Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– Although the United Nations has adopted, for 22 years in a row, a resolution condemning the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, Washington's sanctions remain in place, stronger than ever, said Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno.... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– Keith Ellis, Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto, Canada, and a defender of the Cuban Revolution, has received the Friendship Medal given by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba.... More


Hanoi, September 10 (RHC) -– Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam, has given special importance to cooperation with Cuba in the area of food, in which the two nations are carrying out several joint projects, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.... More


Moscow, September 10 (RHC) -– Russia's Health Minister Veronika Skortsova has stressed in Moscow the quality of Cuba's biotechnology industry and expressed her interest in having a larger presence of Cuban pharmaceuticals in her country. ... More


Beijing, September 10 (RHC) -- Officials from China and Cuba's ruling Communist Parties held a theory seminar on Wednesday to discuss the Communist Party's role in China's reform and Cuba's "update" of its economic model.... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -- Cuba is going for new investment in the national sugar industry, for the increase and sustainability of the production of sugar and by-products, among them alcohol, energy and food for animals.... More


Havana, September 9 (RHC) -— Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade, who is on a working visit to the island.... More


Sao Paulo, September 9 (RHC) -— Brazilian liberation theologian, Frei Betto, was bestowed on Monday with Cuba’s Solidarity Order in acknowledgement of his defense of the fair causes of the peoples.... More


Havana, September 9 (RHC) -- Visiting Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade pledged Monday to bolster ties with Cuba. Addressing students at Havana's Higher Institute of International Relations, Meade said the bilateral relationship between the two countries witnessed fruitful results and laid a basis for new ventures.... More


London, September 9 (RHC) -— Activists with the Solidarity-with-Cuba campaign in the UK have called emergency meetings to protest the denial once again by British authorities of an entry visa for Cuban anti-terrorist Rene Gonzalez.... More


Havana, September 9 (RHC) -— The grandchildren of U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway, Patrick and John, toured the Havana fishing town of Cojimar, where their grandfather made his best friends. ... More


Havana, September 9 (RHC) -– Cuba is looking to push the development of golf courses and related real estate developments.... More


Havana, September 8 (RHC) – A huge international campaign demanding the release of the three Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in U.S. jails is underway since September 4th in over 30 countries and will run until October 6th, which marks the 38th anniversary of the criminal bombing of a Cuban airliner off the coast of Barbados.... More


Colombo, September 8 (RHC) –- Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapksa, reiterated his willingness to further strengthen friendly and cooperative relations with Cuba as he met in the capital Colombo with visiting Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, on an Asian tour that includes Vietnam, Laos and New Zealand.... More


Havana, September 8 (RHC) – A total of 6,195 patients were treated in Cuba with stem cells in the first half of 2014, while the medical procedure has been expanded to 14 provinces since it was first administered here in 2004.... More


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