Cuban Minister Calls for Effective Prevention of Natural Catastrophes

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

SANCTI SPIRITUS, Cuba, May 18 (acn) The minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias called for effective actions in the event of any natural ...

Raul Meets with the President of the Council of the Russian Federation

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, held on Friday a meeting with Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Federation of ...

Self-employed in Havana Choose Rental of State Facilities for their Businesses

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) Over 1 thousand 180 self-employed workers in the capital Havana have chosen the rental of state facilities to set up their businesses and provide services to the population, the largest figure with regards to this option on the island since the initiative was generalized one a half year ...

New Tourist Facilities in Central Cuba Attract Foreign Vacationers

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) Tourist authorities in central Villa Clara province reported the arrival of over 100 000 foreign visitors from January to March, some 11 000 visits more than in similar period last year. The increase in the figure is particularly due to a new developing tourist center at Santa Maria Key, with 6 000 hotel ...

US Unionist Asks Obama to Release the Cuban Five

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) US Union leader Santos Crespo, who heads a New York-based education ...

Cuban Journalists Congress Holds Provincial Sessions

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) Cuban journalists kick off provincial sessions prior to their National Congress in eastern Guantanamo province, in a gathering that today coincides with World Press Freedom ...

FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva Arrives in Cuba

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, May 2 (acn) Jose Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), arrived on Thursday in this capital from Mexico to begin a working visit to ...

FIFA President Ends Visit to Cuba

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 18 (acn) Swiss Joseph Blatter, president of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), concluded on Wednesday his two-day visit to Cuba with a press conference at the ...

Cuban Female Runner Gets Bronze Medal in Diamond League

Prensa Latina - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban runner Yadisleidis Pedroso got a bronze medal in the 400 meters hurdles in the second day of the Diamond League, that takes place in the Chinese city of Shanghai. Pedroso got her best personal record with 54.54 in a very disputed race won by Czech athlete Zuzana Hejnova (53.79), bronze in the Olympic Games in London in 2012. The time by Hejnova is the best ...

Cuban Vice President Cabrisas Tours Angola Culture-Historical Sites

Prensa Latina - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Luanda, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas, who is on a working visit to Angola, visited here today Dr. Antnio Agostinho Neto Memorial and the Museum of Military History. Accompanied by the Ambassador of Cuba in Angola, Gisela Garcia, the senior official received explanations on the value of the pieces they cherish in their rooms of ...

VIDEO Cuba golf courses no longer elitist

General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Five decades after Fidel Castro ordered Cuba's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a luxury golf resort, complete with an 18-hole course. The $350m (227m) Carbonera Club proposed by British firm Esencia is the first of a dozen similar initiatives that have long been under ...

David DeMaria Gives Soul Singing to Cuban Audience

Prensa Latina - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban duo Buena Fe promised a night of love and life and Spanish singer David DeMaria made it true, reviewing their greatest hits before a demanding Cuban audience. The concert "Buena Fe introduces David DeMaria" shook the capital's Karl Marx Theater with a mixture of flamenco passion with Cuban music, prior to the CUBADISCO-2013 international ...

Cuba and China Sign Agreement in Sports

ACN - Saturday 18th May, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) A cooperation agreement in the field of sports was renewed on Monday between Cuba and China with the purpose of contributing to the promotion of relations of cooperation, mutual understanding and friendship between the athletes and peoples of the two ...