The National Bureau of Statistics and Information confirmed that during the first half of 2016, Cuba reached the figure of 2.1 million visitors, for an increase of nearly 12 percent compared to the same period last year.... More


Unilever is set to open for business in Cuba next year after Dutch government officials rubber-stamped a joint venture with the state firm Intersuchel, reports the Dutch website The Patriarch.... More


Representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos have signed an historic peace accord during a ceremony in Havana. ... More


Haitian President Jocelerme Privert met with university students coming to Cuba for scholarships in the framework of the island's education cooperation with Haiti.... More


In Puerto Rico, Banco Popular, Inc. (BPOP) has announced that it is the second financial institution in the United States and the first in Puerto Rico to enable their credit cards for use in Cuba.... More


Farmers from Ciego de Avila in central Cuba will plant 2,500 hectares of pineapples through the end of 2018, with a view to both domestic consumption and export.... More


President Raul Castro met Monday in Havana with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. ... More


Cuba has been elected to occupy a seat in the council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.... More


President Raul Castro congratulated members of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists, the UNEAC, on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the organization on Monday.... More


A project by a British non-governmental organization to send a grand piano to Cuba's music conservatory Amadeo Roldan in Havana, clashed with the United States' nearly 60-year blockade against Cuba.... More


South Africa's Deputy Minister of Energy, Thembisile "Thembi" Majola, said Cuba stands as the world's highest expression of internationalism.... More


In an article devoted to Cuba's fight against the Zika virus, the British scientific magazine The Nature says that the island's success in fighting the epidemic outbreak... More


AT&T mobile customers visiting Cuba should be able to connect there more easily, thanks to a roaming and interconnection deal with Cuba's telephone company ETECSA.... More


Leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is the architect and grandmaster of unity.... More


Visiting Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wang Chao has been received by his Cuban counterpart Ana Teresita Gonzalez in Havana.... More


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