Havana, February 3 (RHC) -- Cuba saw a 0.5 percent increase in tourism arrivals in 2013, according to recently-released data from the National Statistics Office. Cuba received a total of 2,852,572 foreign arrivals in 2013, up 0.5 percent from its total of 2,838,607 in 2012.... More


Luanda, February 3 (RHC) -- Cuba and Angola will strengthen bilateral cooperation and discuss the development of joint projects in the environmental area, in the framework of a visit to the African country by Cuba’s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Elba Rosa Perez Montoya.... More


Caracas, February 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced on Sunday a provocation by a local right-wing group against the Cuban baseball team that is taking place at the Caribbean Baseball Series.... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia will again participate at Cuba's International Book Fair this year for the second time after a successful participation at the literary event held in 2013.... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- A delegation of Mexican business representatives from various industries will travel to Cuba in February, along with Economy Secretary Idelfonso Guajardo, to extend trade relations with the island.... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, wrote the preface to the second edition of Historia de una Gesta Libertadora (Story of a Libertarian Action), 1952-1958, of the revolutionary fighter Georgina Leyva.... More


500th Anniversary of Camagüey

Five hundred years ago, on February 2, 1514, Spanish colonizers founded one of the first seven cities established in Cuba at Guincho Point, Nuevitas. It was named Santa María del Príncipe, today known as Camagüey... More


Caracas, Feb 1, (RHC), -- The Venezuelan government launched Friday a new security measure to crack down on a surge in crimes.... More


Warsaw, February 1 (RHC)-- New details have emerged on the George W. Bush-era secret CIA jail used to hold and torture foreign prisoners in Poland.... More


Quito, Feb 1, (RHC), -- Ecuador on Friday dispatched a new contingent of peacekeepers to join UN peacekeeping forces in Haiti, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010.... More


Washington, February 1 (RHC)-- Documents obtained by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden have revealed more about U.S. spying activities after Washington's spy chief James Clapper called on him to return all of the remaining unpublished documents.... More


La Paz, Feb 1, (RHC), -- Bolivia will not drop the suit it has filed against neighboring Chile at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanding for its access to Pacific Ocean through Chile, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Friday.... More


Bangkok, February 1 (RHC)-- Anti-government protesters in Thailand have formed blockades around buildings where ballot papers are being kept in a bid to prevent their distribution ahead of elections tomorrow, Sunday.... More


Mexico, Feb 1, (RHC), -- Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade, highlighted on Friday the great value placed by Mexico on its relationship with Cuba.... More


La Paz, Feb 1, (RHC), -- The economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed for more than half a century against Cuba by the United States is synonymous with genocide, the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said on Friday.... More


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