Pinar del Rio, January 4 (RHC)-- Despite adverse weather resulting from El Niño climatic phenomenon, the Cuban tobacco planting campaign advances at good pace, sources in the sector said.... More


Havana, January 2 (RHC)-- Messages of congratulations have come in from around the world on the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.... More


Havana, January 2 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro attended the reopening of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, with a gala dedicated to the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Cuba's Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, who turned 95 in December, was also on hand. The emblematic institution recently completed three years of extensive restoration. ... More


Havana, December 30 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro closed the plenary meeting of the 4th Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 8th Legislature of the National Assembly on Tuesday, pointing to a number of the achievements of this past year – and noting that much yet remains to be done.... More


Havana, December 30 (RHC-PL) -- Cubans are today finalizing preparations to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution – on January 1, 1959 – which brought a new reality of social justice to the country.... More


Havana, December 29 (RHC)-- A plenary session of the Cuban National Assembly on Tuesday took a look at the 2015 execution of the national budget. The meeting, which was attended by President Raul Castro and other top government figures, also reviewed economic prospects for the coming year.... More


San Jose, December 29 (RHC)-- Central American countries have agreed in Guatemala City to airlift some 8,000 Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to El Salvador starting the first week of January. ... More


Paris, December 29 (RHC)-- French scholar Salim Lamrani says "the United States has long used the migration issue to undermine the Cuban Revolution." ... More


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


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