Ninth Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power Constituted
By ACN
The IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power was constituted today in solemn session in this capital, with the oath of the deputies who will represent the people during the next five years.
Read more ...For the past 57 years, Cuba defends socialism as a social project
By Manuel Cano Iglesias/ Collaborator of Radio Cadena Agramonte
Fidel, in the same place where 40 years earlier proclaimed the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution.From the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the radical transformations that favored the new government affected the interests of Washington, which responded with aggression of all types to a people who were known to be masters of their destiny and was preparing to defend with arms the freedom achieved on January 1, 1959.
Read more ...Constituent session of the National Assembly moved ahead
By ACN
The Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, in use of the powers conferred upon it, agreed to open the Constitutive Session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 9 a.m. in the Havana Convention Center.
Read more ...Foreign Minister Heads Cuban Delegation to Summit of the Americas
By ACN
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is heading the island’s government delegation to the 8th Summit of the Americas, which opened Friday at Lima’s Grand National Theater.
Read more ...New medical services offered in 2018
By Nuria Barbosa León/ granma.cu
One of the sector’s key achievements has been to maintain an infant mortality rate below five per 1,000 live births for the last 10 years. In 2017, the country achieved a rate of 4.0; proof of its continued efforts to consolidate maternal-infant statistics, to the benefit of Cuban children and families
Cuba's call for open and frank dialogue highlighted in Peru
By ACN
Cuba once again called for an open and respectful dialogue amidst attempts to silence the voice of its true civil society, represented at events at the VIII Summit of the Americas, taking place in Lima, city of Peru.
Five Million Cell Phone Lines Active in Cuba
By ACN
Cuba’s Telecommunications Company ETECSA announced on Thursday that the number of active cell phone lines has reached five million thus confirming the incrase of that service over the past few years.
Cuba: imminent detention of Lula da Silva a serious act
By ACN
Cuba expressed its solidarity with Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following the rejection by Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court of a Habeas Corpus presented by Lula’s defense attorney and considered his possible detention a very serious action.
Retail e-commerce soon in Cuban national currency
By ACN
The Cuban shopping network Tiendas Caribe, formerly TRD, will open an e-commerce service in summer, in Cuban pesos, the national currency which currently runs parallel to the convertible pesos which equals the value of dollars.