Since the self-employed initiative was expanded in October 2010 in Cuba, some 147 thousand 693 young people have choice that labor modality, which represents 29 percent of the total figure of over 489 thousand 929 Cubans in those activities since late February.

Some 80 thousand people in 82 communities in the eastern province of Granma are under the impact of severe drought which affects domestic water consumption as local authorities take emergency measures to relieve their situation.

The call for a series of activities to mark May Day is taking place in Cuban labor centers, including state-owned companies, cooperatives and private entities to learn workers know about the agenda for celebrations May 1-5 throughout the island.

The official Cuban delegation to participate in the US-Cuba talks on Human Rights arrived in Washington D.C. on Sunday, the island´s Foreign Ministry announced on its webpage.

The Cuban Interest Section in Washington D.C. has once again extended its services up to June 30 despite the impossibility of finding a bank that takes its operation in the United States.

Cuban Parliament president Esteban Lazo said in eastern Guantanamo province that strengthening the economy is the main political task in today´s Cuba.

Over one hundred representatives of Cuban civil society will participate in forums that will run parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama.

Cuban university education system will benefit in the near future from a substantial improvement in infrastructure needed for its computerization and connectivity, said Ricardo Alarcon, head of the Ministry of Higher Education (MES by its Spanish acronym).

Cuban institutions and the Kuwaiti Fund for the Arab Economic Development signed three accords supporting the rehabilitation of Havana´s sewage and water supply networks with a 21-million-dollar credit line.

Representatives of the governments of Cuba and the United States will hold talks on human rights on March 31 in Washington, announced in this capital Pedro Luis Pedroso, deputy director general of the Office of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the island's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A US government delegation, headed by Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Coordinator for International Communications and Policy Information of the United States, is in Cuba to exchange with Cuban authorities on telecommunications

Three fires still active for several days in rural zones of the eastern Cuban province of Camaguey have thus far damage over 1 thousand 200 hectares of forest and pasture areas.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Tuesday with Serguei V. Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, who is in Cuba on a work visit.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-president of the European Commission, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

Havana City Historian Eusebio Leal received on Tuesday an acknowledgement given by the Senate of the Dominican Republic, for his willingness, sacrifice and commitment to the preservation of Cuba's historic heritage, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.