Havana, February 6 (RHC) -– The Fifth International Seminar on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies will convene in Havana in September, according to Dr. Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, scientific advisor to the Council of State.... More
Havana, February 5 (RHC)-- The Havana Book Fair, attracting thousands of people every year, will have India as the guest Country of Honor. And this year's Fair is dedicated to Dr. Olga Portuondo, National Social Sciences and Humanities Prize winner 2010, and Leonardo Acosta, National Prize for Literature winner 2006, who also received the National Music Prize in 2014.... More
Santiago de Cuba, February 5 (PL-RHC)-- An International Symposium on Underwater Activity for the conservation of the undersea natural and cultural heritage will be held in Santiago de Cuba from July 1st to the 4th, according to organizers.... More
Havana, February 5 (PL-RHC)-- U.S. writer Toba Singer has announced she will launch a book on the father of Cuban school of ballet, Fernando Alonso, on April 28th, at the San Francisco Public Library.... More
Washington, February 5 (RHC) -– The U.S. State Department official leading negotiations with the Cuban government says that the United States is not considering returning the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay to Havana as it discusses improved ties.... More
Ankara, February 5 (RHC) -– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Cuba, as part of a three-leg Latin American tour that will also take him to Colombia and Mexico, starting February 10th, according to a statement issued Thursday by the presidency's press office.... More
New York, February 5 (RHC) -– Starting in March, New Yorkers will be able to hop on a direct flight from JFK airport to Havana, Cuba, for just under $850, DNAinfo reported today.... More
St. Petersburg, February 5 (PRNewswire) -– U.S. travel insurance providers are already offering coverage to those authorized to visit Cuba, according to travel insurance comparison site Squaremouth.... More
Port of Spain, February 5 (RHC) -– In news from Trinidad and Tobago, House Speaker Wade Mark is expected to lead a Trinitarian parliamentary delegation on a visit to Cuba, cabinet sources announced.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC)-- Celina González, queen of the country music (música campesina) genre in Cuba, died at the age of 86 early Wednesday morning, according to sources of the Cuban Institute of Music.... More
Havana, February 4 (PL-RHC)-- Cuban and British international financial experts are exchanging experiences on the new recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Following the announcement December 17th by Cuba and the United States to re-establish diplomatic relations and amid polls showing more and more U.S. citizens favoring a change of policy toward Cuba, U.S. lawmakers expect to introduce a series of bills in the Senate over the next few months to ease restrictions of the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-AP)-- The recent rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba has been overwhelming welcomed by U.S. society, with most Americans thinking the U.S. should lift its 5-decades-old economic blockade against the island nation, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC) -- During a hearing Tuesday morning in Washington, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio –- who has described U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to move towards the normalization of relations with Cuba “disgraceful” -- showed his the real face about the most recent statements by the island on the US funding of internal subversion. ... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-Sputnik) -- The United States and Cuba will enhance cooperation to establish direct mail correspondence and increase counter-narcotics collaboration, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson said on Tuesday.... More
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