In the midst of an awesome mourning for the plane crash in Havana last Friday, Cubans demonstrated their moral strength and unity in the 2018 Meteoro Exercise, which demonstrated the country's ability to cope with natural disasters.
Cuban VP Cabrisas heads delegation to International Economic Forum
Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Planning heads the Cuban delegation to the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, which will take place May 24-26.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel Regrets Tragic Air Accident in Cuba
The President of the Cuban Council of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez regretted the tragic air accident Friday afternoon close to the Jose Marti International Airport after the Boeing 737-200 fell after takeoff.
Raul Castro Expressed Condolences to Family of Victims of Air Accident
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, Army General Raul Castro Ruz who is successfully recovering from recent surgery of a hernia which was programmed a while back is following the situation and has offered instructions. In addition, he expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the tragic accident.
High Ranking Cuban Authorities Meet after Air Accident
President of the Council of State and Ministers Miguel Diaz-Canel led a first meeting of the Cuban government to ratify and offer new instructions of the air accident on Friday afternoon in Havana.
World Leaders Send Messages of Condolences to Cuba
Cuba is receiving messages of condolences from all over the world over the air accident of a Boeing 737-200 on Friday afternoon close to the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana.
Official Mourning in Cuba
Official Mourning Decreed by the Council of State
Cubans lose second match in Itapema stop at Beach Volleyball World Tour
The Cuban duo of Nivaldo Diaz-Sergio Gonzalez lost in their second game for Pool C in Itapema, Brazil, a stop of the 2017/18 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
Cuba will hold nationwide drill to prepare for disasters
The Meteoro, a Cuban nationwide drill to prepare the population to face disaster situations will have its first day of activities tomorrow, when the System of Measures of the National Civil Defense Staff (EMNDC) will enter into action.
Forum on Jose Marti wraps up in Havana
The José Martí and the events of 1898 International Colloquium will say goodbye this afternoon to three intense days devoted to scientific exchange, reflection, debate of ideas and, above all, to the reunion with the memory of the Cuban nation and the Apostle of the emancipating struggles.
Díaz-Canel insists on the sustainability of the revival work in the Cuban capital
On his second day of travel through the Cuban capital, Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Council of State and Ministers, visited on Thursday a new asphalt plant, the social workers' club José Luis Tassende and the gastronomic complex of Zapata and 12.
Plane Accident in Havana
A plane accident occurred this morning in the Cuban capital when a BOEING 737 rented to a Mexican airline by CUBANA DE AVIACION, the local airline, crashed shortly after taking off from Havana´s Jose Marti International Airport.
Cuba to Show its Achievements in Human Rights
Cuba will present a report on Wednesday as a follow-up to the elaborated recommendations, systematic statistics and summary of consultations carried out to different actors at the 30 th period of sessions of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Exam (UPE), a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council.
Cuba supports investments in the sea in search of metals
Juan Ruiz Quintana, Director General of Mining, of the Ministry of Energy and Mines, today supported a proposal by the 70th anniversary regular Council meeting of the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization to attract investment in the oceans in search of metals.
Cuban Foreign Minister thanks Belgian support
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked the Belgian government for its support, especially for the resolution on the need to end the US blockade, at the start of his visit to that European country, reported today from Brussels Prensa Latina (PL) agency.
Cuban Foreign Minister Begins European Tour
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla arrived on Monday to Brussels, Belgium in the first stop of a European tour that will also take him to Switzerland.