Cuba

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica rejected the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba and warned about the attempts to impose sanctions on Venezuela.»

Cuba has considerably advanced in the issue of women emancipation and is now the third country in the world with the largest presence of women in its national parliament, Deputy Mariela Castro said in Spain.»

The Cuban Council of Ministers, headed by President Raul Castro, addressed important issues during a meeting on Friday, relevant to the update of the country’s economic model.»

Cuban film Conducta, by Ernesto Daranas won the awards for best film, best director and best actress for Alina Rodriguez in the Latin American section of the Malaga Film Festival.»

Cuban Parliament today passed a new Foreign Investment Law to allow access to foreign capital, technologies and new markets as well as insert national products and services in the international market. The legislation, approved with the unanimous vote of the Cuban deputies, also seeks to yields positive effects in the domestic industry for national economic growth. Cuba Encourages Foreign Investment »

The National People’s Assembly elected this Saturday two new members of the Council of State of Cuba, the legislative body representing the island between the two sessions.»

Cuba needs a direct foreign investment of about US$ 2.5 billion year to fund its socialist, prosperous, and sustainable socio-economic model, said Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Marino Murillo, this Saturday. Murillo made his statement at the special session of Parliament, attended by Cuban President Raul Castro, in which the draft bill on foreign investment was brought into »

Cuba condemned before the UN General Assembly the intervention of the United States and NATO in Ukrainian internal affaire, a stand described as a threat to world peace and security.»

President Raul Castro bestowed the Order of Jose Marti upon Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who concludes an official visit to this country.»

Cuban legislators are meeting today, first in commissions and later in plenary session, to complete preparation for the final discussion on the project of a new Foreign Investment Law.»