Havana, January 7 (RHC) -– The National Electoral Commission was officially set up on Tuesday in Havana for the upcoming partial elections of delegates to local governments or assemblies of the People’s Power.... More
Havana, January 7 (RHC) -– A group of students from Hartwick College, in the U.S. state of New York, toured several institutions in the south-central Cuban province of Cienfuegos as part of a bilateral academic exchange program.... More
Havana, January 7 (RHC)-- Cuban hero Gerardo Hernandez -- one of the Cuban Five held for more than 16 years in U.S. prisons -- and his wife Adriana Pérez, had their dream come true with the birth of their first daughter, Gema, on Tuesday.... More
Panama City, January 7 (RHC) -– Panama is retaking the national literacy program based on the Cuban method known as “Yes, I Can,” after a five-year freeze under the administration of Ricardo Martinelli. ... More
Havana, January 7 (RHC) -– Argentinean Airlines (AA) flies for the second time this year to Cuba with fully occupancy, while its two weekly flights during January have already been fully booked.... More
Santiago de Cuba, January 7 (RHC) -– An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted 9.1 km southwest of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Cuba's Seismological Institute reports.... More
Jefferson City, January 7 (RHC) -- Governor Jay Nixon of the U.S. state of Missouri views the recent announcement of intentions to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba as having potential to create significant opportunities for his state's number one industry: agriculture, according to Industry Week magazine in an article published on Tuesday.... More
Pittsburgh, January 7 (RHC)-- It is ironic that two events coincide at this time, with an opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba by President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate debating the need for increased oversight of the CIA given its out-of-control torture of individuals at Guantanamo, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday.... More
Havana, January 6 (RHC) – Cuba has implemented a National Ebola Prevention Program against the introduction and spread of that virus in the country, which involves the training of over 384 persons, according to Granma newspaper.... More
Washington, January 6 (RHC) -– U.S. officials acknowledged the prestige of Cuba in the fight against drug trafficking and expressed the need to expand cooperation accords between Washington and Havana, according to the Washington Post. ... More
Cairo, January 6 (RHC) -– Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi expressed his best wishes and congratulations to the Cuban people and his willingness to support the expansion of bilateral relations with the island.... More
Havana, January 6 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Cuba's State Council convened about eight million voters for partial elections in April to choose the delegates for a two-and-a-half-year-term to the 168 municipal assemblies of the People's Power, the daily Granma newspaper reported Monday.... More
Havana, January 6 (RHC)-- New figures show U.S. exports to Cuba probably hit one of their lowest points in a decade last year, an indication of the barriers to increased trade despite U.S. President Barack Obama's intentions to expand ties, according to the Associated Press.... More
Quito, January 6 (RHC) -– A new Ecuadorian construction brigade has headed for Cuba to support housing projects underway in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, hard hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.... More
Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- An assortment of agricultural groups on Thursday will announce the launching of a new coalition to support advanced agricultural trade to Cuba, according to the office of Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D, published by Rusty Halvorson at American Ag Radio Network.... More
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