Mexican Secretary of Health Visits Cuba's Medical Brigade in Oaxaca
By PL
Secretary of Health Jose Narro visited the Cuban medical brigade that is treating the people affected by the September 7 earthquake in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the state of Oaxaca.
Read more ...Tributes to Cuban Patriots Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and Mariana Grajales
By taken from RHC
Cubans will be marking the 149th anniversary of the “Grito de Yara“ (Cry of Yara), on Tuesday. That was the uprising which triggered Cuba´s Ten Years’ War, the island´s first war of independence that was led by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.
Read more ...US Blockade Inflicts Million Dollar Losses in Cuban Economy
By Lissett Izquierdo Ferrer/ACN
The application of the economic blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba has inflicted from April of 2016 to June of this year, a total of 4.3 million dollars, double of what the national economy requires for it development.
Read more ...Raúl Castro receives the Executive Secretary of ECLAC
By ACN
Cuban President Raúl Castro Ruz received on Thursday afternoon Mrs. Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who is visiting Cuba.
Read more ...Cuba Ready to offer help to Puerto Rico
By ACN
The Cuban government is waiting for a response from Puerto Rican authorities to offer solidarity to the people of that Caribbean island, hardly hit by Hurricane Maria two weeks ago.
Cuban Foreign Minister Addresses Expulsion of Diplomats from the U.S.
By taken from RHC
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez addressed the press in Havana this afternoon, following the Trump Administration's announcement earlier today that 15 Cuban diplomats from the island's Embassy in Washington will have to leave the country.
Norwegian Trade Union's Solidarity for Hurricane Victims in Camagüey
By PL
Members of the Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees (Fagforbundet) are here today to provide medical assistance in Puerto Piloto, in this eastern Cuban province, which was harshly hammered by Hurricane Irma.
World Personalities Reject Washington's Latest Move on Cuba
By RHC
"Whoever is doing this is obviously trying to disrupt the normalization process between the United States and Cuba,” said U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy about the alleged 'sonic attacks' against U.S. diplomats in Cuba, which prompted the Trump Administration to reduce the diplomatic staff at the U.S. embassy in Havana by 60%.
Russian company will sign 1.8 billion Euros contract to restore Cuban railways
By ACN
Russian business group RZD intends to modernize Cuban railway infrastructure, for which it will sign a contract of 1.8 billion euros, local media reported today.



