Havana is hosting a forum on International Humanitarian Right and its significance in our times. The event is sponsored by the Regional Delegation of the International Red Cross for Mexico, Central America and Cuba, and by the Ministry of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Foreign ministers Bruno Rodriguez, from Cuba, and K. Shanmugam, from Singapore, signed on Monday in Havana a visa exemption agreement between the two nations.

Venezuelan Parliament President Diosdado Cabello paid a visit to Cuba on Saturday, during which he met with former President Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Workers with the Cuban Railway Union are hard at work to restore an over-two-kilometer railway severely damaged after a cargo train derailed on Saturday in the locality of Cabaiguan, Central Sancti Spiritus province.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, received Diosdado Cabello, President of the National Assembly and First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), who paid a working visit to the Caribbean island.

The National Council of Cultural Heritage and the U.S. Finca Vigia Foundation will join again to protect the legacy of Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean country, with the construction of a space to restore and preserve the belongings of the writer in his Cuban home.

Exploring opportunities for exchanges of services and products between the University of Baltimore (UB), United States, and the University of Matanzas (UM), was the focus of a meeting on Friday between professors of the two institutions.

Cuban president Raul Castro received Pham Quang Nghi, first secretary of the Vietnamese Communist party in Hanoi and member of that nation´s Politburo, who is in Cuba on an exchange visit

The Evangelical Theology Seminary, one of its kind in Cuba, has just graduated 40 students from six Cuban provinces as bachelors in Theology, bachelors and masters in Religious Sciences and also in Diaconal Studies.

The Cuban delegation to the Pan American Games in Toronto underlined, in exchange with the Cuban Five in Havana, the commitment of victoriously returning from the continental competition.

Cuban President Raul Castro received Wednesday afternoon the Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thoungloun Sisoulith, who is in Cuba on an official visit

Cuba´s Telecom company ETECSA announced the setting up of 35 WiFi publica areas in early July throughout the island, which will effectively increase the people´s access to the Internet.

Cuba and the European Union concluded the fourth round of talks relevant to the political and cooperation dialog that both parties have been negotiating since April with significant results as to bilateral cooperation, an issued in quite advanced stage.

Cuba will again present at the United Nations a draft resolution on the colonial status of Puerto Rico, a gesture ratifying the commitment of Cuba to that sister Caribbean nation.

In a bid to reach out to a promising market, Sprint and T-Mobile, two major US wireless carriers, have announced new initiatives to allow US customers connect with relatives and friends in Cuba.