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Fidel Castro Talks Food in Meeting with Cuba’s Armed Forces

Fidel met with chiefs, officers and civilian employees of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) over Cuba’s food production.

Carnival Approved for Cruiser Tours to Cuba

Big time cruiser tourism will be coming to Cuba starting in 2016 after the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments gave the green light to Carnival Corporation to promote cultural exchange tours to the island.

Cuba and China: Profiting from Differences

In terms of their dimensions, populations and economic conditions, Cuba and China are as different as an ant and an elephant. Their partnership in the field of biotechnology, however, has been recognized as highly profitable for both parties.

“Cuba’s Bureaucracy Sees Popular Participation as a Problem”

In recent years, the legislative sphere has been one of the most active as a result of the transitional process undertaken by Cuba through the “updating” of the economic model impelled by the government. New norms have been established to enshrine popular aspirations that had been postponed for years.

Cuba-USA Finally Agree on Details to Reopen Embassies

The United States and Cuba announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement to reopen embassies in Washington and Havana after apparently working out the pending details, reports dpa news.

Cuba’s State Telephone Monopoly Denies Home ADSL

Cuba’s telecommunications company hastened this week to plug a leak that said that the state-run company, ETECSA (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba, S.A.), would “offer broad-band Internet access packages to Cuban homes through ADSL technology and at varying connection speeds.”