The first stage of construction of the bioelectric plant attached to the Héctor Rodríguez sugar mill in Sagua la Grande began in Villa Clara, in accordance with the program established in Cuba to increase the use of non-polluting fuels.

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr in the U.S., was marked in Havana with a ceremony held by people committed to the fair causes of the world.

A severe drought caused by extended rainfall absence in the western Isle of Youth, to the south of Cuban mainland, is threatening with saltwater intrusion into exhausted aquifers.

The Special Development Zone on the western Cuban Mariel harbor (ZED) is calling national and foreign investment to foster construction material production.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.

News Agency now reproduces the call of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC) to the Cuban people to participate in the celebrations for the International Workers Day, next May 1st.

The General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, arrives in Cuba Wednesday afternoon on an official visit and will hold talks with First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, President Raul Castro.

The General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to Cuba Wednesday through Friday, which has already been described as historic by diplomats, governments and the media in the capital Hanoi.

Cuban diplomat Josefina Vidal, handed over to the general governor of Canada Julie Payette her diplomatic credentials as new ambassador to Canada.

The International Congress of Research on Young People began on Monday in Havana with the participation of 156 representatives from 24 countries and 200 national delegates to discuss on the realities and challenges of the new generations.

The Cuban Communist Party Central Committee held a two-day working plenary session headed by its First Secretary, President Raul Castro, to analyze issues relevant to the update of the country's social and economic model, considered a complex process that kicked off in 2011 following the 6th Congress of the political organization.

The former Firefighters Station in Matanzas, considered to be the last neoclassic style building constructed in Cuba, is under restoration, part of the constructive movement in the city for the 325th anniversary of the San Carlos and San Severino de Matanzas.

US President Donald Trump approved over the weekend a 20-million-dollar fund to support subversive actions against Cuba.

Cuba's University Student Federation (FEU) granted President Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, the condition of Delegate of Honor to its 9th Congress, to take place in July.

A Cuban delegation will participate at the 138th Inter-parliamentary Union, whose sessions will take place March 24 to 28 at Geneva's International Conference Center, in Geneva.