New York Times criticizes U.S. policy toward Cuba
For the fifth time in less than a month, the New York Times has published an editorial on Cuba, this time acknowledging the numerous futile attempts made by the United States to undermine stability in...
View ArticleDance in construction, blurring lines
To encourage creativity in dance which, as Mexican dancer and choreographer Cecilia Appleton noted, often emerges in the quietest echoes of a body which needs to express, through movement, what it...
View ArticleHigh hopes for citrus: Notable yields in new groves
TORRIENTE, Jagüey Grande.— The planting of 550 hectares of citrus fruit this year reinforces the aims of Matanzas growers to gradually restore the once abundant groves of this vast area, most of which...
View ArticleOpening the way to modernization
Efficient energy generation is one of the motors driving structural changes in the Cuban economy, with the implementation of the Guidelines approved at the Sixth Party Congress. In other words, this...
View ArticleCubans doctors treat patients at new ophthalmologic hospital
GUATEMALA Cubans doctors treat patients at new ophthalmologic hospital A new ophthalmologic hospital was opened in Mixco, municipality in the department of Guatemala, as part of Operation Miracle, a...
View ArticleFirst international course on Ebola begins in Havana
The Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine opened its doors Monday, November 10, to more than 100 medical professionals participating in the first international course on treatment and prevention...
View ArticleMachado Ventura receives Vietnamese delegation
José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and a vice president of the Councils of Ministers and State, received Tran Quoc Vuong, member...
View ArticleDíaz-Canel highlights the role of the teacher in forming social values
SANTA CLARA.— Educators are called upon to play a vital role in the restoration and formation of values, which in the future will contribute to the creation of the “educated and well-informed...
View ArticleA final look
24th HAVANA INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL A final look The Havana International Ballet Festival, by its very nature, is among the most illustrious of festivals. It is a must for lovers of ballet and,...
View ArticleVice President Díaz-Canel bids farewell to Cuban athletes departing for...
Determined to do their best in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, the last delegation of Cuban athletes departed today for the event, where Cuba will participate in 34 of the...
View ArticleRepairs on Turiguanó-Cayo Coco Causeway advance
JARDINES DEL REY, Ciego de Ávila.—More than half of the bridges making up the Turiguanó-Cayo Coco causeway, which connects the island of Cuba with the northern cays of Ciego de Avila, has undergone...
View ArticleLázaro Saavedra receives National Visual Arts Award 2014
Lázaro Saavedra (Havana, 1964) received the National Visual Arts Award 2014, in recognition of his artistic career and the value of his work, characterized by conceptualism and his treatment of humor...
View ArticleCuba’s demographic indicators comparable to those of developed countries
CIENFUEGOS.— Demographic analyses carried out in Cuba show indicators comparable to those of developed countries, an achievement which does represent an additional challenge for the updating of Cuba’s...
View ArticleA fierce but friendly rivalry
VERACRUZ.—“A large part of our delegation is now here and we are happy to convey to our people the enthusiasm and high level of motivation felt by Cuban athletes, who have arrived convinced of their...
View ArticleThe New York Times condemns U.S. brain drain policy against Cuba
WASHINGTON.— An editorial published on November 17 by the U.S. newspaper, The New York Times, condemned the brain drain from Cuba stimulated by the United States, and in particular the program that...
View ArticleNational Symphony, committed to creation
Members of the National Symphonic Orchestra (OSN) commented that they felt very encouraged after receiving a message of congratulations from Army General Raúl Castro on November 16, in commemoration of...
View ArticleGolden wheels
The duo Lisandra Guerra and Marlies Mejías won Cuba’s first cycling gold medal in the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games, dominating the women’s team sprint. They finished in first place with a...
View ArticleA dialogue for unity
An encounter between Cuban evangelical and protestant leaders with Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers and a member of the Party Central Committee...
View ArticleCuba: “Zero Tolerance” to injustice
For the Cuban State and civil society, crimes related to people trafficking and other forms of sexual abuse are of maximum priority, and confronted with policy of “Zero Tolerance,” according to the...
View ArticleCuba’s policies on women highlighted at ECLAC meeting
SANTIAGO DE CHILE.—Cuba’s advances in the sphere of gender equality reinforced by government policies, were highlighted on November 19 by Alejandrina Germán, president of the Regional Conference on...
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