Cuba

Economy and Planning Minister Marino Murillo confirmed that Cuba’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow above 4 percent in the first semester of 2015.»

Traveling to Cuba for tourism continues to be banned in the United States. Getting there for approved purposes remains needlessly difficult and expensive according to a New York Times Editorial.»

The Cuban Five, who arrived in Johannesburg on Sunday morning, expressed gratitude for the support during their imprisonment in the US.»

Cuba denounced today in Geneva the illegal actions on the brand Havana Club in the United States, where they are commercializing a rum with that brand that is not Cuban.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received Wednesday afternoon the Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thoungloun Sisoulith, who is in Cuba on an official visit.»

Cuba was selected by the Caribbean Tourism Organization as the 2nd most relevant tourist destination in the start of 2015, behind the Dominican Republic, press media reported here Wednesday.»

Cuba and the European Union (EU) made progress in negotiating a trade agreement during the fourth round of talks in Brussels ended on Tuesday, diplomatic sources reported.»

President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, highlighted the role of Cuban doctors in fighting Ebola during a meeting with Vice President of the State Council of Cuba, Salvador Valdes Mesa.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received the Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs of Curaçao, Ivar Asjes, who is visiting Havana, the official newspaper Granma reported on Saturday.»

The final declaration of the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), which concludes today in Bruselas, rejects the blockade on Cuba and its extraterritorial effects.»