US pop singer Katy Perry visited the headquarters of the Cuban children’s theater company La Colmenita, where she met the children and their director Carlos Alberto “Tin” Cremata.»

Nine U.S. governors sent a letter to Congress asking for the lifting of travel, financial transactions, and trade restrictions codified in the over 50-year blockade against Cuba.»

Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita González met in Havana with his visiting counterpart from the Czech Republic, Martin Tlapa.»

If renowned Bishop Juan José Díaz de Espada y Fernánez de Landa —who centuries ago enjoyed the thermal waters of Villa San José del Lago— were still alive, he would have for sure welcomed the over a million budget earmarked for the refurbishment of the touristic village located in the Cuban north-central region of Majajigua, about 120 km from Sancti »

Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, concludes today his official visit to Cuba, which he considered a very important step to strengthen relations between the two countries.»

Cuba has reached a survival rate in heart surgeries higher to 95 percent, ranking among the most advanced countries in this matter.»

Experts from various areas discuss at the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System (SELA, in Spanish) on the relations of the region with the Brics group.»

Slovakia Prime Minister, Robert Fico, who is on an official three-day visit to Cuba, will hold talks today with President Raul Castro, and pay tribute to National Hero Jose Marti.»

The visit to Cuba of U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, showed the enormous opportunities for both countries in trade and investment, after the restoration of the diplomatic relations in July.»

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) named Cuba the second leading tourist destination in the Caribbean in the first quarter of 2015.»