Havana, April 17 (RHC) -- Workers and executives of Radio Havana Cuba commemorated on Wednesday the announcement by Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro of the creation of this shortwave radio station on April 16, 1961.... More


Havana, April 17 (RHC) – Cuba has declared Good Friday an official national holiday, according to the new Labor Code, passed by the National Assembly of People's Power in December.... More


Havana, April 17 (RHC) -- Cuba's health ministry is urging vulnerable citizens to undergo HIV tests more often, revealing that 2,156 new cases of HIV/AIDS were registered last year, according to a report by the weekly newspaper Trabajadores.... More


Hanoi, April 17 (RHC) -- Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoan Trung Hai on Wednesday paid a visit to the Cuban exhibition stand at the Expo Vietnam International Fair underway in the capital Hanoi.... More


Havana, April 16 (RHC) -. On this April 16 the Cuban people are commemorating the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution in 1961, on the eve of the mercenary invasion of Playa Girón, in Bay of Pigs.... More


Havana, April 16 (RHC) – Cuba produces five percent of its energy from renewable sources, and 90 percent of that amount comes from the sugar industry, said the vice president of the CUBASOLAR agency, Julio Torres. ... More


Havana, April 16 (RHC) – A second stage of the 53rd National Polio Campaign, which includes over one and a half million Cuban children, will begin Friday, April 25th throughout the island, according to the Ministry of Health.... More


Havana, April 16 (RHC) – In Havana on Tuesday, Venezuelan communicator Walter Martinez, creator of the successful program Dossier broadcast by the Telesur television network, received the Felix Elmuza Medal, the top award given by the Association of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) to national and foreign professionals in this field. ... More


Brasilia, April 16 (RHC) – Cuban writer Abel Prieto, advisor to Cuban President Raul Castro, arrived on Tuesday in Brasilia to participate in the Second Book and Reading Biennial, which will end on April 21st in Brazil. ... More


Havana, April 16 (RHC) – Documentaries and research works on African-American culture and tradition in the world are presented in the 13th International Conference on African and African-American Culture, under way in Santiago de Cuba until Wednesday. ... More


Havana, April 15 (RHC) – In Cuba, nearly 1,000 diabetic children under the age of 15 have seen their quality of life improve through health-oriented educational and recreational programs.... More


Luanda, April 15 (RHC) – World Health Organization representative for Africa, Luis Gomez Sambo, said in Luanda, Angola, that international medical cooperation with Africa, especially the Cuban initiative, has been important and very useful for the continent.... More


La Paz, April 15 (RHC) – Bolivian Health Minister Juan Carlos Calvimontes presented the Cuban cancer medication known as VIDATOX 30 CH, a homeopathic medication developed by the Havana-based Labiofam Pharmaceutical Laboratories.... More


Havana, April 15 (RHC) – The 9th International Workshop on Renewable Energy will take place in the renowned Varadero tourist Center, western Matanzas province, April 22nd to the 25th in a further effort to promote sustainable energy and social and economic development.... More


Havana, April 15 (RHC) – Cuba and East Timor celebrated on Monday the 10th anniversary of a bilateral health cooperation program and the establishment of the Cuban Medical Brigade in that island country.... More


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