The film Una Noche (One Night), co-produced between Cuba, Britain and the United States, will be shown during the 34th International Havana Film Festival, being held from December 4 to 14, reported the Café Fuerte website.
Read MoreThe 34th Havana Film Festival opens on Tuesday, December 4, at over a dozen theaters with 566 full length fiction movies, shorts and documentary and animated films showing from 46 countries. This year’s 11-day moviegoers’ marathon is dedicated to young filmmakers in general and Puerto Rico.
Read MoreWhat was unusual was that for the first time there was collaboration between representatives of the Supreme Council of the Abakua Societies of Cuba and the government-sponsored Federation of University Students (FEU). (28 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced today that it will repeal a law passed under former President Fidel Castro in 2000 that imposed a 10 percent tax on every phone call made between the island and the United States.
Read MoreUS authorities have no way of evaluating the results of the biopsy performed by Cuban doctors “and not one chosen by Gross or one from the US,” said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland at a press conference.
Read MoreCuba’s Council of State of has called for elections to take place on February 3 of next year for delegates to the Provincial Assemblies of People’s Power and for deputies to the National Parliament. This would keep him in office until 2017.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and Haiti, on Wednesday in Havana, signed eight cooperation agreements in the fields of health, education, agriculture, food industry, and iron and steel.
Read MoreCuba’s Council of State on Thursday confirmed the elimination of the Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS) and the creation of the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Read MoreThe Cuban government expects that in three years its fleet of oceanic freight carriers will recover to levels similar to those of the 1980s. The overall strategy of the Ministry of Transportation is to develop the use of its rail and maritime fleet to replace shipments of goods by truck.
Read MoreSince 2010 the Church has been in dialogue with the authorities and “not only with President Raul Castro” on topics such as “the grave economic situation of the country, and the fears and demands of citizens,” but also “the aspirations and hopes” of Cubans.
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