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»
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»
The first victim of terrorism against Cuban teachers was Conrado Benitez Garcia, a 18-year-old black man»
Cuba ended 2014 maintaining the rate established during the last months of 2013, – 4.2 per 1,000 live births – the lowest achieved to date, and among the best in the world»
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»
The Cuban Minister for Treasury and Finance, Marino Murillo, considered the growth of four percent of the Cuban economy as satisfactory, regarding the current world behavior»
With a call from the Cuban President, Raúl Castro, to continue the path of sustainable development, following guidelines like productivity, efficiency, control and savings, concluded the 6th Regular Session of Parliament.»
Central American countries agreed in a meeting in Guatemala on Monday to airlift some 8 thousand Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to El Salvador starting the first week of January.»
Army General Raul Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and president of the councils of State and Ministers, attends in Havana the sixth regular session of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of the People’s Power. Also present at the meeting are Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, second secretary of the PCC and »
Cuban deputies are meeting today on the third and last day of debates of the Parliament permanent commissions, previously to the Parliament’s 6th Ordinary Session of the 8th Legislature. Since Saturday, the 10th parliamentary groups are debating at the Convention Center about fundamental issues involved in the Cuban society, which is immerse in an economic and social transformation.»
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