The European Union (EU) ratified in a statement released on Thursday its rejection of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, as well as its firm condemnation of the extraterritorial scope of that policy.
Bolivian Medical Donation Arrives in Cuba
The Bolivian Solidarity Coordinator, an organization grouping social, indigenous and famer associations donated 2 million 286 thousand syringes and needles to support medical services at the Centro Habana Pediatric Hospital and in other health institutions in this capital city.
Díaz-Canel visits neighborhood in Havana
“We have to get involved and give support, because this is everyone's work and it is for the better,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said today during a visit to the Havana neighborhood of Miraflores-Jesús Menéndez, in the municipality of Boyeros.
Díaz-Canel highlights benefits of Cuba's controls and audits
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez stressed today on Twitter that prevention and education should be at the root of the inspections and audits carried out in the country and pointed out that it is not just a matter of checking things but of teaching everyone to strengthen internal control and improve prevention.
José Martí's eternal friend and the importance of coconuts
In an article published in El País on October 28, 1890, Fermín Valdés Domínguez, a close friend of Cuba’s National Hero José Martí and back then a doctor in the town of Baracoa, describes the visit of Dr. Carlos de la Torre y Huerta to the city in September of that year.
Cuba strives to recover Housing Program in 2022
The Cuban Ministry of Construction intends to fulfill the plan of 37,991 new homes despite the current limitations in that field, according to Minister René Mesa Villafaña, who remarked that the top leadership of the country is monitoring this effort, aware that the demand far exceeds the supplying.
Cuban President Commends Performance of Comptroller’s Office
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez praised the performance of the General Comptroller’s Office in 2021 and he assigned the office new missions in 2022 in tune with the challenges and transformations facing the nation.
Mexico Returns 37 Irregular Cuban Migrants
Mexican authorities on Wednesday returned 37 irregular Cuban migrants to the island in tune with bilateral migration accords.
Cuban Foreign Minister condemns U.S. manipulation of Human Rights
Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, remarked today on Twitter that the United States considers human rights as a tool that it uses in an opportunistic manner to attack countries that refuse to yield to its dictates and rewards and gives money to governments with lousy human rights records.
Cuba commemorates 61st anniversary of arson attack on El Encanto
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz evoked today on Twitter the 61st anniversary of the terrorist act against the store El Encanto in Havana, an event in which the employee Fe del Valle Ramos lost her life.
The fitting response of Cuban workers to the arson attack on El Encanto
During the night of April 13, 1961, 61 years ago, the department store El Encanto, the largest one in Cuba, burned down as a result of the only major terrorist attack that the enemy could carry out in Havana as part of Operation Pluto—the mercenary invasion of Bay of Pigs that would start on the 17th.
Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra competes in Belgium today
Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra will stand out today as a reference among the best road cycling teams in the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl (Brabant Arrow) just before the mythical Ardennes campaign.
Cuban Universities will Open in-person 2022 School Year on April 18
After over two years under the COVID-19 impact, Cuban higher education centers will kick off the 2022 in-person school year on April 18 for 35 weeks.
Cubans Announce Internet Governance Forum
Members of Cuban civil society announced on Tuesday that Havana will be the venue of the 2nd National Forum on Internet Governance, November 8-9, aimed at promoting responsible and ethical use of the virtual space.
Emblematic fortress museum of eastern Cuban city analyzes information for its visitors
The historical graffiti of the San Pedro de la Roca Castle Museum motivate investigations of the archeology department of the Office of the City Conservator, in Santiago de Cuba, to expand the information to visitors of that place.
Cuban ministry of finance and prices decentralizes range of retail prices in Cuban pesos
Resolution 81/2022 of the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP), published in this year's Official Gazette No. 38 Ordinary, establishes the decentralization of a range of retail prices in Cuban pesos (CUP) that are marketed by chain stores and other related entities.