Cuba: Infant Mortality at 4,9 in 2011
HAVANA, JAnuary 4, 2012.- For the fourth consecutive year, Cuba maintained its infant mortality rate under 5.0 as it finished 2011 with 4.9 deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. More...
BARBADOS, 15 de diciembre de 2011.- A major barbadian newspaper today reprinted the news in the evening which was organized by the Embassy of Cuba, took place on 13 to celebrate the day CUBA / CARICOM. Más...
Alternative Media Influence in the Denounciation of the Cuban Five Case
HAVANA, November 30, 2011.- A call for solidarity was made by Olga Salanueva, wife of René González, to the participants to the International Workshop on Alternative Media and Social Networks. Salanueva also urged to use this platforms to increase the denounciations of Cuba against the unjust sentences imposed to the Cuban Five in the United States. More...
Debates Continue at International Workshop
HAVANA, November 30, 2011.- The International Workshop on alternative media and social networks, inaugurated yesterday at the Conventions Palace in Havana, continued with debates this morning with the analysis of the impact this alternative media have on public opinion and international politics. More...
Deputy Foreign Minister Inaugurates International Workshop
HAVANA, November 30, 2011.- The International Workshop “Alternative Media and Social Networks, new sceneries of the political communication online” was inaugurated yesterday morning at the Conventions Palace by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Teresita González Fraga who urged participants to debate on the role of the political communication in today´s new sceneries. More...
International Workshop on Alternative Media and Social Networks to be Held in Havana
HAVANA, November 28, 2011.- The International Workshop “Alternative Media and Social Networks, new sceneries of the political communication online” will be celebrated next November 29-30, in the Conventions Palace in Havana. More...
United Nations Extols Human Developmnet Index Results in Cuba
HAVANA, October 1st, 2011.- UN Assistant Secretary Khalid Malik highlighted Cuba's performance regarding the Human Development Index, which measures three basic aspects--health, knowledge and income. More...
Cuban Embassies Open Book of Condolence for Deceased Armed Forces Minister
CUBA, September 5, 2011.- The Cuban embassies in China, Angola and Spain opened books of condolence for the recent death of Armed Forces Minister, Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro. More...
Cuba Develops World’s First Therapeutic Vaccine against Lung Cancer
CUBA, September 8th, 2011.- Cuba has registered the world’s first therapeutic vaccine against advanced lung cancer. Successful clinical tests have proven the efficacy of the vaccine, which will be marketed on the island under the name Cimavax-EGF. More...
Cuban Children’s Medical Care Ranks 8th Worldwide and 1st in Latin America
CUBA, September 7, 2011.- According to reports by the Save the Children organization, Cuba is number one in all of Latin America in terms of pediatrics and number eight world-wide in children’s medical care. More...
Minister of Revolutionary Armed Forces Passed Away in Havana
CUBA, September 3, 2011.- Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro, Vice President of the Cuban Council of State and minister of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces, died on Saturday in Havana from a heart attack, the Political Bureau of Cuba’s Communist Party announced in an official note. More...
Over 4 500 Cuban Children Benefited by Cardiovascular Program
CUBA, August 29, 2011.- More than 4 500 Cuban children have been successfully treated at the Havana-based William Soler Cardiovascular Hospital, since the National Heart Rehabilitation Program kicked off in 1992. More...
Experts Foresee Climate Change Risks for Cuba
CUBA, August 29, 2011.- Part of the Cuban surface (2,32 percent) could be covered by water by 2050 as a consequence of climate change, a report published by Granma newspaper reveals. More...Cuban Women: An Essential Part of the Cuban Revolution
CUBA, 23 August 2011.- On August 23, 1960 during the keynote at the creation of the Federation of Cuban Women, former President Fidel Castro called women an army at the service of the Revolution. He said that when women and men fought together, the country became invincible. Half a century later, these words are very much present in Cuba's life. More...
Raul Attends Gala to Mark 50th Anniversary of the UNEAC
CUBA, 21 August 2011.- Writer Miguel Barnet, President of the Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) spoke briefly at Havana's Grand Theater about the half a century of existence of this organization, while addressing participants in the commemorative gala held on the occasion on Saturday night, which was attended by President Raul Castro. More...
Former Ambassador of the GDR Presents Book on Cuba
CUBA, 21 August 2011.- Former Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in Cuba, Heinz Langer presented in Berlin his book "Slowly but surely", and predicts positive prospects for socialism in the island, reported PL. More...
Cuban Women Increase Active Role in Society
CUBA, 19 August 2011.- Women continue to increase their vital role in the Cuban society and they currently represent 47.3% of the active labor force of the country, said on Thursday Teresa Hernandez, a member of the National Secretariat of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC). More...
President of Artists Union Affirms Socialism is Guarantee of Unity of Artists and Intellectuals
CUBA, 19 August 2011.- Miguel Barnet, the President of UNEAC (the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists), said that his organization would not exist if it were not for a socialist state , while speaking on the Round Table television show. More...
New Cuban Pentavalent Vaccine Begins Application
CUBA, 18 August 2011.- The newest formula of the Cuban pentavalent vaccine Heberpenta, which combines all the components in only one vial and was registered in 2010, has begun to be applied in Cuba , Dr. Eduardo Martínez Díaz, head of Technological Development and the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) told Granma newspaper. More...
Esteban Lazo Attends Baracoa's 500th Anniversary
CUBA, August 17, 2011.- Cuban Vice President, Esteban Lazo, attended on Monday the main celebration for the 500th anniversary of the founding of Baracoa, the first Cuban village. More...