 600 experts from 21 countries including Cuba are taking part at the International Congress of the Pharmaceutical Laboratories Entrepreneurial Group Labiofam, underway at Havana’s Conventions Center.... More


United Nations, September 22 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is heading the island’s delegation to the 69th Session of the General Assembly, to open on Wednesday, September 24th. ... More


Hanoi, September 22 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Havana and Vice President Mercedes Lopez Acea wound up a working visit to Vietnam, where she met with the general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong.... More


Buenos Aires, September 22 (RHC)-- Cuba is currently building in the Argentinean city of Cordoba an eye-treatment hospital to train young doctors as part of a cooperation project with the A Better World is Possible Foundation.... More


Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- The Jewish Community Center of Cuba held a cultural gala for peace on Sunday in an action calling for a better future for all nations of the world.... More


Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- Experts from over 20 countries of the world are gathering at Havana’s Conventions Center on Monday for the 2014 International Congress of Cuba’s Labiofam Entrepreneurial Group, which will present its most recent experiences in the production of pharmaceuticals for humans and veterinary use.... More


Havana, September 22 (PL-RHC)-- Cuban scientists are developing a natural product from banana, rich in dietary fiber, minerals, vitamin C and antioxidants, to add it to cereals and other foods considered delicacies to make them more nutritious.... More


Caracas, September 22 (PL-RHC) -– Venezuela will assume the production of biological and veterinary drugs in the country, supported by an agreement signed with the Cuban business group Labiofam, reported today specialized sources. According to the National Institute for Comprehensive Agricultural Health, a plant located in Aragua state will be used for that purpose.... More


Havana, September 22 (PL-RHC) -– Beginning today, the tourism campaign “Authentic Cuba” will promote the holiday resorts on the island in the east central region of Russia -- an untapped market, according to Edilberto Riverón, the representative of the ministry of tourism (MINTUR) in Russia.... More


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