Costa Rican authorities based their selection on the arrival date to the nation and the ability to pay for the trip, which in total will cost $ 535, including transportation, food, taxes for getting into and out of the country and health insurance»

An inactivated vaccine (IPV) against all viruses which cause Polio is supplied as of today by injection to Cuban children, as part of the 55th national campaign to eliminate definitively the disease»

The entrance to Havana of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, with the Caravan for Freedom, will be evoked today after 57 years of that historical event»

Deputy Foreign Minister and Federal Minister of Economy and Energy of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, is in Havana for a German-Cuban business forum that will seek to identify business and investment opportunities»

The government of Costa Rica scheduled for next Tuesday the departure of the first group of Cubans who are stranded from mid-November on its border with the intention of reaching the United States»

The U.S. governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, described as successful his second visit to Cuba, and expressed his hope regarding the elimination this year of the economic, commercial and financial blockade on the island»

The Galleria Continua, located in Havana, from next January 9 will host the exhibition Tu+Yo = Nosotros, which gathers the work of art of four important Italian artists»

An enlargement of the actions of the Biological Corridor in the Caribbean Sea (CBC) was announced by doctor Nicasio Viñas, considered a valuable example of the south-south cooperation»

Salvadorian Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez reported today that a pilot plan to transfer Cuban emigres from Costa Rica to the United States that had been initially planned for Friday was postponed»

Cubans are celebrating this year the 57th anniversary of the triumph of their Revolution, a process that brought a new reality of social justice to the nation»