The 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.”
Read MoreThe fourth edition of Leo Brouwer Festival of Chamber Music opens its doors today in Havana with a panel devoted to Compay Segundo on the 105th anniversary of his birth.
Read MoreThe Cuban government has decided, starting today, to subordinate the National Housing Institute to the Ministry of Construction.
Read MoreRussian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said in late September that talks will begin concerning the debt of 25 billion dollars that Moscow is asking for from Havana
Read MoreCuba’s vote at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in support of a controversial Russian resolution concerning “traditional values” has generated alarm among gay activists on the island.
Read MoreAn expanded meeting of the Cuban cabinet, with the participation of President Raul Castro, recently analyzed the progress of economic reforms adopted at the last congress of the Communist Party.
Read MoreCuban authorities will dedicate a monument and a plaza to honor boxing legend Teofilo Stevenson (1952-2012) in his home province of Las Tunas.
Read MoreThe Cuban government is making capital improvements to the Provincial Court of Granma and surrounding homes in preparation for the trial starting Oct. 5th of Spanish citizen Angel Carromero, who is charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two dissidents in a traffic accident.
Read MoreOrlando Lugo Fonte, 78, was relieved of duties on Sunday as the president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) after 25 years of leading the organization of small farmers and agricultural cooperatives in Cuba.
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