Diaz-Canel Meets with Visiting German Deputy FM

Havana, Cuba.- The first vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, met on Thursday with Sigmar Gabriel, Deputy Foreign Minister (FM) and Minister of the Economy and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany, who is on an official visit to Cuba. Read more ...

Obama could visit Cuba this year

Havana, Cuba.- (acn) US President Barack Obama is expected to meet a large international agenda this year with visits to European and Asian nations, as well as Colombia and Peru with possibilities to visit Cuba.

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Cabrisas Receives Visiting Governor of Virginia

HAVANA, Cuba.- (acn) The Vice-president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, received the governor of the state of Virginia, United States, Terry McAuliffe, who is on a working visit to Cuba.

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UNICEF Acknowledges Cuba’s Achievements in Child Protection

 HAVANA, Cuba.- (acn) The representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba, Anna Lucia D'Emilio, highlighted on Wednesday the island’s results in the care of its children during 2015,and reaffirmed the support of her organization for that effort.

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HAVANA, Cuba. - (acn) The 4% increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year is a good result, in spite of the international economic  crisis and the persistent economic, financial and commercial blockade of the  United States, asserted on Tuesday Army General Raul Castro, President of  the Cuban councils of State and Ministers.

Havana.- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez highlighted the results of Cuba's foreign policy in year 2015, and announced new achievements for next year, as well as advances in the relations with the United States.

Havana.- About 16 refineries in nine provinces are grinding in the 2015-16 sugar cane harvest, which seeks efficiency despite an unstable weather, informed sources of the Azcuba Sugar Group.

Havana.- Chaired by its First Secretary Raúl Castro, the 12th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC, in Spanish) evaluated the proposal of conceptualization of the Economic and Social Cuban model of Socialist Development, reports today the journal Granma.

Cuban economy grew 4 percent in 2015

HAVANA, Cuba.- (acn) Cuban President Raul Castro said in the latest meeting of the Council of Ministers to face problems wherever they are, ¨we have to go there, we have  to talk, we cannot leave room to a sense of defeatism¨.