Professor Henry Salinas, chemical engineer from the Technical University of Ambatos in the province of Tunguragua, Ecuador is in Cuba. The reason he is visiting Havana these days is because he's doing a postgraduate course at the CUJAE. We asked the professor why he chose Cuba and to tell us about the course.... More
Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela participated Friday in the Cuba-Panama Business Forum. Varela was accompanied by Panamanian Commerce Minister Militón Arrochajunto and some 40 business executives from different economic sectors.... More
The first meeting of the Cuba-U.S. Steering Committee, a mechanism agreed by both countries to establish the agenda that will be discussed during the process towards the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States, took place on September 11, 2015. ... More
The Guatemalan president, Otto Perez Molina resigned Wednesday night after the Public Ministry presented a warrant for his arrest for his role in the so-called “La Linea” corruption case.... More
Cuba Supports the Declaration of Havana at Plaza Civica (current Plaza de la Revolucion) where over one million people representing the entire country gathered to constitute the General Assembly of the People of Cuba to reply on behalf of the people of Cuba and of Latin America to the Declaration of San José.... More
The 2015-2016 school year will start on the 1st of September with over 1 million 700 thousand children and teenagers entering in all of the different levels of education. ... More
Hi amigos radioaficionados now listening to the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited . I am your host Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK and here is item one of today's show: Short wave listeners and radio amateurs worldwide are now becoming more and more aware of what the extended period of extremely low solar activity ahead will change our hobby.... More
Distinguished members of the Cuban delegation; Excellencies from the diplomatic corps; colleagues from Washington; Ambassador De Laurentis and embassy staff; and friends watching around the world:... More
The Cuban flag was raised on July 20th for the first time in over half a century at what was once again be the site of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba to the United States of America. On that same day normal diplomatic activities began across the Florida Straights at the reinstated Embassy of the United States of America to the Republic of Cuba, according to an editorial by the The Huffington Post.... More
Every year, since 1992, World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated from August 1st to the 7th in more than 120 countries around the world. ... More
Attempts to bring former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt to justice are like something out of a comedy sketch, in a country where the judicial system is not exempt from looming corruption scandals and institutional crisis. ... More
The United States and Cuba on Wednesday announced an agreement to open embassies in each other's capitals to formally re-establish diplomatic relations for the first time since 1961.... More
Initiated as a pact to assist in the economic and social development of countries in the region, PetroCaribe is primarily an effort to alleviate the economic dependence experienced by many small developing countries in the Caribbean and Central America. ... More
By Bronwyn Lea Dear friend, It has been an eerie thing for me these past few years: sort of a déjà vu experience to watch the news and read about Ferguson, Eric Garner, Baltimore riots, McKinney and, most recently, the horrific shooting in Charleston. I’ve been watching #blacklivesmatter trend on Twitter: grief and outrage and opinions from every corner. And, as someone who grew up in Apartheid South Africa, this all feels eerily familiar to me. I listen to people talk and think I remember, and I recognize that.... More
Cuban President Raul Castro and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a bilateral meeting, however Canadian media reported that they were only informed of the meeting after the fact and only because the Canadian head of government made a passing reference to a meeting between the two leaders. A photo of the meeting was not released by the prime minister's office, nor were any statements released, suggesting that the prime minister was seeking to deliberately downplay the meeting.... More
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