Cuba: Pioneer in Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, Says UNICEF

HAVANA, Cuba.- (acn) The Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlighted on Thursday Cuba's efforts in eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV / AIDS and syphilis. Read more ...


Good results of therapeutic vaccines against cancer in Camaguey

Camagüey.- Therapeutic vaccines to persons suffering from cancer show good results in several health units of Camagüey province.

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American dance teacher delivers conference in Camaguey

Camaguey.- (acn) Anne Marie Forsythe, American dance teacher, highlighted in this city the possibility of Cuban companies to incorporate to their routines the Horton technique, of which she gave a practical session at the headquarters of Endedans Contemporary Ballet.

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Cuba and Qatar talk about sports cooperation

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.

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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.


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.


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.


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.


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.