Education ministry officials have toured all Cuban provinces checking preparations for school year beginning this September 5th.... More
In the United States, IFCO (the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization) and Pastors for Peace, which have been organizing friendship caravans to Cuba in opposition to the U.S. blockade since 1992, has been informed by the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS, it is being stripped of its tax-exempt status. ... More
Angel Vidal, director of the National Company of Educational Supplies and Distribution, said that books and materials are ready of the upcoming school year, which gets started on Monday, September 5th. ... More
Cuba's ambassador in Ecuador, Rafael Dausa, gave a lecture Friday at the Technical University Luis Vargas, in the province of Esmeraldas, on the current state of relations between Cuba and the United States. ... More
The U.S. airline JetBlue will make the first direct commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century next Wednesday.... More
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
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