The Cuban government has decided to issue a new ID card for all citizens of the island, starting in the second half of this year, in order to prevent counterfeiting. The document will look similar to a credit card and replace the current identity cards which are issued manually with the personal data handwritten.
Read MoreCuba and Brazil signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding for the financing of a project to expand and modernize airport infrastructure of the island, reported the official Granma newspaper.
Read MoreUS Vice President Joe Biden said today that Washington believes that Cuba has made some “small encouraging signs” of change but that the Obama administration still wants to see “real change” leading to a “democratic” future of the island.
Read MoreRenowned US Soccer trainer Jurgen Klinsmann is asking Havana to decide whether Cuban player Osvaldo Alonso is eligible to play as part of the US national soccer team. At the 11th Gold Cup, held in 2007, Alonso wore Cuba’s soccer selection jersey for the last time as he deserted from his delegation.
Read MoreDirector of Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) Mariela Castro said on Tuesday that the space where homosexuals and transsexuals face the most severe forms of discrimination in Cuba continues to be their own home and workplaces, DPA reported.
Read MoreBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff received Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Monday afternoon at the Planalto Palace. Coinciding with the Cuban’s visit to Brasilia, President Raul Castro welcomed, but in Havana, Fernando Pimentel, Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
Read MoreSome 6,000 Cuban doctors will soon travel to Brazil to work in poor areas with a precarious health situation, the two governments decided today in Brasilia, reported DPA news. The negotiation of the agreement, carried out with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Read MoreCuban divers Jose Antonio Guerra and Jeinkler Aguirre obtained silver medals this past weekend in the third stage of the Grand Prix diving tournament taking place in Ottawa, Canada, reported Prensa Latina.
Read MoreThe Cuban government has decided to extend the subsidies offered to citizens for construction by personal initiative, reports Granma newspaper on Monday. The new resolutions promote the increase of up to five thousand pesos (250 USD) for materials transportation expenses.
Read MoreCuban sexologist and National Assembly member Mariela Castro and was questioned on Saturday during the awards dinner of the organization Equality Forum in Philadelphia, because of “political repression” on the island, reported Café Fuerte.
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