Cuba will participate in the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee of the Convention on the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage at UNESCO, scheduled from July 10 to 20 in Istanbul, Turkey»
Blog Archives July 2016
Raul Castro Disregards Possible Collapse of Cuban Economy
Speech delivered by Raúl Castro Ruz during the National Assembly of the People’s Power 8th Legislature’s 7th Period of Ordinary Sessions, on July 8, 2016»
Cuban Parliament Concludes Session Periods
The 7th session period of the 8th Legislature of the Cuban Parliament concludes today with a plenary session in which legislators will present a summary of the main statements discussed in the commissions»
Cuban Legislators Approve Updated Guidelines Until 2021
Cuban legislators approved and supported in plenary session the updating of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and the Revolution for the 2016-2021 period. Those guidelines, adopted in April during the 7th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), were submitted for consideration by lawmakers from July 4 to 6, during the three working sessions of the »
U.S. Authorizes Eight Airlines to Fly to Havana
This Thursday, July 7, United States Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, announced that eight U.S. commercial airlines had been authorized to operate flights to Havana»
Sancti Spiritus: Palmares S.A. Backs Patriotic Commemoration (photos)
Sancti Spiritus’s Palmares S.A. Branch welcomes the designation of this central Cuban province as venue of the major celebrations for the 26th of July commemoration»
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Criticizes U.S. Immigration Policy
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Guillaume Long called on the U.S. government to end to its immigration policy toward Cuba, which he described as a stimulus to illegal emigration, PL reported»
Cuba Grants Friendship Medal to Bolivian Ambassador
Palmiro Leon Soria Saucedo, Bolivia’s ambassador to Cuba, received in this city the Friendship Medal from the hands of Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs»
Cuba for the Expansion of Internet Services
One of the matters captivating the attention of deputies of the National Assembly of the People’s Power was the expansion of Internet services on the island»
FC Barcelona Releases Statement in Support of Lionel Messi
“FC Barcelona gives all its support to Leo Messi and his father with relation to the sentence for tax evasion handed out by the Provincial Court in Barcelona today, reads the statement»