A total of 177 companies from 28 countries, 35 of them Cuban, have confirmed their participation in the 13th edition of Havana's Health for All Trade Fair, which will run from April 20th to the 24 th at PABEXPO Pavilion.

More than 1,500 academicians and researchers will meet in Havana for the 15th Meeting of Geographers of Latin America, to be held on April 6-9 at the capital's Convention Center.

A 52-year old ration card that guarantees a limited amount of staples for the peoples' basic food basket at highly subsidized prices is still considered as necessary given unstable presence of certain products at the offer-and-demand domestic market and their very high prices, which most pockets cannot afford.

Fifty three years ago, the Organization of American States (OAS) expelled Cuba under the pressure of Washington, and although in 2009 the organization changed its decision, Cuba maintains its firm stance not to return to the OAS, an issue that now surfaces with the approach of the Summit of the Americas.

The president of a Cuban Taxi cab cooperative, Martin Jose Betancourt will participate at the Entrepreneurial Forum of the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama, as an actor of the new changes taking place in Cuban economy.

In the presence of over 400 rectors of Latin America and the United States, Gustavo Cobreiro, rector of the University of Havana, will present Cuba's vision of how to achieve access to free, quality higher education that has an impact in the development of the region.

More than 300 foreign companies are interested in investing at the Mariel Special Development Zone, whose requests are being under registering process and will be announced once they are settled at the place.

The Ranger Corps of Cuba (CGC by its Spanish acronym) warned in this city on the extreme danger of the fourth month of the year for forest fires.

Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and secretary general of the Cuban Workers Confederation (CTC), was received on Wednesday in Vietnam by the President of that Asian nation, Truong Tan Sang, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Havana will host an international forum on Industrial property and technology transfer, April 22-24 in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Representatives of Cuba and the United States will sit today in Washington D.C. to talk for the first time about human rights, an issue on which they have assured have profound differences.

Thirty students from the University of Virginiawere some of the first US citizens to come to Cuba after the December 17 announcement by presidents Barack Obama and Raul Catro to reestablish diplomatic relations and upon returning home the students, from the Virgina University´s Darden School of Business told their Cuba experience.

We have come here fully aware of the deep differences between our two countries as to their political systems, democracy and international law, but it is also possible to hold a civilized dialog on any issue, including human rights, said the Cuban permanent representative at the United Nations Anayansi Rodriguez in reference the human rights talks between Cuba and the United States, in Washington.

In Cuba, the National Electoral Commission (CEN) finalizes details for the next partial elections, traditionally characterized by the people's enthusiasm and wide participation, after a satisfactory nomination process.

Eighty seven years ago and with just 28 years of age, Ernest Hemingway visited Cuba for the first time. He came onboard the English steamboat Orita on April 1, 1928, which made a stopover in Havana in a route between La Rochelle, France and Key West, the U.S.A.