Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro presided over the 12th Meeting of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, which debated a proposal to conceptualize the development of Cuba's socialist economic and social model, and reviewed fulfillment with the work plan agreed upon at the 1st PCC National Conference. ... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuba's economic performance in 2015 and the state budget for 2016 focused Monday's debates by the permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power, prior to the Parliament's plenary session on Tuesday.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities are currently negotiating more than 40 new foreign investment projects on the island, Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca announced Monday.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has urged Central American governments to do all in their power to find a lasting solution to the humanitarian situation of Cuban immigrants stranded in Central America, arguing that many of them are victims of human trafficking and other related crimes.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- As of January, 2016, Cuban authorities will authorize the granting of new loans to cooperative farms to boost agricultural production, particularly livestock.... More


Havana, December 26 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro has sent a message of congratulations to employees at the Havana-based Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) on the organization's 55th anniversary.... More


Havana, December 26 (RHC-PL) -- Members of the 10 permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power (the Cuban Parliament) began Saturday discussions on core issues of the Cuban reality at Havana's Conventions Center.... More


Hanoi, December 26 (RHC-PL), -- The celebration of the 55th anniversary of relations between Vietnam and Cuba lived another historic moment in Hanoi Friday with awards in a competition about the Caribbean country and solidarity between the two nations.... More


London, December 26 (RHC-PL), -- The British public relived, on Christmas Day, Carlos Acosta's farewell performance from the Royal Ballet through the TV broadcast of Carmen, choreographed by Acosta.... More


Guatemala City, December 24 (RHC)-- Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado has called on the United States to repeal U.S. legislation which seeks to destabilize Cuba, particularly the Cuban Adjustment Act and the so-called “wet-foot/dry-foot” policy. ... More


Havana, December 24 (RHC)-- An editorial in yet another influential U.S. newspaper, Houston Chronicle, has called for the end of the U.S. blockade on Cuba, arguing that even a majority of Cuban-Americans believe it is time for the U.S. to resume trade with its neighboring Caribbean state.... More


Santiago de Cuba, December 24 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President Ramiro Valdés Menéndez called on authorities in Santiago de Cuba to take all the necessary measures to guarantee water supply to the population in drought-affected areas. ... More


Washington, December 24 (RHC)-- The U.S. Agency for International development (USAID) has acknowledged that its once-secret anti-Cuba ZunZuneo twitter program contained inadequate monitoring, conflicts of interest and questions of legal responsibility for those involved.... More


Havana, December 23 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry is today marking its 56th anniversary with the commitment to tirelessly defend just causes and interests of countries of the South. ... More


Mexico City, December 23 (RHC)-- The Cuban government has reiterated its willingness to receive all citizens who are stranded in Central America and want to return to Cuba.... More


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