Blog Archives September 2013

Cuba: New Measures Favor Economic Updating

Cuba’s Council of Ministers, headed by President Raul Castro, has adopted various measures and policies to implement the guidelines established at the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.»

Cuba Adopts Decree-Law on Special Development Zone

Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a meeting of the Cuban Council of State on Thursday, which approved a decree law establishing the Special Development Zone of the Mariel Harbor, to the east of Havana.»

Ecuadorian President Arrives in Cuba

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa arrived  this Friday in Santiago de Cuba city, 860 kilometers away from Havana, to fulfill a working visit during which he will hold talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.»

Sancti Spiritus Mass Organizations Call for Return of Cuban Five

Members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), and students from the Pedagogical Science University in Sancti Spiritus demanded the immediate release of Gerardo, Antonio, Fernando, and Ramón, four of the Five Cuban antiterrorist fighters still held in US prisons. Lawyer Ibrahim Elizalde, member of the National Union of Jurists of »

Cuba Committed to Elimination of HCFCs

Cuba is working on the progressive elimination of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), a powerful greenhouse gas that is one of the substances most harmful to the atmosphere’s protective layer, says an expert on the issue.»