
SA, Cuba Expanding Cooperation
South Africa and Cuba hold on Thursday their 8th Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) with the aim to expanding their bilateral and multilateral cooperation to higher level.

Alarcon: US Treatment of the Cuban Five is "Terrorist"
The U.S. position with the five Cuban prisoners in its jails for nearly 12 years is a policy that promotes terrorism, said President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon.

Bruzón and Company Leading in San Juan
Three of the six leaders of the strong Open Chess Tournament in the Spanish town of San Juan are Cubans. They are the Grand Masters Lázaro Bruzón, from las Tunas, and the capital's Omar Almeida and Yuri Gonzalez...

USA Blocks Parts of Arizona Law
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton of Phoenix put several sections of Arizona law SB 1070 on hold Wednesday, a day before it went into effect. Bolton's ruling blocks the law's most controversial provisions...

Cuban Vice President Calls for More Energy Saving
The vice president of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes, urged the people and state institutions to increase energy saving measures to contribute to...

Cuba Tightens Interchange with FIPV
Cuba has strengthened its kinks with the International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV), said Paulo Hernandez, Cuban vice-President of the Board of Directors of the FIVP.

Maradona Wants to Coach in Brazil
Mancuso, former Palmeiras and Flamengo player, said that he talked to Diego about working in Brazil and how great that work is. "We have good relations with the Brazilians and we will analyze it calmly", he said.

New Book on Terrorism against Cuba
Voices from the other side: An oral history of Terrorism against Cuba is reviewed today by Pluto Press, authored by Keith Bolender, who will be on a book signing tour of the United Kingdom next September.

Cuban Deputies Analyze Coffee Production
The Cuban Parliament's Agriculture and Food Commission examined a strategy Tuesday to improve coffee production in the island for the 2010-2015 period.

Cuban Deputy Warns of Possible Catastrophe in Haiti
The passing of any tropical storm or hurricane in Haiti will be a real catastrophe resulting in many deaths, warned Parliament deputy Jose Rubiera, now head of the Cuban Meteorology Institute's Weather Forecasts...

Pentagon Accuses Soldier of File Leak
The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday it could jail U.S. soldier Bradley Manning for being the main suspect in the leak of secret military documents on Afghanistan.
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World Population Incrasingly Ageing
The population in the richest countries of the world ages increasingly, putting at risk the life style of these societies, according to a report published on Wednesday in the US.

Bolt: Main Attraction in Stockholm Meeting
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, winner of three gold medals in Beijing 2008, will be the main attraction in the Stockholm meeting next August 6, announced today Rajne Soderberg, director of the qualifying match.

Ricardo Arjona gets tropical in new album
With a song dedicated to Havana, its first verses are already been broadcasted on the Mexican radio, the Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona gets tropical in his new album.

CUBADISCO 2011 Award
The Cuban Music Institute and the CUBADISCO Organizing comittee announce the CUBADISCO 2011 Award. Each year since 1997 there takes place the CUBADISCO Award, whose main aim is the recognition...
Rutas y Andares por la Habana Vieja

Cuba, Venezuela Step up Movie Cooperation
Filmmakers from both countries talked about skills and challenges of the "seventh art" in this capital during the first binational forum of creators dedicated to that speciality.

Travels of Cuban Ballet Lizt Alfonso
The Lizt Alfonso Ballet Company has just returned from a short but fruitful tour of Martinique, where it participated in the well-known Fort de France Festival and got standing ovations from the public...

SA, Cuba Expanding Cooperation
South Africa and Cuba hold on Thursday their 8th Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) with the aim to expanding their bilateral and multilateral cooperation to higher level.