Cuba

Since January 2009 up to June 2014, the Obama administration has imposed very large fines against 36 US and foreign entities for having relations with Cuba.»

Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz received Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade this Monday afternoon. The diplomat came to the island on a working visit.»

Cuba denounced that 22,872 students with special needs were affected by the damage caused by the United States blockade imposed on the island over 50 years.»

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday repeated the Sri Lankan government’s will to continue strengthening friendship and cooperation relations with Cuba.»

Cuban hero René González, who is attending a Festival of the Communist journal Avante, said his priority is to fight for the release of his three comrades still in U.S. prisons.»

Not a surprise to anyone, the U.S. government has criticized Panama’s decision to invite Cuba to participate in the 2015 Summit of the Americas, which the Central America country will host.»

The 10th International Colloquium of Solidarity with The Five and against Terrorism will be held on September 11 and 12 in Havana, and so far over 200 delegates from 49 countries have expressed their interest in participating.»

The most recent report of the World Bank (WB) on education in Latin America and the Caribbean, places Cuba in the first position in the region in that regard, close to the most effective in the world.»

The 28th Marabana marathon competition has so far secured the participation of 213 runners from 31 countries, reported Carlos Gattorno director of the project, created in 1987.»

In his latest article published this Monday, September 1st, Fidel Castro refers to essential issues, and asks himself whether ideas or disaster will prevail.»