Cuba

Cuba President Raul Castro attended the closing session of the 8th Congress of Cuban Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), in which Miguel Barnet was ratified as president of the organization.»

The role of culture in the education of the society is the center of discussions today at the final session of the 8th Congress of Cuban Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC). As part of the plenary session, 320 delegates from all over the country will passed the decisions of the four working commissions who reflected yesterday on the role »

France Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius begins this Saturday a visit to Cuba at the invitation of his counterpart Bruno Rodriguez, with whom he will hold official talks.»

Cuban authorities invited foreign entrepreneurs in the construction field to invest at the Mariel Harbor Special Development Zone.»

The U.S. Senate ordered today a review of the Cuban ”Twitter” and asked USAID to hand over all records as part of a broader review of the agency’s civil-society efforts worldwide.»

Cuba will increase its annual budget for wholesale milk subsidies in the basic family food basket, by 12 million pesos ($12 million USD at the official exchange rate).»

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spends part of its budget on subversive projects like the “Cuban Twitter” project, the New York Times is reporting today.»

President Raul Castro met with the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander I. Bastrykin, who is visiting the island.»

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry says that the recent revelations about the U.S. government plan to create a “Cuban Twitter” for destabilizing purposes proves that Washington persists in its subversive plans against the island.»

President Raul Castro’s denunciations on US  attempts to destabilize Cuba were corroborated through the revelation of a plan to push Cuban youth toward counter-revolution, with participation of a U.S. government agency.»