Regional Student Organization Backs Colombian Peace Efforts

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 10 (acn) The Continental Latin American and Caribbean Student Organization (OCLAE) expressed its support of Colombia in a message of solidarity and encouragement, amidst efforts to achieve peace in that South American ...

Cubans Pay Homage to Heroes of Historic 1958 General Strike

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Cubans Pay Homage to Heroes of Historic 1958 General Strike SAGUA LA GRANDE, Cuba, April 9 (acn) Cubans are marking in this central city the 55th anniversary of the historic general strike waged by young revolutionaries against the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship in 1958. Sagua la Grande was one of the scenarios throughout the country where the revolutionary action had huge ...

Cuban Vice-president Meets Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Ministers

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 5 (acn) Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel met with the foreign ministers of the Troika of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), who met in Havana on ...

Fidel Castro Held Fraternal Meeting with Maradona

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 15 (acn) The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro held a fraternal meeting on Saturday, in Havana, with ...

King of Cuba About Love Loss and Aging

The Ledger - Saturday 25th May, 2013

That tyrant, of course, is Fidel Castro, although Cristina Garcia's new novel, "King of Cuba" (Scribner, $26), never calls him by name. He is El Comandante, El Lider, El Jefe, El Caballo (that last a nickname he now finds embarrassing) or, most often, simply the tyrant. And Goyo's first reason for continuing to live is to kill the tyrant, even if it's the last thing he ...

Italy Confers High Distinction to a Cuban Specialist Opera

Prensa Latina - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban professor Angel Vazquez, one of the biggest promoters of the opera in the island, was honored here as "Knight of the Order of the Italian Star", award given by European country. During the opening of the XV Workshop on Language, Literature and Italian Culture in Cuba, that country's ambassador in Havana, Carmine Robustelli, noted the ...

Cuban Poet Oliver Labra Carilda Opens Official Website

Prensa Latina - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Matanzas, Cuba, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban poet Carilda Oliver Labra, prominent Ibero-American literary figure, unveiled a website dedicated to his life and work, reported the online edition here Yumurí TV. This space in the network of networks is also dedicated to honor the distinguished career of literary author, National Book Award in 1997, the source added. At 90 years old, Oliver ...

Unionists of the World Attend Solidarity Forum in Cuba

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 25 (acn) Over 1 thousand unionists and leaders of social organizations and friendship-with-Cuba movements from dozens of countries will meet in Havana in May to participate in an International Solidarity ...

Canadian Solidarity Brigade Arrives in Cuba

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 25 (acn) The 21st Che Guevara Solidarity Brigade, from Canada, arrives in Cuba on Wednesday to meet a large agenda which includes a meeting with relatives of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in the United ...

The Youth at the Center of Cuban Flora Protection Program

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 25 (acn) The Cuban Botanical Society extended an initiative called Plant to the eastern part of the island which encourages youths to protect and preserve the local flora ...

Cuban has two-year plan for Mavs to contend

General Sources - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Dallas Mavericks a championship team again within a two-year window. After Dallas missed the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, the owner vowed the Mavs would have a "quick rebuild." The pending pitch to free agents this summer -- ...

Floral Tributes from Fidel and Raul for Adigio Benitez

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Floral tributes from Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution and Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, were present on Thursday at the funeral rites for renowned creator Adigio Benitez, winner of the 2002 National Fine Arts Prize, who died on Wednesday in this ...

Cuba to Share Experiences at Environmental Convention

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Cuba will share experiences in environmental preservation at the 9th International Convention on Development and the Environment, to be held in this capital on July ...

Belarus to Strengthen Sports Cooperation with Cuba

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) The Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Igorievich Shamko, now on a working visit to Cuba, expressed his ...

Cuba and Russia Affirm Friendship and Solidarity Relations

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Cuba and Russia affirmed in Havana their friendship and solidarity relations and their commitment to their struggle for world peace, the sovereignty of the nations and their right to ...

Raul Receives Former Japanese PM Yoshiro Mori

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Thursday afternoon with Yoshiro Mori, former Prime Minister of Japan, who is on a working visit to the ...

Cuban Parliament President Receives a Delegation of French Communists

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (acn) Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo Hernandez received on Thursday afternoon a delegation from the French Communist Party (PCF) on an official visit to ...

Cabrisas Meets with Visiting Guatemalan FM

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 9 (acn) The Vice-president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, met on Thursday afternoon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, Luis Fernando Carrera, who is on an official visit to the ...

Havana Hosts ALBA Ministerial Meeting on Social Issues on Friday

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) Havana will host the 4th Meeting of the Ministerial Council on Social Issues of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) on May 17. The forum will particularly focus on education, health, culture and ...

Cuban Film Industry Willing to Undertake Transformations

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) The Cuban Cinema Industry affirmed its willingness to undertake transformations in tune with the ...

Cuban and Zambian Foreign Ministers Meet in Havana

ACN - Saturday 25th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 15 (acn) The foreign ministers of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, and Zambia, Effron Chakupa Lungu, ratified the historic bonds between the two countries and the possibilities that exist to strengthen them, during a meeting held on Tuesday ...

A realistic takeaway on closing Guantanamo Bay

MSNBC - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Intelligence Reporter for the Washington Post, Greg Miller, joins MSNBC's Alex Witt. He presents a realistic takeaway on the closing of Guantanamo Bay. Miller mentions the block that Congress has put on transporting the Gitmo inmates to the United States. He explains the Obama Administration's drone policy in light of the President's speech on ...