Los Agradecidos Quartet to Sing To Fidel at CELAC Summit
By ACN
Los Agradecidos, (The Grateful), informal name given to the quartet of Raul Torres, Luna Manzanares, Eduardo Sosa and Ann Garces will perform this weekend in the Dominican Republic as a tribute to the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro during the 5th Summit of CELAC.
Read more ...Oscar Lopez Rivera: Awaiting An Embrace
By ACN
US President Barack Obama pardoned on Tuesday Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar Lopez Rivera after being unjustly imprisoned for over 30 years. This news multiplied with the speed of modern times.
Read more ...Cuba and United States sign MoU on animal and plant health
By ACN
The Divisions of Animal and Plant Health of the Ministry of Agriculture of Cuba and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture signed in Washington DC a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation.
Read more ...Cuba has the lowest prevalence of low birth weight in the Caribbean
By ACN
A report by agencies of the United Nations Organization registers Cuba as the country with the lowest prevalence of low birth weight (5.3%) in the region, Granma newspaper reported.
Read more ...Construction of 59 solar power plants kicks off in Cuba
By ACN
Crews from the Ministry of Construction (MICONS) of Cuba started building 59 solar power plants throughout the country, according to sources from that entity.
Cuba begins production of a vaccine against pig plague
By ACN
The Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Center in the province of Camaguey has begun the production of a vaccine against the classic pig plague, disease that affect raising of pork in Cuba.
Cuba buys latest technology to increase bean production
By ACN
The eastern province of Santiago de Cuba has received modern agricultural machinery benefiting the bean cultivation which is one of the main priorities of the food production in the country.
The US government policy took good friends away from me
By ACN
Medical graduate Felierix Castro said on Monday in Sancti Spiritus that the US brain drain policy took many friends away from him when recalling that some medical students of his generation were seduced for the Medical Parole Program.
US blockade of Cuba in full swing: More fines to US and foreign entities
By ACN
Even when the US-Cuba normalization of relations is supposedly gaining momentum, Washington keeps punishing US and foreign entities for having violated the regulations established by the nearly-60-year US economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island.



