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


United Nations, October 28 (RHC)-- For the 23rd consecutive year, the vast majority of the international community represented at the UN General Assembly rejected the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba and demanded an end to the criminal policy.... More


Havana, October 28 (RHC) -- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed on Monday the visiting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcenas.... More


Lisbon, October 28 (RHC-PL) -- Portuguese organizations have condemned the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.... More


Riyadh, October 28 (RHC) -– The governments of Saudi Arabia and Cuba have pledged to further strengthen their relationship through the promotion of economic cooperation and political dialogue. This was agreed upon during a meeting in Riyadh between Deputy Cuban Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra and his Saudi counterpart, Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Jandan.... More


Montevideo, October 28 (RHC) -- Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro will head an official delegation to the upcoming Havana International Fair FIHAV 2014, official sources said Monday.... More


Havana, October 27 (RHC) -– Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a session of the Council of Ministers, which considered and adopted policies and measures related to the updating of the country´s economic model.... More


Havana, October 27 (RHC) -– The Cuban Health Ministry announced the death from Malaria, on October 26th, of an economist with the island´s medical brigade that is fighting Ebola in Guinea.... More


La Paz, October 27 (RHC) -– Bolivian Health Minister Juan Carlos Calvimontes announced in La Paz that six doctors from his country will attend a preparatory meeting in Cuba on the clinical management of Ebola.... More


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