Cuba

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met with senators and representatives of the U.S. Democratic Party, with whom he discussed issues of interest for both countries. According to a note issued by Granma newspaper, senators Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Richard Durbin (Illinois), Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) and Debbie Stabenow (Michigan), as well as representatives Christopher van Hollen (Maryland) and Peter Welch (Vermont), all »

Cuban Health Ministry announced the death from malaria on Saturday of Cuban nurse Reinaldo Villafranca, who was working with the internationalist medical brigade that is fighting the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.»

Rounds of conversations between Cuba and the United States delegations will take place January 21-22, at Havana’s Conventions Palace.»

Cuba and Chile ratified this Friday in Havana their interest in strengthening bilateral links, on the occasion of the visit to the island of the presidency of the Camber of Deputies of that South American nation.»

The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 invites all who have been part of the struggle to free the Five to join this celebration.»

About a thousand members of solidarity-with-Cuba groups came to Sancti Spiritus during 2014, which exceeded the number of foreign visitors received in the previous year, said sources of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).»

The Foreign Ministers of Cuba, Bruno Rodriguez, and Ghana, Hanna Serwaah Tetteh, advocated here for the continuance of the relations of friendship and collaboration between Cuba and Ghana.»

Cuban doctor Felix Baez, who overcame the Ebola virus he got in Sierra Leone, returned to that Western African nation to continue fighting the disease along his comrades of the Henry Reeve international medical brigade.»

The US Treasury Department announced modifications to the limitations to trade with Cuba and the restrictions to travel to the island for US citizens.»

The Central Bank of Cuba (CBC) will put into circulation high-denomination banknotes from next February 1st with  valueS of 200, 500 and 1000 Cuban pesos (CUP), as reported by Granma newspaper.»