The 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba comes to a close on Tuesday with the closing session scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. On Monday, the 1,000 delegates approved the reforms with modifications for the Cuban economy and a number of other resolutions yet to be made public. The main business item for the final session is the election of a new Politburo and Secretariat.
Read MoreFidel Castro is not among the thousand delegates of Cuba’s Communist Party meeting since Saturday in Havana to decide new directions for the country’s crisis-plagued economy, but that doesn’t mean he is not present.
Read MoreThe long awaited 6th Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Cuba began on Saturday afternoon. President Raul Castro made the opening speech. It came only hours after the conclusion of a massive military parade to commemorate the defeat of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.
Read MoreFifty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba’s military might was on display Saturday morning in a two-and-a-half-hour parade through the Plaza of the Revolution. President Raul Castro headed up the troops on the day that also kicks off the long awaited 6th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party. (9 photos)
Read MoreTo what extent the suggestions and proposals for altering the plan will be taken into accourt, in part already being implemented, is being closely followed around the country and abroad.
Read MoreA huge military parade takes place in Havana on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the defeat of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. The event takes on special significance because it is also the inauguration of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba that will approve numerous reforms in the country’s economic system. (13 photos)
Read MoreCan you imagine strolling through green hills of Ireland while walking on cobblestones? Are you familiar with the sound of the bagpipe when it travels down Obispo Street in Old Havana? This is your chance to experience it at the Second International Festival of Celtic Music and Traditions, which begins April 15 and will run through the 24th.
Read MoreCiego de Avila reaches the finals representing Eastern Cuba for the first time in the current 50-year-old league history. They will host Game One of the best-of-seven championship series vs. Pinar del Rio on Saturday, April 23rd.
Read MoreFor the entire period we will be under the influence of an area of weak pressure gradients. The passage of a cold front in the south eastern portion of the United States on Saturday did not result in rain; therefore we will have a week of good weather with a low probability of rain.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church “has not received from the Cuban government a notification regarding the end” of the process of release of political prisoners, begun in 2010 with the mediation of the Catholic high hierarchy and Spain, reported IPS, quoting a press note released by the Archbishopric of Havana.
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