Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez insisted on the need to eliminate the common position that governs the relations of the European Union (EU) with the island, noting it is the principal obstacle in the normalization of bilateral affairs. Rodríguez spoke in Brussels after a meeting with the Cuban official with Catherine Ashton, chief of European diplomacy.
Read MoreWomen barely represent 38 per cent of the enrolment in technical-professional schools in Cuba, Deputy Minister of Education Kenelma Carvajal announced, pointing to gender-related prejudices as the main cause of this imbalance.
Read MoreCuba will benefit 240,000 persons in Haiti with the implementation of a literacy program through the “Yo sí puedo” method, which will be advised by specialists from the island, reported IPS. According to UN figures, only 52.9 per cent of the Haitian population is literate.
Read MoreHousing construction has nosedived in Cuba since 2006, when 11,373 new homes were built, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics (ONE). In 2010 barely 34,014 homes were built. The housing shortage is one of the biggest problems facing the Cuban population, especially felt by the youth who find it nearly impossible to live independently.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked U.S. President Barack Obama and Google to finance “a satellite belt that would provide Internet to the Third World,” in a message published in his blog Segunda Cita. Rodríguez was one of the founders of the New Song Movement, one of the island’s most important musical currents in the 20th century.
Read MoreU.S. Judge Kathleen Cardone decided to continue the trial against self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and rejected the defence’s petition to annul some of the 11 charges or simply cancel the process.
Read MoreCuba and Belarus will strengthen cooperation in the areas of informatics, biotechnology and the production of pharmaceuticals, Serguei Martinov, foreign minister of the Eurasian country, affirmed after a meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez in Minsk.
Read MoreThe influence of weak pressure gradients will cause an east to south-east flow of air that will carry warm and humid breezes, making the week on the warm side.
Read MoreHundreds of participants in the Habano Cigar Fest taking place this week in Cuba paid a visit on Tuesday to tobacco farms in the western province of Pinar del Rio, where most of the export quality tobacco comes is grown. Have a look at our pictures of the visit. (8 photos)
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and Russia expressed their willingness to strengthen their relations in spheres such as the assimilation of hydrocarbons, the creation of the infrastructure for transportation, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, according to a statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry after a meeting in Moscow between the foreign ministers of both nations.
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