Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo Ends Visit to Ethiopia

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 28 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the ...

Esteban Lazo Arrives in Ethiopia for African Union Celebrations

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party and President of the National Assembly of the ...

Havana to Host British Culture Festival in June

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) The British Culture Festival, to be held in this capital on June 1-8, will fill the city with rhythms, audiovisuals and theater productions of the United ...

Cubans will Access the Internet through Cell Phones in the Near Future

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 29 (acn) Cubans will access the Internet through their cell phones in a relatively near future as part of the ...

Cuba among Nations with Very Low Undernourishment Rates

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Cuba is among the countries with very low undernourishment rates, according to a report prepared by the World Food Program on the 2010-2012 ...

Cuban Jesus del Castillo Wins Prize in Rhode Island

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

MATANZAS, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Playwright Jesus del Castillo described as very important for his career the theater prize received at the literary contest of the U.S. state of Rhode ...

Cuba to Mark World Play Day

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 24 (acn) Cuba will join the countries that have made the initiative of the International Toy Library Association their own, and will celebrate for the first time, on May 28 World Play ...

Cuba and U.S. begin talks on resuming direct mail service

Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said ...

Revealed The 44 Guantanamo Bay inmates too dangerous to release

The Independent - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The United States government has identified for the first time the several dozen inmates at the deeply troubled prison facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba whom it considers too dangerous to release but also too difficult to prosecute or ever put on ...

Cuban Economists in Congress

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 13 (acn) Some 250 Cuban economists and accountants are analyzing issues relevant to Cuban economy during the 7th Congress of their national association, which opened doors Thursday at ...

Cubans Pay Tribute to Che Guevara

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jun 13 (acn) Cuban students and workers from several provinces lay a flower every day at the niches treasuring the mortal remains of Ernesto Che Guevara and his compatriots killed in Bolivia, at the Memorial built in their honor in this central ...

Tribute to French Art Director for Promoting Cuban Culture

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Paris, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Diplomats, officials, and intellectuals attended in this capital today a tribute to artistic director and film director Dominique Roland, recently awarded with the medal for the Cuban Culture. Roland, director of the Center for the Arts in Enghien-les-Bains, a commune in northern Paris, has dedicated more than 20 years to promote the Cuban music. Thanks to this ...

Ladies in White Returning to Cuba Re-energized

Hispanic Business Magazine - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

When Berta Soler, leader of Cuba's dissident Ladies in White, returned to the island last month after her first-ever trip abroad, she felt ready to resume the grinding struggle against the communist government. Soler had received a hero's welcome in the United States and Europe. Large audiences had applauded her denunciations of the Castro system. And her group had secured new ...

Raul Holds Talks with African Statesman

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 17 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Monday afternoon with Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, who is on an official visit to ...

Human Rights Council Adopts Cuba-sponsored Resolutions

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, June 18 (acn) The UN Human Rights Council adopted four Cuba-sponsored resolutions during its 23rd session, held May 27 to June 14 in ...

Havana Hosts International Forum on Industrial Design

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, June 17 (acn) The 7th International Forum on Industrial ...

Cuban Hero Rene Gonzalez Pays Tribute to Che Guevara

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, June 18 (acn) Cuban hero Rene Gonzalez paid homage on Monday to Cuban-Argentinean guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara at the memorial that treasures his mortal remains in the central city of Santa ...

US collegians to host Cuba in July

San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa -; The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" ...

Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam

Rigzone - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...

Chinese premier meets Cubas first vice-president

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday met with Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel and pledged to further boost cooperation between the two countries.During the meeting, Li hailed the traditional friendship between China and Cuba.He highlighted their mutual support on national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and the paths of socialist development suitable to their ...

NBA Draft 2013 rumors Mark Cuban says Dallas Mavericks likely to trade No. 13 pick

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Mark Cuban was blunt when asked about the possibility of the Dallas Mavericks dealing their first-round draft pick, essentially telling a Dallas radio station that the team intended on getting rid of the No. 13 overall selection. The report comes from the Dallas Morning News, who transcribed an interview Cuban had on ...

Russias Zarubezhneft suspends search for oil in Cuba

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A Norwegian-owned drilling platform will depart Cuba for Vietnam this week, after six months of exploration that so far has failed to yield any oil, official media in Havana reported on Tuesday. The state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN) said the drilling work in Cuba will be suspended because of unspecified "geological complications," and the start this month of the ...