Cuba and Qatar talk about sports cooperation
By ACN / Photo: Archive
Havana, Cuba.- (acn) Sports collaboration between Cuba and Qatar was the central theme of the exchange between Ernesto Placencia, ambassador of the Caribbean nation in the Asian country, and Salah Bin Ghanim, Minister of Youth and Sports of that nation, Cubaminrex website reported.
Read more ...New Jersey lawmakers meet with Cuban counterparts
By ACN / Photo: Archive
Havana, Cuba.- (acn) A group of lawmakers from the state of New Jersey, United States, met with deputies and officials of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP by its Spanish acronym) as part of their activities
during their stay in Cuba.
Cuban Customs Stopped 46 Cases of Drug trafficking in 2015
By ACN
Havana.- The General Customs of the Republic of Cuba seized 104.68 kilos of drugs in 46 cases of illicit traffic registered from January to December 2015.
Read more ...Illuminating the streets with the light of José Martí’s ideas
By Radio Chain Agramonte
Havana.- This coming January 27, at 11:00 p.m., the March of the Torches, organized by the Federation of University Students (FEU), will set out from the University of Havana’s Grand Staircase, and head to the Fragua Martiana, illuminating the city’s streets with the light of José Martí’s ideas, on the 163rd anniversary of his birth. Read more ...
Central Committee evaluates documents to be discussed at the 7th Party Congress
By Radio Chain Agramonte
Havana.- The Thirteenth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba analyzed several documents to be presented to the 7th Party Congress in April this year, over two productive days of discussion.
Venezuela Rejects Opposition Amnesty Project
By PL
Caracas.-(PL) The head of the parliamentary group of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP), Hector Rodriguez, denounced that the amnesty law the opposition majority intends to adopt today is to benefit persons convicted of violations of human rights.
Talks for Peace in Colombia Continue in Cuba
By Prensa Latina
Havana.- (Prensa Latina) The insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People''s Army (FARC-EP), and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos, continue today their talks, as part of the peace process that both sides have been developed here since 2012.
Working Hours, Only a Formality?
By ACN
Far from being a requirement many working places violate the established working hours in State installations.
There are examples where the management does not carry out its obligations in demanding its workers to be on time for work.
A Year Later, the Blockade Remains in Full Force
By By Sergio Alejandro Gómez/Granma
The Apollo spacecraft landing on the moon, the lifting of the prohibition of alcohol in Mississippi and the end of racial segregation, are the stuff of history books in the United States. However, these three events all postdate the implementation of the economic, political and financial blockade against Cuba.


