Havana, June 22 (RHC)-- The Cuban economy is expected to grow a little over four percent in the first half of 2015, according to Economy and Planning Minister Marino Murillo during a recent meeting of the Cuban Council of Ministers. The meeting was presided over by Cuban President Raul Castro and analyzed the performance and of the economy and its prospects for the future.... More
Singapore, June 22 (RHC-Channel News Asia) -- Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, K Shanmugam, arrives in Cuba on Monday for an official visit that runs until Wednesday, media in the South East Asian country reports.... More
Johannesburg, June 22 (RHC) -- The five anti-terrorist fighters known worldwide as The Cuban Five have paid tribute to South African anti-apartheid leader Oliver Tambo, as they began a visit to the African nation.... More
Buenos Aires, June 22 (RHC) – Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina is traveling on Monday to Argentina for an official visit. The visit aims to strengthen diplomatic ties between both governments.... More
Sancti Spiritus, June 22 (RHC)-- Workers with the Cuban Railway Union are hard at work to restore an over-two-kilometer of railroad tracks severely damaged after a cargo train derailed on Saturday in the locality of Cabaiguan, central Sancti Spiritus province.... More
Seoul, June 22 (RHC) -– A Cuban culture festival will take place in the South Korean capital, Seoul, from June 26th to July 5th as part of cultural exchanges between the two countries, according to the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.... More
Havana, June 22 (RHC) -– Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel handed over to five-time world champ the Cuban flag that will head the Cuban sports delegation to the 17th Pan-American Games in Toronto, Canada.... More
Vatican City, June 20 (RHC)-- The Vatican has unveiled Pope Francis’ historic encyclical on climate change, urging world leaders to pay their "grave social debt" to the poor and take swift action to save the planet from environmental ruin. ... More
St Petersburg, June 20 (RHC-EFE) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in St Petersburg that he views the rapprochement between Cuba and the U.S. as a positive step, EFE news agency reports.... More
Beijing, June 20 (RHC) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will arrive in Cuba on Thursday, June 25th, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Friday. From Havana, Wang will go on to Brasília, to attend a China-Brazil Coordination Committee meeting.... More
Pretoria, June 20 (RHC)-- South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans, Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula, called for strengthened links with Cuba and thanked the Caribbean country for its cooperation programs with African countries.... More
Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities warned of the precarious situation of refugees worldwide and denounced that between late 2014 and mid 2015, nearly 60 million people have been forcibly displaced from their country of origen. ... More
Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Cuba denounced in Geneva the illegal use of the Havana Club brand in the United States to commercialize rum that is not produced in Cuba.... More
Havana, June 20 (RHC)-- Since 1988, when Havana's pediatric cardiovascular center William Soler began to specialize in heart surgeries, they have benefited more than 2,500 children, including small, newborn babies.... More
Santa Clara, June 20 (RHC) –- The Che Guevara monument in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara receives thousands of visitors each year. And as a confirmation of the power represented by the figure of Che Guevara -- who continues to point the way for millions around the world after nearly 50 years since his death in combat -- this past week the monument that bears his name in Santa Clara reported it had received exactly four million visitors since its founding in December 1988.... More
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