Accompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raul brought the sixth congress of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to “change everything that should be changed,” but without abandoning the socialist path taken on Apr. 16, 1961. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe curtain fell Tuesday on the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba with an entrenched senior leadership and the approval of reforms to the economic system that will reduce the State’s role in some areas, while recommending lifting some prohibitions. (17 photos)
Read MoreThe closing session of the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) has begun on Tuesday morning with ex president Fidel Castro among those attending. The session began with a message from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez supporting the efforts of Cuba’s leaders and the PCC.
Read MoreThe 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.
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