The US economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba has been stiffened under the Obama administration with the growing persecution of transactions by banks that have made business with Cuba.
Fidel Castro Comments on Knowledge of Human Existence and Criticizes NATO Chief
In his most recent article, "Uncertain Future" published on Granma newspaper, Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro criticizes the stance assumed by the new general secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), praises the work of Stephen Hawking and referss to a Russia Today article on the Big Bang Theory.
Experts Study Cooperation Agreements on Renewable Energy
Latin American experts participating in the International Renewable Energy Workshop, based in this city, will evaluate today possible cooperation agreements for the development of this industrial section in the region.
I'm Honored to be in Cuba, Says WVA President Faouzi Kedrich
The president of the World Veterinary Association (WVA), Faouzi Kedrich, said on Tuesday he's honored to participate in the Pan-American Congress on Veterinary Sciences, Panvet 2014, under way in this capital.
Cuba's Efforts in Renewable Energy Acknowledged by the UN
The resident coordinator of the United Nations System to Cuba, Mirta Kaulard, acknowledged on Monday the efforts of the island's government to develop infrastructures for the use of renewable energy.
Cuban Professionals Receive 2014 Habitat Award
Cuban personalities received on Monday in this capital the 2014 Habitat Award for their contribution to the development of settlements in the country on the occasion of World Habitat Day, established by the United Nations (UN) in 1985.
Quality of Veterinary Teaching in Cuba Highlighted
Sara Kahn, representative of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), praised on Monday the quality of professional training of veterinary teaching in Cuba, indispensable to control contagious diseases in animals and in human health care.
Cubans have Faced Terrorism since 1959, Rene Gonzalez says
Cuban anti-terrorist fighter Rene Gonzalez recalled that terrorist actions against the island have been permanent since 1959, as Cubans recalled the 1976 bombing in mid air, off the Barbadian coast, of a civilian airplane with 73 people on board.
Cuban and Foreign Experts Discuss Biomass Processing
Cuban and foreign experts are gathering at an international forum on renewable energy, in Havana, particularly addressing the processing of biomass into usable gas, a project well underway in the Isle of Youth, south of the Cuban capital.
Daughter of Che Guevara Demands Freedom for Cubans Held in US Prisons
Doctor Aleida Guevara, daughter of Cuban-Argentinean guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara demanded the release of three anti-terrorist Cubans held in US prisons since 1998.
Relatives of Cuban Victims of 1976 Terrorist Act Demand Justice
Relatives of one of the fencers murdered on the 1976 explosion of a Cubana airliner off the coast of Barbados demanded justice and that Luis Posada Carriles, one of the authors of the terrorist act, be prosecuted.
Diaz-Canel Meets with Visiting Japanese Parliamentarian
Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Friday afternoon with Keji Furuya, member of the House of Representatives of Japan and President of the Japan-Cuba Friendship Parliamentary League, who is on a working visit to the Caribbean island.
Former U.S. Colonel and Diplomat Asks Obama to Release Cuban Antiterrorists
Former U.S. Colonel Ann Wright, who served in the U.S. Army and in the Reserve for 29 years sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting the release of the Cuban antiterrorists incarcerated in that country.
Diaz-Canel Meets with President of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party
Miguel Diaz-Canel, member of the Politburo and First Vice-president of the councils of State and Ministers, met on Thursday afternoon with Cesar Octavio Camacho, president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Mexico, who is on the island heading a delegation of that political organization at the invitation of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC).
Raul Sees Off Medical Brigade Traveling to Sierra Leone
The President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, Raul Castro, said good-bye at the capital's Jose Marti International Airport to 165 health professionals who traveled to Sierra Leone to take part in the world struggle against the Ebola fever virus, which has so far caused the death of thousands of people in Western Africa.
Ex Salvadoran Health Minister Acknowledges Cuba's Contribution to World Health
Cuba has done for the world what the world has not yet done for it and we would like that in the next few years our peoples could reciprocate everything this island has given to them, asserted Doctor Maria Isabel Rodriguez, former Salvadoran Health Minister.