The Cuban electorate has nominated 32,183 people to run as delegates to municipal assemblies across the island, reported Alina Balseiro, the president of the National Electoral Commission (CEN), speaking on Thursday in Havana.
Read MoreThe Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ratified an agreement on Tuesday in La Paz between that country’s government and Cuba dealing with cooperation in the struggle against drug trafficking.
Read MoreBotanists and orchid collectors from the Americas and Europe will participate in the 8th international workshop on this family of plants, which is set to be held at the orchid center and garden in the Cuban town of Soroa from October 23 to 25.
Read MoreCuban opposition blogger Yoani Sanchez and her husband Reynaldo Escobar have been detained by security forces in Cuba as they attempted to attend the trial of Spanish politician Angel Carromero that begins today in the eastern city of Bayamo.
Read MoreComptroller General Gladys Bejerano, said on Wednesday that there are “not many” cases of corruption on the island. She spoke at the 11th International Conference of Criminal Sciences at the Havana Convention Center.
Read MoreChilean and Cuban officials in Havana discussed an economic agreement that provides facilities for trade between the two countries.
Read MoreGuerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who are in Cuba, confirmed that peace talks with the Colombian government will begin on October 15 in Oslo.
Read MoreFor the upcoming period, we will have relatively warm days and scattered showers, most likely in the afternoons. Maximum temperatures will remain stable at over 31°C (88°F), with the minimums around 24°C (75°F).
Read MoreThe main opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidency, Henrique Capriles, said on Monday that he would renegotiate trade agreements with Cuba if he were to win Sunday’s election. He believes he can cut a better deal for Venezuela.
Read MoreAmerican radiologist Alan Cohen is arguing that “Gross has a life-threatening medical problem that isn’t being evaluated according to the standards of modern medicine.”
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