According to the organizers, the event will promote Cuban exports and identify opportunities for local and regional joint ventures, highlighting those sectors involved in food, textiles, construction, technology and services.
Read MoreThis process will eventually elect the president, vice president and the secretary of the national parliament as well as those who will fill the 31 seats on the Council of State, including the nation’s president (currently Raul Castro), the first vice president, five vice-presidents and the secretary.
Read MoreThe festival was scheduled for April 9, 2011 at the Homestead Speedway racetrack, but it was canceled by the facility’s owners, who claimed that information was withheld from them. The organizers denied their arguments and have filed for damages of a million dollars.
Read MoreThe official said the voter turnout was just under 90% and that all of the 612 candidates for national parliament (and 1,269 to provincial legislatures) were elected, while work continues to validate the data and to present the final results in the next several days.
Read MoreAt this year’s Havana International Book Fair, the Bologna Publishing House will present a new collection of photographs taken of former Cuban President Fidel Castro over the past six decades of his life, reported the Prensa Latina news agency.
Read MoreThe Cuban Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal of writer Angel Santiesteban, and upheld the five-year sentence against him by the Provincial Court of Havana on December 6.
Read MoreTwo more people have died in Cuba as a result of cholera, this time in the eastern provincial capital of Holguin, reported the Café Fuerte website. A little more than a week ago, authorities in neighboring Granma Province also confirmed the reappearance of cholera in the provincial capital of Bayamo.
Read MoreFrench “Spiderman” Alain Robert, known for his spectacular performances as a “climber” of buildings, today had all eyes focused on him as he ascended the iconic facade of the Habana Libre Hotel in the center of the Cuban capital, reported DPA news.
Read MoreCubans went to the polls on Sunday in a single-party election that the government described as free and dissidents and human rights activists slammed as a farce, the “ritual of a totalitarian model.”
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES — Former Cuban president Fidel Castro said Hugo Chavez’s health “is much better” and that he checks up
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